Many of the tiles and bricks you'll notice are designed in a way, to allow of water to run off or through them, reducing the load on the drain and sewer system. Also, ever notice as soon as you lay fresh asphalt, a pipe or wire then needs replacing, and an ugly patch soon follows. With tiles, they're more expensive up front, but if they need to come up, they can be reused again. My drive was done years ago now, but depending on the tile and design, Interloc might not be a lot more than concrete.
Ed 300E On 16 January 2011 11:13, Allan Streib <str...@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > Totally off-topic, but you notice how the fuel station is paved with > tiles instead of a slab of concrete? This is very common in Europe, > even being the norm in residential properties, and I don't really > understand it because it's so much more expensive and labor intensive to > set paver tiles than pour concrete. (I'd love to do my driveway in > paver tiles like that but it's just more expensive than I can justify). > Anyone know why this is so common in Europe? Is it a some kind of > zoning rule? Just more "pride of ownership" by the property owners? > > Allan > > Jaime Kopchinski <jaime...@gmail.com> writes: > > > S320/S350 diesel gets much better fuel economy that the S400. Much nicer > to > > drive, too. I've driven both on US roads. > > > > The 6 cylinder diesel S class is really an excellent car is every way. > > Powerful, economical, safe, comfortable, etc. > > > > Last year at this time I was just arriving in Germany for a business > trip. > > I took an S420cdi for the weekend with my wife. That car was a monster! > > Unfortunately, I didn't get to push it very hard due to weather > conditions. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaimekop/4297018907/ > > > > Jaime > > > > > > On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 12:06 AM, Rich Thomas < > > richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > > > >> I saw an S400 Hybrid this afternoon down the road. I have not yet > >> formulated an opinion, but it seems like overkill. > >> > >> --R > >> > >> > >> On 1/15/2011 7:30 PM, E M wrote: > >> > >>> Hey Guys, > >>> > >>> I read that they showed a new S Class diesel that is due to make a > return > >>> to > >>> the US market this year. S350. Should be interesting. Regular gas is > up > >>> to $114.3 per/litre here today, and diesel is around $112. For months, > it > >>> seems diesel was more expensive than regular, but I see regular is now > >>> edging back up over diesel, by a few cents per/L. I really think if > >>> Mercedes got behind offering diesels in all their models, they would > >>> really > >>> take off. Not everyone wants an electric car, I know I sure don't!! > You > >>> do > >>> see more and more diesel engines here, in models that Mercedes offer > them > >>> in. Lots of GL and MLs with diesels. > >>> > >>> Ed > >>> 300E > >>> _______________________________________ > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > -- > 1983 300D > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
