Re: [MBZ] Can't Win for Losing!

2017-07-19 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
> Greg wrote: > So, the E320 wagon I was getting ready to inspect sold the night > before. Then an interesting E430 4Matic that was on CL for 24 > days sold 1/2 hour before I contacted the seller :-( You should hire out your services to those selling cars. Maybe you could get a few of them to

[MBZ] Can't Win for Losing!

2017-07-19 Thread Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
So, the E320 wagon I was getting ready to inspect sold the night before. Then an interesting E430 4Matic that was on CL for 24 days sold 1/2 hour before I contacted the seller :-( Greg ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Ames Iowa

2017-07-19 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Wed, 19 Jul 2017 17:28:38 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > Curley resides there occasionally, I believe. Yes, he's the one. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] Validation for Michigan Mitch

2017-07-19 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
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Re: [MBZ] the crackheads don't sell just Mercedes!

2017-07-19 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Then buy this: https://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/cto/6226985126.html 171k, looks to be in good shape. -D > On Jul 19, 2017, at 5:27 PM, Donald Snook via Mercedes > wrote: > > Pretty cool Volvo wagon. But, 200,000 miles and a crack pipe price! > >

Re: [MBZ] Ames Iowa

2017-07-19 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Curley resides there occasionally, I believe. -D > On Jul 19, 2017, at 5:27 PM, Donald Snook via Mercedes > wrote: > > Somebody on the list lives in Ames, Iowa, right? > > I have a question for whoever it is. > > Don Snook > ___ >

[MBZ] Ames Iowa

2017-07-19 Thread Donald Snook via Mercedes
Somebody on the list lives in Ames, Iowa, right? I have a question for whoever it is. Don Snook ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

[MBZ] the crackheads don't sell just Mercedes!

2017-07-19 Thread Donald Snook via Mercedes
Pretty cool Volvo wagon. But, 200,000 miles and a crack pipe price! https://wichita.craigslist.org/cto/d/volvo-dl-wagon/6221586521.html Don Snook ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change

Re: [MBZ] Carfax Please? Kaleb?

2017-07-19 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Don't you hate it when that happens? At least he called. I have shown up after calling only to find out he just sold it. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 19, 2017, at 1:09 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes > wrote: > > So I had an appointment to see this today, but got a

Re: [MBZ] Carfax Please? Kaleb?

2017-07-19 Thread Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
So I had an appointment to see this today, but got a call from the owner saying he sold it last night. The grapes were probably sour anyway :-) Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes Sent: Tuesday, July

[MBZ] FYI

2017-07-19 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
https://jalopnik.com/mercedes-did-it-better-1797047487 -- --FT Winston Churchill: “Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming

Re: [MBZ] Locked Out Resolution

2017-07-19 Thread Donald Snook via Mercedes
When I had my first MB (a 1971) 250, I lost the key. I called a locksmith and he was able to make a key from scratch. He inserted something in the lock cylinder and then cut a key from that. It worked and it cost about $70. Don Snook -Original Message- From: M. Mitchell Marmel

Re: [MBZ] AMG

2017-07-19 Thread Donald Snook via Mercedes
I like green cars too! I like the looks of that E420! I don't know if they are good, but it looks good! Don Snook -Original Message- From: clay [mailto:redgh...@comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2017 4:49 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: [MBZ] AMG

Re: [MBZ] Struttin on my lunch break

2017-07-19 Thread Donald Snook via Mercedes
Nice job, good deductive reasoning. Sounds like you made a harder job easier. Don Snook -Original Message- From: Curt Raymond [mailto:curtlud...@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2017 1:59 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: [MBZ] Struttin on my lunch

Re: [MBZ] Grid Tied Solar is now $1 a watt, plus wiring and mounting brackets

2017-07-19 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Wow, thats what overstocks were going for last year. My dad decided it was "better to start small and build up" thus we're moving to 3x 100w panels at a cost of around $350 when we could have had one of those for almost half. Of course those are 24v panels but still... -Curt From: Mitch

Re: [MBZ] Validation for Michigan Mitch

2017-07-19 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Yup batteries are big money that must be replaced regularly, grid tied is better for most users/ -Curt From: Mitch Haley via Mercedes To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Mitch Haley Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Re: [MBZ] Validation for Michigan Mitch

2017-07-19 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> > In reading some of the posts from Volt users, I realized that I was quite > wrong in dismissing the Volt as a useless novelty back in 2012. My co-worker is quite pleased with his Volt, on the whole. The only things that bug him are those that would be found in _any_ overly-automated new

[MBZ] Grid Tied Solar is now $1 a watt, plus wiring and mounting brackets

2017-07-19 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
https://www.solar-electric.com/kyocera-ku265-6mca-265-watt-multicrystal-solar-panel.html https://www.solar-electric.com/solaredge-se6000a-us-inverter.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or

Re: [MBZ] Validation for Michigan Mitch

2017-07-19 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
If you're net metered, especially if it's time of use pricing, you just feed your solar into the grid while you're at work and take it back to put it in the EV at night. Mitch. > On July 19, 2017 at 9:48 AM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > > I would

Re: [MBZ] Validation for Michigan Mitch

2017-07-19 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On July 19, 2017 at 9:39 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > Even though my commute is within the range of a current EV, I would still > have instances where I need more than 50-80 miles of distance out of a car. > A hybrid relieves me of this limitation and still

Re: [MBZ] Validation for Michigan Mitch

2017-07-19 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
I hear the Solyndra technology is really good --FT On 7/19/17 9:48 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: I would install my own dedicated solar array were I to purchase a new Spark complete with Tesla battery. In my dreams. On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 9:39 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <

Re: [MBZ] Validation for Michigan Mitch

2017-07-19 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I would install my own dedicated solar array were I to purchase a new Spark complete with Tesla battery. In my dreams. On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 9:39 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > When I had the Fusion for a rental I was pleasantly surprised at the > efficiency of

Re: [MBZ] Validation for Michigan Mitch

2017-07-19 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
When I had the Fusion for a rental I was pleasantly surprised at the efficiency of the car. It had good performance (if I wanted it) and only required me to put maybe 15 gallons of gas in it over a three week period of daily use. While hybrids don’t completely eliminate the issues of pollution

Re: [MBZ] Validation for Michigan Mitch

2017-07-19 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
It all started for me last year when I found a Spark EV on LeaseTrader and started looking into it. I ended up at the Spark subforum here: http://gm-volt.com/forum/forum.php In reading some of the posts from Volt users, I realized that I was quite wrong in dismissing the Volt as a useless

[MBZ] Validation for Michigan Mitch

2017-07-19 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
http://jalopnik.com/comment-of-the-day-do-the-math-edition-1797035708 -D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Better stock up, great deal

2017-07-19 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Even my local dealer charges way less for these On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 8:48 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Three 50 amp strip fuses, $10 each. > > And my earlier statement was meant as a joke, I object to paying even a > couple dollars each for these. My car

[MBZ] '75 Chrysler LeBaron on BAT

2017-07-19 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Whole lotta car for the money. Note the lack of bidding hysteria. http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1975-imperial-lebaron/ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Better stock up, great deal

2017-07-19 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Three 50 amp strip fuses, $10 each. And my earlier statement was meant as a joke, I object to paying even a couple dollars each for these. My car takes 80 amp, so these are wrong. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On July 19, 2017 1:29:35 AM EDT, Craig via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] Better stock up, great deal

2017-07-19 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
I hadn't heard of Pudenz fuses before, so I did a little search and found: http://www.littelfuse.com/about-us/press-releases/2005/littelfuse-announces-acquisition-of-pudenz.aspx ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Better stock up, great deal

2017-07-19 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Are the mounting screws 60mm center to center? http://www.littelfuse.com/~/media/automotive/datasheets/fuses/passenger-car-and-commercial-vehicle/bolt-down-fuses/littelfuse_boltdown_fusestrips_48v.pdf See how the link says "passenger car and commercial vehicle"? And when you get to the link it