Re: [MBZ] Road manners (was: Auto tranny 240Ds are slow!)
Awww man... Here I was thinking I ought to come on and appologize for not seeing the humor in your post while a bunch of people did. Then I see this. Without going into a big tirade I do not find this humorous in the slightest. -Curt Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 14:18:08 -0700 From: Gabriel S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Road manners (was: Auto tranny 240Ds are slow!) To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Curt, These rules aren't only possible but are being implemented, as we speak, in the newly formed state of pertopia. You, my homosexual friend, have no vision. - Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Sep 27 23:50:13 2005 Received: from web52106.mail.yahoo.com ([206.190.48.109]) by server1.arterytc1.net with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1EKPDA-0001CO-Vk for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 23:50:13 + Received: (qmail 53567 invoked by uid 60001); 27 Sep 2005 23:50:04 - DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=Uj9aMNWmjLXzbEfpBjvsynyF1+OSSEoxIpWC72k3zve36INsESRB//qioMapxtYKu5lwSNx7vk3wvpixT3v7ORZKWygkwizEB9ZQHSUVBDjyWUfGQFvvRmaJ28N/UZkYIfwYWWodU0ue43XKDCY56cp1yxM9VmK6DrU+EqaZpIw= ; Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from [161.55.66.220] by web52106.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:50:04 PDT Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:50:04 -0700 (PDT) From: David Goldsmith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: Re: [MBZ] '82 240D engine in a '79 300TD wagon? 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: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 23:50:13 - 'Cause I crumpled my 240D recently, but I _think_ the engine is almost all good (new radiator, ?; car no longer in my possession, but I _think_ I could work w/ the guy who bought it from me for parts) and now someone near me is selling a '79 300TD wagon w/ a siezed up engine. Since the previous replies have more or less extinguished my idea, here's the listing for anyone who wants an engine swap project: http://seattle.craigslist.com/car/100349398.html DG --- LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Speaking as a 240D owner, why would you do that? On 9/27/05, David Goldsmith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! What body type and transmission would a '79 300TD wagon have and would either of these require substantial modification to use an '82 240D engine? Thanks! DG __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.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://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net -- 1977 240D 1972 Honda CB-500K motorcycle http://www.airamericaradio.com/listen ___ 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 __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [MBZ] Road manners (was: Auto tranny 240Ds are slow!)
What? Am I suddenly on Banned? Gay bashing on Diesel? Don [straight but with gay friends, and not amused] On 9/27/05, Gabriel S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Curt, These rules aren't only possible but are being implemented, as we speak, in the newly formed state of pertopia. You, my homosexual friend, have no vision. -- 1977 240D 1972 Honda CB-500K motorcycle http://www.airamericaradio.com/listen
Re: [MBZ] Road manners (was: Auto tranny 240Ds are slow!)
I don't have a problem with this unless you are poking along a freeway onramp. The onramp near me feeds into an interstate with a 75mph speed limit. If you're saving fuel with a light foot, and are only up to 45mph by the time you reach the freeway, and I'm stuck behind you forced to merge into 80mph traffic with a 35mph differential... yeah I'll be a little peeved. That's not just stupid it's dangerous. I've even seen people come to a STOP at the end of the onramp with the blinker on!!! (Seriously!) Once you're safely on the freeway I don't care how fast or slow you're going as long as you're not blocking the flow of traffic. That includes not taking 5 minutes to pass someone who's going 64mph while you're going 65mph. You'd think this would be common sense, but as the saying goes, it's quite uncommon... O_o -dm -- Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 08:24:51 -0700 From: Bob Rentfro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Auto tranny 240Ds are slow! Curt mentioned: Lately in an effort to save fuel I've been cruising at around 65mph I also drive nearly 80 miles on my commute. Setting the cruise on 78 gets me two things: 1) frequently flipped off, and 2) 24MPG. Remembering I have a 300D, does that seem correct? At what speed have yous guys noted 300Ds getting their optimum MPGs? Does 24MPG at 78-80 MPH seem right? (FWIW...I usually dislike fuel economy threads but my curiosity is getting the best of me) Bob Rentfro '77 300D 140K Litchfield Park, AZ
Re: [MBZ] Road manners (was: Auto tranny 240Ds are slow!)
Gabriel S. wrote: here are the rules: 1. If you drive slow stay to the right. 2. When coming into an onramp be at the same speed as the freeway before the onramp ends. 3. SUV's, mini vans and high profile vehicles aren't allowed in the fast lane...PERIOD 4. Don't slow down or look at accidents...accelerate past them. 5. In case of an accident and if your car still runs, do not leave your car in the middle of the freeway. 6. If you break down don't fix your flat in the center shoulder...pull to the right and if possible get off the freeway 7. If you are involved in an accident you will be charged $1,000 per hour of traffic caused. If you are at fault you will be charged double. 8. Three accidents and your license will be suspended for 5 years. 9. In instances where traffic slows to 10mph, all shoulders shall become lanes. 10. Cell phones aren't allowed. 11. People with headset DVD playing while no one is watching them will be shot on the spot by the CHP 12. Trucks with 25 rims are cheesy Well at least you've included one execution offense ;-) I might add a few more after careful consideration. Marshall -- Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions) der Dieseling Doktor [EMAIL PROTECTED] '87 300TD 181Kmi,'87 190D 2.5 199Kmi, '84 190D 2.2 227Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 159Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 turbo 234kmi Diesel Technical Advisor MBCA, member GWSection http://www.dhc.net/~pmhack/mercedes/mbooth1.htm
Re: [MBZ] Road manners (was: Auto tranny 240Ds are slow!)
On 9/27/05, Gabriel S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: here are the rules: 12. Trucks with 25 rims are cheesy But a 116 with 25 spinners is just plain classy. -- Knowledge is power... Power Corrupts. Study hard... Be Evil.
Re: [MBZ] Road manners (was: Auto tranny 240Ds are slow!)
Add one more: In any troika (three cars traveling abreast), the two on the left will be shot on sight. Thomas E. Potter Telephone: (713) 215-2877 Fax: (713) 215-2551 Mobile: (832) 794-0536 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dave M. Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 12:59 PM To: Mercedes mailing list Subject: Re: [MBZ] Road manners (was: Auto tranny 240Ds are slow!) Excellent! I'd edit #10 to read more like people talking on cell phones will be shot on sight by CHP but that's about it. (I'm not just against using them while driving, I refuse to own one at all... just don't have a need for one since I'm not in my own business!) =) -dm On 9/27/05, Gabriel S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: here are the rules: 1. If you drive slow stay to the right. 2. When coming into an onramp be at the same speed as the freeway before the onramp ends. 3. SUV's, mini vans and high profile vehicles aren't allowed in the fast lane...PERIOD 4. Don't slow down or look at accidents...accelerate past them. 5. In case of an accident and if your car still runs, do not leave your car in the middle of the freeway. 6. If you break down don't fix your flat in the center shoulder...pull to the right and if possible get off the freeway 7. If you are involved in an accident you will be charged $1,000 per hour of traffic caused. If you are at fault you will be charged double. 8. Three accidents and your license will be suspended for 5 years. 9. In instances where traffic slows to 10mph, all shoulders shall become lanes. 10. Cell phones aren't allowed. 11. People with headset DVD playing while no one is watching them will be shot on the spot by the CHP 12. Trucks with 25 rims are cheesy On 9/27/05, Dave M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't have a problem with this unless you are poking along a freeway onramp. The onramp near me feeds into an interstate with a 75mph speed limit. If you're saving fuel with a light foot, and are only up to 45mph by the time you reach the freeway, and I'm stuck behind you forced to merge into 80mph traffic with a 35mph differential... yeah I'll be a little peeved. That's not just stupid it's dangerous. I've even seen people come to a STOP at the end of the onramp with the blinker on!!! (Seriously!) Once you're safely on the freeway I don't care how fast or slow you're going as long as you're not blocking the flow of traffic. That includes not taking 5 minutes to pass someone who's going 64mph while you're going 65mph. You'd think this would be common sense, but as the saying goes, it's quite uncommon... O_o -dm -- Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 08:24:51 -0700 From: Bob Rentfro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Auto tranny 240Ds are slow! Curt mentioned: Lately in an effort to save fuel I've been cruising at around 65mph I also drive nearly 80 miles on my commute. Setting the cruise on 78 gets me two things: 1) frequently flipped off, and 2) 24MPG. Remembering I have a 300D, does that seem correct? At what speed have yous guys noted 300Ds getting their optimum MPGs? Does 24MPG at 78-80 MPH seem right? (FWIW...I usually dislike fuel economy threads but my curiosity is getting the best of me) Bob Rentfro '77 300D 140K Litchfield Park, AZ ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Road manners (was: Auto tranny 240Ds are slow!)
Who's rules? #2. Is pretty much impossible... How can I get to 75mph in 200 yards? Even in my Dodge Dakota 250hp 318ci thats not gonna happen. Besides which it'd kill mileage. #3. Another stupid rule, why not? I've driven plenty of SUVs and driven plenty of miles in the passing lane. #4. Might as well add to this one the police, victims, and rescue workers will appreciate being buffeted by the extra wind of you flying past and will of course feel safer because of your added speed. #5. Whoa, one I actually agree with. #6. Yeah, pull across 2 lanes of traffic without powersteering or the power to accelerate, feel safe, nobody will hit you. #7. If somebody hits me I get charged until the tow truck gets there? #8. Why three? If we're going to charge $1,000 for somebody who doesn't cause an accident why not just randomly suspend people license because they might have an accident someday? #9. Sure, because at 10mph theres obviously not gonna be anybody needing the breakdown lane to be broken down in. #10. Whatever Gabriel, I have to hand it to you, you know how to write an irritating post, and with such regularity. I haven't decided yet if you're doing it on purpose and just don't put in emoticons to let us know you're making a joke or if you're not aware. -Curt Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 10:51:07 -0700 From: Gabriel S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Road manners (was: Auto tranny 240Ds are slow!) To: Dave M. [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 here are the rules: 1. If you drive slow stay to the right. 2. When coming into an onramp be at the same speed as the freeway before the onramp ends. 3. SUV's, mini vans and high profile vehicles aren't allowed in the fast lane...PERIOD 4. Don't slow down or look at accidents...accelerate past them. 5. In case of an accident and if your car still runs, do not leave your car in the middle of the freeway. 6. If you break down don't fix your flat in the center shoulder...pull to the right and if possible get off the freeway 7. If you are involved in an accident you will be charged $1,000 per hour of traffic caused. If you are at fault you will be charged double. 8. Three accidents and your license will be suspended for 5 years. 9. In instances where traffic slows to 10mph, all shoulders shall become lanes. 10. Cell phones aren't allowed. 11. People with headset DVD playing while no one is watching them will be shot on the spot by the CHP 12. Trucks with 25 rims are cheesy __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Sep 27 18:56:11 2005 Received: from relay00.pair.com ([209.68.5.9] helo=relay.pair.com) by server1.arterytc1.net with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1EKKcc-0001MD-Mj for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 18:56:11 + Received: (qmail 44154 invoked by uid 0); 27 Sep 2005 18:56:07 - Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.20?) (unknown) by unknown with SMTP; 27 Sep 2005 18:56:07 - X-pair-Authenticated: 24.108.6.52 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v734) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: John M McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:56:04 -0700 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: [MBZ] wagon rear window wiper 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: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 18:56:11 - I had visited my local car mart and picked up a bosch wiper assembly for the rear of the 92 wagon and fitted it. This morning I noticed it's not sweeping the upper say 1 or 2 inchs of the top of the window, the blade does not make contact with the glass very well. Do I need to bent the wiper arm all to heck, or fiddle with the wiper blade assembly? Or is this just the way things are? John 1983 300TDt 358k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac) 1992 300TDt 148k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac) 1993 500SEL 168k Kilometers (mobil 1 0w40)
Re: [MBZ] Road manners (was: Auto tranny 240Ds are slow!)
On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 10:51:07AM -0700, Gabriel S. wrote: here are the rules: 11. People with headset DVD playing while no one is watching them will be shot on the spot by the CHP Not shot, but a few creative rural cops have been known to pull these people over and issue citations for illegal light facing the rear. One actually got a misdemeanor for illegal blue - left the blue splash screen up for several miles. 12. Trucks with 25 rims are cheesy But really really fun to watch in the snow. Californians don't drive well in the snow, and Caltrans hasn't quite figured out how to make icy roads less dangerous. People cruising up to tahoe with their 24 wheels and wide tires are really entertaining on icy highways :) K
