Krrrraaaaap. Japanese car leather is inferior. It has a cheap feel to it and does not age well. If I were to buy Japanese, which I wouldn't, it would be an econobox. I'll leave the luxury to Mercedes. Nobody's wife, actually nobody, deserves to drive an inferior, and unsafe car. Dimitri
OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Cheap Mercedes knock-off. I've met your wife - she deserves better. On 4/9/07, Donald Snook wrote: > Anyone know anything about the Acura Legend. I am looking at a 1995 > Acura Legend (with 90,000 miles) for my wife. It is cosmetically > perfect condition. Paint is perfect, leather seats are REALLY nice. I > have not gotten to drive it or even here it run yet. The Legend is the > bigger of the Acuras at the time and was replaced by the RL in 1996. > > > > Donald H. Snook > > 1990 300SEL 137K -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK "Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." Will Rogers '90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC, '97 Ply Grand Voyager _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com 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://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com --------------------------------- Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Apr 10 03:13:52 2007 Received: from web36910.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([209.191.85.78]) by server8.arterytc8.net with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) id 1Hb6no-0003Aa-2F for mercedes@okiebenz.com; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 03:13:52 +0000 Received: (qmail 31417 invoked by uid 60001); 10 Apr 2007 03:13:49 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: k3REwoYVM1nS4mlIPYeDzU._iWYLAgxxgQc2GJ8JRMEQQ9VyVnVrQ.2Co3OtbYcFXg-- Received: from [130.64.224.96] by web36910.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:13:49 PDT Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 20:13:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Dimitri Seretakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <[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: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.9.cp2 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Another reason to do own work X-BeenThere: mercedes@okiebenz.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9.cp2 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_okiebenz.com.okiebenz.com> List-Unsubscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com> List-Post: <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 03:13:53 -0000 3 years ago I had the oil and filter changed on my 73 220D. Several months later, I changed it myself. I unscrewed the oil filter housing and to my horror the prefilter was missing. Yes, my engine oil was not getting filtered for months on end. Dimitri wilton strickland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Several yrs ago, I drove my Caravan away from Sears after they installed new tires. As I pulled out of parking lot into street, I heard squeak from lft frnt wheel; 'knew immediately lugs were loose and eased slowly back around into space I had just left. Mechanic came out with BIG lug wrench and started to tighten them with wheel on ground. I made 'im jack it up and remove wheel so I could inspect wheel, bolts and nuts. Slight bit of tapered part of nuts had already been worn away. I decided it was negligible. 'Could have been much worse very quickly. About 7 yrs ago, I bought friend's 81 300D. 'Next day, I changed oil and filters. 'Found oil filter and inside of canister DRY - no oil in it - filter had not been changed in many yrs! Air filter was some off-the-shelf near nothing that was way too short, therefore, no air filtering. Oil and air had not been filtered for yrs! 'Told friend about it next day; he had paid some "fast" lube crook for new filters every 3kmi. More and more for last couple of yrs as I've become nearly disabled, I've had to get "pro" garage help. I'm not embarrassed at all to struggle to front of car and lift hood for a good look at engine compartment before I drive away. I find something undone, left out or loose EVERY time. Wife asks, "Why don't you trust ANYBODY?" I reply, "Because they keep giving me reasons not to." When somebody else works on your vehicle, ya better look at the area worked on before ya drive away if possible. BTW, if it's OK to look over an airplane before I fly it, why shouldn't I look over a car before I drive away with it, especially if somebody has worked on 'em? 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From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Apr 10 05:45:57 2007 Received: from postal.windwireless.net ([199.164.167.12] helo=mail.windwireless.net) by server8.arterytc8.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) id 1Hb9Az-0002ul-0n for mercedes@okiebenz.com; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 05:45:57 +0000 Received: from windwireless.net (unverified [206.63.94.197]) by windwireless.net (WindPostal) with ESMTP id 2602031 for <mercedes@okiebenz.com>; Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:47:33 -0700 Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 22:45:54 -0700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v553) From: Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.553) X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com r=-412260344 X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: 12v lighting X-BeenThere: mercedes@okiebenz.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9.cp2 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_okiebenz.com.okiebenz.com> List-Unsubscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com> List-Post: <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 05:45:58 -0000 > I think perhaps you're a bit behind on the current LED technology. I'm > looking at http://store.sundancesolar.com/12v18ledbufo.html I note with interest that they do _not_ claim greater efficiency than fluorescent lamps, only incandescents. If they did beat them you could be sure it would be prominently advertised on the glossy. I think a good focused fluorescent lamp would be hard to beat for efficiency. But it would have to be sized right for the application, and in a good reflector. Something like a shiny parabolic trough on a stick lamp... > If you're dead set on LEDs... look into anything that uses Luxeon > LEDs... I've played with a 3W one... was VERY bright. The datasheet > says they output 70-80 lumens. You'd need a 12V to 3V supply though. They look fairly persnickety about what you feed them. Best to be careful, I think they run them right on the ragged edge of death. -- Jim
