650? My warning light goes on at 325. On Oct 15, 2018 7:44 PM, "clay monroe via Mercedes" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I suspect that it is a conspiracy to eliminate petrol powered cars in > favor of virtue-signalling and simpler to control electric cars. A diesel > or gas car has a goodly range and swift refueling. A battery car takes > almost an hour to fill, and you can only go less than 300 miles. Range > becomes 250 miles in five hours in your volt, but I could drive 400 miles > in five hours in the E300D, and still not have to stop, but to widdle. > That diesel had a 650 mile range before it needed fuel at 80mph. For my > $0.02, electric cars are only good for around town or to the next large > city, not for family vacations and trips. > > > > clay monroe > [email protected] > > > > > On Oct 15, 2018, at 9:50 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > 1985 ALL OVER AGAIN. Maybe in a few years, one German company will get > brave enough to try again. Last time around, VW didn't give up completely. > MB did, but only for a year. This time, the goobers went after VW > specifically. > > > > We can vote out the congresscritters who support this kind of nonsense, > but until they (we force them to) get rid of all the unelected swamprats, > not much will change. > > > > We COULD all move to Ireland, where most cars ARE Diesel. > > > > Larry Turner via Mercedes wrote: > >> IMNSHO. all diesels, especially those with low mileage in good > condition are seeing a bump in prices. I think this is due to the recent > VW diesel debacle which has virtually destroyed the diesel passenger car > industry for new cars - leaving a declining number of used diesels > available. VW/Porsche and Audi dropped diesels as well as MB. There are no > affordable diesels (or not so affordable) available as new cars in the US > anymore. I happen to think the fines and punishment was far in excess to > the damage VW did. Mostly they did the worst damage to themselves by > destroying the belief the public had in VW. It appears to me it was an > attempt to dump diesels in favor or EVs. The two aren't comparable at all > with the diesel being the stronger engine type. But that's just me. > >> > >> Humbly yours ;-) > >> > >> LarryT > >> 91 300D (on the road soon) > >> 06 E350 (on the road again) > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://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 > > 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 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
