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> Rhonald wrote:
> Ok, before it burned out,
Are you sure it's burned out? It's _much_ more common for the
cord to go bad or become unplugged.
> I would just plug it in in my driveway...a few times I did
> it overnight, which is probably why it burned out...did not
> realize it was not supposed
But you CAN operate it very well and much more economically on a timer.
For 4 winters in the MI UP, I flipped on the breaker for my block heater and
a small elec. cabin heater in my Dodge van when I'd get up; an hour later,
engine and the cabin were nice and warm, and all windows were ice free.
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I did the same thing for years with the '76 300D. - Never had a block
heater burn out. Just used more electricity than needed.
> Don't think so. Back when I had my '78 300D and I had to park it outside year
> round, in cold weather when I came home in the evening I would nose it up to
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> Mitch wrote:
> There are several flaws in the Wiki
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> were not central until 1990.
So fix it! *grin*
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> By the way, the same website says that the new E320 Bluetec diesel is .85 per
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So trade in the Caddy and the car from your Grandmother-in-law plus
$2,000 or $3,000.
> I went back to pick up my car and told the guy that I sent an email to the
> Mercedes guys I knew and they all said $14K was too much. He said he told me
> that much because he knew I wasn't going to buy it
Which ever you can get the best deal on. Buy it cheap, sell it and use
the proceeds to buy a Mercedes!
Friends only let friends drive a Mercedes!
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Flexibility is the key to survival in business.
This is why Toyhota are successful, they have a range from very small to
very big and all is pretty reliable but boringly soulless.
The 'big 3' seem to be forever chasing the market and just don't seem to
be able to crack that reputation for reliab
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Don't blame the 'big three' for their current crises - they were building
what the American public wanted. And the numbers show this to be true.
Before the run-up in gas prices, the 'big three' sold more cars in this
country every year than all of the imports sold together.
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e low and most of the cars I buy have depreciated about as
much as they can (and some appreciate when I sell them).
By the way, the same website says that the new E320 Bluetec diesel is .85
per mile.
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I don't think it's the most common problem, but my 300SD refused to light the
glow lamp, I bought a couple of glow plugs then tested the ones in the car, all
my plugs were good, and the car started normally if I turned the key on and
counted to 20 first. Eventually I fixed the glow lamp by repla
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I have t
"Rhonald Angelo" said:
> Ok, I know the block heater won't fix the plugs...but this would get me
> through winter I think...?
It might. Probably depends on how cold it gets, how many glow plugs are
bad, and whether you are always going to be somewhere you can plug in
the block heater.
Allan
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"Rhonald Angelo" said:
> no glow light, but it started smoothly...what is happening when the light
> does not come on?
One or more bad glow plugs. It'll still start OK if its warm enough.
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Ah, the classic "engine doesn't work really good" failure. Didn't
Mercedes release a Technical Service Bulletin about that?
Tyler
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R A Bennell wrote:
Perhaps I confused you with someone else. I was thinking of the fellow in the
Toronto area who was looking for
another Mercedes.
I think you're on the right track. EM is in Ontario IIRC (looking at a 2000
E320) and Donald Snook is in Kansas (2001 E320).
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Perhaps I confused you with someone else. I was thinking of the fellow in the
Toronto area who was looking for
another Mercedes.
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Curt Raymond wrote:
I think we can all agree you're not the average car buyer...
Neither am I for that matter.
The 300 starts at about $28k.
Chevy Impala $25k.
Buick LaCrosse $25k
Buick Lucerne $28k
Ford Taurus $25k
Toyota Camry $20K
Toyota Solara $21K
Toyota Avalon $28K
Honda Accord $21K
Do
E M wrote:
I have one lined up to test drive once the snow stops here. It's an 2000
with similar miles, and he's asking $10,500.
$Canadian?
I was thinking $8-9k US for the one Snookie described.
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highway the other day. It was all black, and it was very nice looking.
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hello kind sirs
i need a catalyst assembly for a 1988 300te
thank you in advance
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I've seen dealers trying to sell W123 300TDs for that much in Oregon.
Tyler
Tom Savage wrote:
Donald Snook wrote:
I just dropped my Cadillac off at my Indy's shop. He also usually has
7-8 cars for sale. He has a 2001 Mercedes E320 in PERFECT shape with
only 58,000 miles on it. I offhandedly
Donald Snook wrote:
I just dropped my Cadillac off at my Indy's shop. He also usually has 7-8 cars
for sale. He has a 2001 Mercedes E320 in PERFECT shape with only 58,000 miles
on it. I offhandedly asked him how much he wanted for it and he said $14,000.
I about jumped out of my shoes. Isn'
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get much for the 2001 Expedition so we might as well try it until the wheels
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That makes sense, I guess it wouldn't require much retooling to simply
machine the crank for 25cc more displacement per cylinder. It may just
be a matter of using the same crank with the pins ground smaller and
slightly offset, and then a thicker bearing or different connecting rod.
I wonder if
When I was in college the teachers always made a point of not using
Wikipedia at all for research because it's "unreliable."
I think the whole discussion is weird because all of the good Wikipedia
articles cite their sources, and the correct way to reference a cited
source is to cite the origi
Mitch Haley wrote:
The VW was marketed by Chrysler as 1.7L, I don't know what the exact
displacement was.
I just checked with Rockauto.com. They list the Omni engine as 1.7L, 105 ci.
The audi and VW are listed as 1.6L, 97ci. All three take the same piston rings,
so I assume the engines made
On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:50:39 -0800, "tyler" said:
> I've gotten somewhat frustrated with Wikipedia, because when I edit out
> incorrect information, people come and put it back in!
Sadly, schools are teaching students to use it as a source for research
projects.
Allan
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Tyler
Mitch Haley wrote:
tyler wrote:
Wow, those seem almost identical to a rabbit, and they even have a VW
engine!
I wonder if the article is wrong? It says the VW
Displacement=bore*stroke
The surface area of the piston, and the stroke of the crankshaft are the
only two variables that can affect displacement.
A larger combustion chamber in the head will lower the compression
ratio, but will not affect displacement. The displacement of an engine
refers
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tyler wrote:
Wow, those seem almost identical to a rabbit, and they even have a VW
engine!
I wonder if the article is wrong? It says the VW engine was 1.7 liter,
The VW was marketed by Chrysler as 1.7L, I don't know what the exact
displacement was. There are several flaws in the Wiki articl
On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:07:38 -0800, "tyler" said:
> The cylinder head doesn't affect engine displacement. Only the pistons
> and/or crank can.
The cylinder head has a recessed area above each piston where the valves
are -- if that area is "deeper" would it not have the effect of larger
displac
The cylinder head doesn't affect engine displacement. Only the pistons
and/or crank can.
Tyler
Allan Streib wrote:
On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:50:14 -0800, "tyler" said:
Wow, those seem almost identical to a rabbit, and they even have a VW
engine!
I wonder if the article is wrong? It says t
The first Omni had a VW engine and VW floor pans then Chrysler moved to
their own 2.2 liter engine. They were never built by someone else.
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fiat gets 3
On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:50:14 -0800, "tyler" said:
> Wow, those seem almost identical to a rabbit, and they even have a VW
> engine!
>
> I wonder if the article is wrong? It says the VW engine was 1.7 liter,
> but I'm not sure that VW ever made a 1.7 liter engine. Perhaps it was
> actually a 1
Wow, those seem almost identical to a rabbit, and they even have a VW
engine!
I wonder if the article is wrong? It says the VW engine was 1.7 liter,
but I'm not sure that VW ever made a 1.7 liter engine. Perhaps it was
actually a 1.6 liter? It would be weird for them to make a special
engine
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Allan Streib wrote:
"Curt Raymond" said:
I think this could be a good thing for both companies. Fiat cars come
back to the US under the Dodge or Chrysler (Dodge I think, I'm pretty
sure nobody under the age of 50 buys Chryslers) badge and Chrysler/Dodge
> Kaleb wrote:
> o, I was going there via IE
But now that you have the file, open Firefox. Then click "file >
open file..." and point it to the .xpi file you downloaded. It
will do the same install dance the others were talking about;
asks permission, does some magic, tells you it won't b
> Loren wrote:
> yes, did that. Then tried everything i could think of to get
> it to save the file.
If you want it to be a .wav file, you will need to choose
"export as wav". "Save" will save in the unique Audacity format.
Can you get to "Edit > Preferences"? Under the tab "Directories"
it sho
Do you have the track visible in the Audacity pane? What version do you have?
On 1.3.5 ctrl-a works once I have clicked on the track, but then I can save and
export too. After I hit the record button, the track becomes visible, then I
can save/export.
Another thought, do you only have one win
Allan Streib wrote:
The Dodge Omni, a small hatchback back in the '80s, was not a bad car
for a small econobox. A friend of mine had one and it actually was
quite a peppy car. I don't recall if they actually made it or if it was
badge engineering though. I think they used VW motors.
The L b
Well she sat still for the whole thing but I don't think she got too
much out of it at 3.5 years old. However whenever I got to 'Quoth the
raven' and stopped she enjoyed doing the 'Nevermore'. So she did get
something out of it. Will look for The Bells and see what she thinks of
that one.
Man
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Allan Streib wrote:
"Mitch Haley" said:
Everybody whose engines failed during the recall got the warped heads
milled flat and new gaskets installed
Is this really a fix? Seems that it must be either a design or
manufacturing flaw if so many were warping. After the milling, wouldn't
it jus
Do you have permission to write to the output dir it wants to use? Have
you tried save as?
Luther
Loren Faeth wrote:
I have tried to do that but have not been successful either. It does
not seem to have a select all or control A feature either.
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I have tried to do that but have not been successful either. It does
not seem to have a select all or control A feature either.
At 08:53 AM 1/21/2009, you wrote:
I vaguely recall having to "select" the whole recording before doing
anything with it.
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Loren Faeth wrote:
Won't let me do tha
"Curt Raymond" said:
> I think this could be a good thing for both companies. Fiat cars come
> back to the US under the Dodge or Chrysler (Dodge I think, I'm pretty
> sure nobody under the age of 50 buys Chryslers) badge and Chrysler/Dodge
> gets small fuel efficient cars in its lineup, a win for
audacity says there is enough space
At 09:46 PM 1/20/2009, you wrote:
Do you have enough free disk space? - just a shot in the dark.
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Loren Faeth wrote:
> Won't let me do that either. in the file menu, my choices are new, open,
> recent files and exit. everyth
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Loren Faeth wrote:
Won't let me do that either. in the file menu, my choices are new,
open, recent files and exit. everything else is grayed out.
I think I am hosed. But I cant figure out why it won
Aveo crapboxes) as far as having something to sell when gas
prices go back up. I'd put even money on them with Ford to survive
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Allan Streib wrote:
"Mitch Haley" said:
Everybody whose engines failed during the recall got the warped heads milled
flat and new gaskets installed
Is this really a fix? Seems that it must be either a design or
manufacturing flaw if so many were warping. After the milling, wouldn't
it ju
All depends on the cause of the warped heads. If they were out of tolerance
at the time of manufacture then the problem is solved.
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"Mitch Haley" said:
> Everybody whose engines failed during the recall got the warped heads milled
> flat and new gaskets installed
Is this really a fix? Seems that it must be either a design or
manufacturing flaw if so many were warping. After the milling, wouldn't
it just eventually warp a
Gary Hurst wrote:
i just want it updated before it fails. actually, more than anything, i
want them to admit it needs to be updated, which will never happen.
Reminds me of Ford. When finally on the verge of being forced into a government
recall of the warping 3.8L cylinder heads, they admitte
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guess this means i'm not going to win my war with saturn to fix my defective
timing chain, huh?
What's the deal with that, did it fail, or were you wanting it updated before it
failed?
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Hummer HX. If GM can't sell Hummer, it will be axed and there are no
buyers.
Hummer died with the H1. The rest is just lipstick on the GM pig.
Maybach. Terminally ill. Gone in 2012
Too bad. Maybe in 10 years I could afford one!
A shame there were no diesels...
Viper DEAD. For sale with n
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