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08-23-2004, 10:46 PM
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08-23-2004, 11:10 PM
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Debadged
OK, I am debadged. Now I just have to paint over those Arizona plates so that DWP doesn't arrest me when I drive through Sacramento on my way to AZ.
By the way, there is a black 2005 E320 CDI for sale in Fremont for $57,995 with 8500 miles on it, which is another perfectly legal way to have a diesel in CA.
By the way, there is a black 2005 E320 CDI for sale in Fremont for $57,995 with 8500 miles on it, which is another perfectly legal way to have a diesel in CA.
08-23-2004, 11:47 PM
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Originally Posted by shoes
OK, I am debadged. Now I just have to paint over those Arizona plates so that DWP doesn't arrest me when I drive through Sacramento on my way to AZ.
By the way, there is a black 2005 E320 CDI for sale in Fremont for $57,995 with 8500 miles on it, which is another perfectly legal way to have a diesel in CA.
By the way, there is a black 2005 E320 CDI for sale in Fremont for $57,995 with 8500 miles on it, which is another perfectly legal way to have a diesel in CA.
I don't understand the logic of buying a used car for almost the same amount of money as a new car. Might as well buy NEW! Unless of course their are other "circumstances".
08-24-2004, 10:27 AM
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Other circumstances
The other circumstances driving the price of the used diesel for sale at a dealership in CA is the fact that the diesel cannot be sold here in CA unless it is used with a minimum of 7500 miles. This is one of a very few cars being sold in the state and that is the reason for the high price. I think it should go fast.
Explain to me why Chevy and Ford and Dodge can sell diesels in their pick ups here in CA? I know, all the working people need their diesel pick ups, but since half of all vehicles sold in the US are pick ups, what logic is there in this rule?
Explain to me why Chevy and Ford and Dodge can sell diesels in their pick ups here in CA? I know, all the working people need their diesel pick ups, but since half of all vehicles sold in the US are pick ups, what logic is there in this rule?
08-24-2004, 03:46 PM
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Now get this, I only stopped once in eleven hours and it was mainly because I had to pee,
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08-24-2004, 04:10 PM
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Thank you
No one has ever complimented my bladders before. I should add that I am only 5 feet five inches tall, so the feat is even more impressive. While I stood in front of the urinal in the service station where I stopped, three other guys peed and left, one after another, before I was finished. Should I call Guiness Book?
Note that the reason they do not allow diesel cars to be sold in CA is supposedly because of the particulates in the exhaust. Don't diesel trucks have particulates too?
Note that the reason they do not allow diesel cars to be sold in CA is supposedly because of the particulates in the exhaust. Don't diesel trucks have particulates too?
08-24-2004, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by shoes
OK, I am debadged. Now I just have to paint over those Arizona plates so that DWP doesn't arrest me when I drive through Sacramento on my way to AZ.
08-24-2004, 09:15 PM
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I am kidding
We let people without CA plates drive around our nice state, I don't need to paint over my plates. Some earlier posts from DWP who lives in Sacramento (the state capital) were more ominous. Outside of Arnold's influence, we are a more merry bunch, particularly in the Napa Valley with all our fine wine.
08-24-2004, 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by shoes
We let people without CA plates drive around our nice state, I don't need to paint over my plates. Some earlier posts from DWP who lives in Sacramento (the state capital) were more ominous. Outside of Arnold's influence, we are a more merry bunch, particularly in the Napa Valley with all our fine wine.
08-24-2004, 09:30 PM
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I was just at the Fremont dealership yesterday. That diesel is allready sold. The salesman told me they get it from the factory with the mileage on it so they can sell it in California.
Which makes me wonder if it was a well thrashed demo.
Before I received my car, I tried one of the Dealer demo's. Everyone was raving about the acceleration and how it beat a E500 off the start line.
So much for that cars break in period.....
08-25-2004, 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by shoes
Some earlier posts from DWP who lives in Sacramento (the state capital) were more ominous.
Incidentally, the California regulation that allows registration of diesel passenger cars that have 7,500 miles on the odo is at Title 13 CCR § 2164.
http://ccr.oal.ca.gov/cgi-bin/om_isa...age=Document42
Oh, and who is this "Arnold" of whom you speak?
