Jim Where are you located? Thanks, Bruce Jim Keefe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well, cosidering selling if there is any interest. About 160K miles, doesn't start well in cold, runs and shifts OK, vacuum leak renders door locks inoperative, minor body rough spots, may be worth restoring. Any interest?
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Shopping From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Dec 15 19:50:08 2005 Received: from xproxy.gmail.com ([66.249.82.198]) by server5.arterytc5.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Emz79-0008DF-Iv for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Thu, 15 Dec 2005 19:50:07 +0000 Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id s11so420257wxc for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:50:02 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=mRyVoh+7TNz0Li3mxYauaqNY3x43j5VYPJBbG68Fa0x7tEOdPNsL1C++gVPfKHcORQFWApSzHiHjUYoC5ms7yhFFEDXA+YOBPjM76S+V1c9Ia3T7ssB3a2oJbDHu7wbzwZ7K05Il92P77kcXGb2GB/0diEWeWH/F2xOV3VZyIPM= Received: by 10.70.60.11 with SMTP id i11mr2906931wxa; Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:50:02 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.70.109.18 with HTTP; Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:50:02 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 14:50:02 -0500 From: Levi Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mercedes mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.6 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Filling tires with nitrogen (was Re: Year End Specials) X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Id: Mercedes mailing list <mercedes_striplin.net.striplin.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://striplin.net/pipermail/mercedes_striplin.net> List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 19:50:08 -0000 Hmm, I don't even see any specific mention of wheel corrosion on there... I'm sure I'm missing something obvious, but if I'm reading what seems to be their main reason which is the entire first paragraph is essentially becaus= e air is evil and destroying your tires (or as they put it: "Oxygen, on the other hand, is immensely destructive to rubber" and " This same process occurs in tires inflated with air as the oxygen attacks the rubber molecules,". Hmm, well ok, let's say I bought 200K mile warrantied tires and only put 5K miles on them a year and was going to keep the car forever. Ok, then yeah it would be nice if the tires didn't dry-rot after 20 years (assuming that this evil air was what was causing the dry rot and not thing= s like UV rays), I would still rather question how I would be intended to drive down the road or park the car until I get my "nitrogen chamber" to keep all that evil air that the outsides of the tire would be exposed to... No flames intended, I'm just finding that page rather funny until someone fills me in on the part I'm missing... (: Levi On 12/15/05, Hans Neureiter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Remember, these people are selling a product, but that is their argiment: > http://www.whynitrofill.com/faq.htm > > > On 12/15/05, Levi Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Sounds like you guys need some new tires or cleaner wheels or something= . > > > > Unless I've got a slow leak my tires hold their pressure other than a > > couple > > lbs difference summer to winter. In other words, I set the tire > pressure > > in > > the summer ones when I put them on at around 60-70 degrees and that's > good > > until about winter when I put the winter tires on at around 20-30 > degrees. > > And that's fine until spring. > > > > At least here in upstate NY where the temps average around there. I'm > > certainly not going to run out and change my tire pressure pressure whe= n > > it > > gets down to 5 degrees at night, then reduce them again for the ride > home > > when it's 20 or 30 degrees... > > Of course I lived for a couple years in WAY upstate NY where the temps > are > > similar except the winter ones can hit 20 below frequently and 40 below > a > > couple times. At that point I was NOT going to go out and change the > > pressures again... > > > > But suffice to say the tires don't leak normally. I.e. if I fill them > to > > 32lbs in the spring, come fall that's where they're at at the same > > temp. By > > the NEXT spring, they might be down a couple lbs, but not much. > > > > If you're checking them every week or so and the pressures are actually > > changing much I think you've got leaks... > > > > There's also cheap valve stem caps that change color when you start > > getting > > low on air that would be a good bet to save the effort as well. > > > > Heck, I'm not against using nitrogen, but it's an extra cost, and even > if > > it's not supposed to leak as much as regular air, how am I going to KNO= W > > that other than checking it at which point I'm letting some out that > will > > need to be replaced... > > > > > > > > On 12/15/05, Tom Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Doc, > > > Agrgavation? To me, aggravation is getting out in a cold, dar= k > > > parking lot, (whoops, I forgot windy) trying to find the valve, > pushing > > > down my glasses so I can "see", checking the pressure, picking UP my > > > glasses, then finding the darned air pump either costs money or is > > somehow > > > defective to my physical limitations (I'm somewhat of a klutz) so tha= t > > > when > > > I try to use it I LOSE air, or the pump is actually turned off. In > > which > > > case I opt for plan B, which is usually go home, park the car as clos= e > > to > > > the garage as possible, get the little portable cigarette lighter plu= g > > in > > > generator, and then fill my tires, and 8 other ones, because my wife > and > > > daughter tell me to fill theirs as well. Aggravation? Heck, I'll pa= y > a > > > buck and a half per tire for nitrogen and a sexy green valve cover > cap. > > > <smile> > > > Tom > > > Sand Springs, OK > > > At 11:54 AM 12/15/2005 -0500, you wrote: > > > > > > > >Tom Reynolds wrote: > > > >> Yep, I think I'm going to look around the Tulsa area for nitrogen > > > fillups. > > > >> Being more inert than the common air from compressed air pumps, > it's > > a > > > lot > > > >> less likely to be affected by temperature changes. Anyone know of > > any > > > >> place in the Tulsa area that can fill up tires with nitrogen? > > > > > > > >The air surrounding us is 80% nitrogen! The removal of the 20% that > > > >consists MOSTLY of oxygen and carbon dioxide doesn't substantially > > > >change the way the gas reacts to temperature. There are some > > theoretical > > > >advantages to using nitrogen compared to using air, but the reward > > > >doesn't begin to warrant the cost (the reward is extremely small and > > the > > > >cost in money and aggravation is relatively MUCH larger IN MY > OPINION). > > > > > > > >Marshall > > > >-- > > > > Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions) > > > > "der Dieseling Doktor" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >'87 300TD 182Kmi, '84 190D 2.2 229Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D > > 2.5 > > > >turbo 237kmi > > > > > > > >_______________________________________ > > > >For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > > >For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > >http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > >Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > > > >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > > >Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.13.12/193 - Release Date: > > > 12/06/2005 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.13.12/193 - Release Date: > > > 12/06/2005 > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > > > > > -- > Hans Neureiter, Houston, TX > '82 300SD, '95 E300D > _______________________________________ > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > -- It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. 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