I don't know about your specific models, but last time I owned a Mercedes the parts were very cheap if I sourced them myself. This was in Australia, so no reason the US should be more expensive (apart from they can charge more). On Sat, 14 Jun 2014 18:01:40 -0700 "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don Williams" <dwilli10@xxxxxxx> > To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2014 5:36 PM > Subject: [rollei_list] Apology > > > > Sorry about the message below, completely off topic. I > > intended to > > send it to a friend in The Netherlands but it got > > scrambled in my > > composition. Very Sorry. > > > > ---------- > > > > > > Quick question, > > > > In movies with foreign scenes in them, many of the cars > > are Mercedes > > Benz. They must be less expensive there than here - > > replacement > > parts cost several times what a similar part would cost > > for an > > American car. I have spent, on my used 1998 SL500, in > > just 5 years, > > more than I spent on 4 Corvettes over a 20-30 year time > > span. My > > question is, do you know of anyone I can contact to see > > whether I can > > get replacement parts for my cars, the 1998 SL500 and my > > wife's 1999 ML320? > > > > Regards, > > > > DAW > > Moore, Oklahoma > > > > > However, are these cars just in the background or > featured? If featured they may be "product placements" > that is paid commercials. When Lassies mother has a box of > Wheaties on the breakfast table it didn't just happen to be > there. In the bad old days a lot of products in movies just > had fake labels, then they learned how to sell commercials. > > > -- > Richard Knoppow > Los Angeles > WB6KBL > dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into > www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list