Re: [MBZ] Yellow 75 450SL

Luscious helios gelb or gelb. Yummy. Too bad it's the WORST model year Mercedes due to the cat converter. On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 3:22 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > This is compelling > > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1214164312091974 > > -- > --FT

Re: [MBZ] SL600 & ML320 fun

On Sun, 16 Dec 2018 19:51:43 -0500 Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > If the thermostat is like the one on the M119 V8, it’s part of an > aluminum housing, not a separate part from the housing. Also, if > there’s a short 90 degree hose that goes to the housing, get one of > those. If the original

Re: [MBZ] SL600 & ML320 fun

On Sun, 16 Dec 2018 19:18:23 -0500 (EST) Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: > Seriously, would any of you have been ashamed to be seen in this in the > early 1980s? (same color, 273ci, and did I mention my uncle had just > restored it) > https://www.mecum.com/lots/DN0717-291477/1966-plymouth-barracu

Re: [MBZ] SL600 & ML320 fun

Hah! -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On December 16, 2018 6:48:57 PM EST, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: >I gotta get that thing looked at, Max's girlchild demands a new ride as > >she is embarrassed to be seen in his white whale. > ___ htt

Re: [MBZ] Looks nice, could be a good deal for someone -- Poos comment?

Later is always better. Probably needs a full set of hydraulic cylinders, since the front locks are a function of the hydraulics. They go whacky and you’re not taking the top on or off without the special wrench. -D > On Dec 16, 2018, at 3:20 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > ht

Re: [MBZ] I drove that SUPER CLEAN MERCEDES TURBO DIESEL - $6200 (Albuquerque)

On Sun, 16 Dec 2018 18:32:49 -0600 OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > Sounds like a winner, but do what Max suggested . . . He (a realtor who just got a 2015 Benz to replace it) mentioned that he has had it maintained at an independent in Albuquerque. He said he will contact them and get me a copy of

Re: [MBZ] Florida Mini Q

Nope. Has never answered their phone or returned messages. As you and I discussed previously, I’m betting it sold and they didn’t bother to keep the email that tells them how to take the listing down. -D > On Dec 16, 2018, at 5:33 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > Ohhh. I tho

Re: [MBZ] SL600 & ML320 fun

If the thermostat is like the one on the M119 V8, it’s part of an aluminum housing, not a separate part from the housing. Also, if there’s a short 90 degree hose that goes to the housing, get one of those. If the original or an old one is on there, it won’t flex enough for you to get the t-sta

Re: [MBZ] SL600 & ML320 fun

Yes, I always thought the 'cudas were ugly. On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 6:19 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > On December 16, 2018 at 6:48 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I gotta get that thing looked at, Max's girlchild demands a n

Re: [MBZ] I drove that SUPER CLEAN MERCEDES TURBO DIESEL - $6200 (Albuquerque)

Sounds like a winner, but do what Max suggested . . . On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 5:21 PM Max Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Maybe pay for a pre-purchase inspection? > > Sounds like a nice car. Use the issues found to negotiate a lower price. > -- > Max Dillon > Charleston SC >

Re: [MBZ] OT Was Special reading for Dr. Curt NOW DDT Deaths

> On December 16, 2018 at 7:11 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Let's do some critical thinking. Is this an industry sponsored analysis? > Peer reviewed science? Or cleverly written disinformation? The same goes for the 'DDT is bad' articles. Which are honest, or are they al

Re: [MBZ] SL600 & ML320 fun

> On December 16, 2018 at 6:48 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > I gotta get that thing looked at, Max's girlchild demands a new ride as > she is embarrassed to be seen in his white whale. Is it that rusty now? My uncle restored an old Barracuda when I was a teen. Somehow his restored

Re: [MBZ] OT Was Special reading for Dr. Curt NOW DDT Deaths

Let's do some critical thinking. Is this an industry sponsored analysis? Peer reviewed science? Or cleverly written disinformation? On Dec 16, 2018 1:43 AM, "Curley McLain via Mercedes" wrote: > Here is another one. > > "Despite clear evidence as to the effects, international aid groups such > a

Re: [MBZ] SL600 & ML320 fun

First $9k takes it! --FT On 12/16/18 6:57 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: Sounds like I need to buy that car off of you. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 16, 2018, at 5:48 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: I drove the car the other evening and sitting in traffic I noticed it was

Re: [MBZ] SL600 & ML320 fun

Sounds like I need to buy that car off of you. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 16, 2018, at 5:48 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > I drove the car the other evening and sitting in traffic I noticed it was > creeping up to red zone on temp. Pulled over to a guy's boat shop to see if

[MBZ] SL600 & ML320 fun

I drove the car the other evening and sitting in traffic I noticed it was creeping up to red zone on temp.  Pulled over to a guy's boat shop to see if I could get some water, he came out and got me a hose and I put some water in, but the tank was almost full so that was not it.  Started it agai

Re: [MBZ] I drove that SUPER CLEAN MERCEDES TURBO DIESEL - $6200 (Albuquerque)

Maybe pay for a pre-purchase inspection? Sounds like a nice car. Use the issues found to negotiate a lower price. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On December 16, 2018 6:09:10 PM EST, Craig via Mercedes wrote: >Well, I drove the 2006 E320 CDI shown at > >https://albuquerque.craig

[MBZ] I drove that SUPER CLEAN MERCEDES TURBO DIESEL - $6200 (Albuquerque)

Well, I drove the 2006 E320 CDI shown at https://albuquerque.craigslist.org/cto/d/super-clean-mercedes-turbo/6772652250.html It's a very nice car! It accelerates very quickly without complaint and with very little noise (in contrast to our Big Red Van!). In response to a red warning light on the

Re: [MBZ] OT Was Special reading for Dr. Curt NOW DDT deaths

Aka the truth. On Dec 16, 2018 2:38 PM, "Curley McLain via Mercedes" wrote: > Yep, swallow the propaganda whole! > > Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote on 12/16/18 10:08 AM: > >> Hopefully, that was the last word on the subject. >> >> On Dec 16, 2018 9:30 AM, "Dwight Giles via Mercedes" < >> m

Re: [MBZ] Florida Mini Q

Ohhh. I thought maybe you got ahold of the 4matic guy Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 16, 2018, at 4:27 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > Had a nice lunch with Dwight and talked cars - what else? > > And no, it’s not a new wagon. Same one I bought a year ago. > > -D > >> On Dec 16, 201

Re: [MBZ] Florida Mini Q

Had a nice lunch with Dwight and talked cars - what else? And no, it’s not a new wagon. Same one I bought a year ago. -D > On Dec 16, 2018, at 3:17 PM, Dwight Giles wrote: > > Dan and I met in Lakeland FL yesterday for lunch. I got to see his new w210 > wagon. I am here visiting in-laws. Pix

Re: [MBZ] This is somewhat appealing

So you bid $16k for it, then slap your forehead and say "I could've had a V-8". http://karakullake.blogspot.com/2008/09/mercedes-450sel-69-truck-benz-el.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe

Re: [MBZ] Florida Mini Q

New to me to see. Dwight E. Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 3:40 PM Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Dan got a new wagon? What say ye Dan? > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 16, 2018, at 2:17 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com>

Re: [MBZ] Question For Jaime And/Or Dan P

> > Rick wrote: > > > > How hard is it to chronicle the restoration of a project in > > photographs and a blog? > Jim wrote: > > Mine is extremely old-school. I have a site, hosted on an old > Mac in my basement. My blog is just HTML 1 files that I > hand-edit, very plain and easy to do. AND

Re: [MBZ] Florida Mini Q

Dan got a new wagon? What say ye Dan? Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 16, 2018, at 2:17 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes > wrote: > > Dan and I met in Lakeland FL yesterday for lunch. I got to see his new w210 > wagon. I am here visiting in-laws. Pix link to follow. > Dwight > > > Dwight E. Giles

Re: [MBZ] Florida Mini Q

old new one Dwight E. Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 3:27 PM Rick Knoble via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > New wagon? > The one I posted (4matic) or the old new one? > > > Rick > > From: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Sent: December 16, 2018 2:18 PM > To: mercedes@okiebenz.c

Re: [MBZ] Florida Mini Q

New wagon? The one I posted (4matic) or the old new one? Rick From: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: December 16, 2018 2:18 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: dwight.gi...@gmail.com Subject: [MBZ] Florida Mini Q Dan and I met in Lakeland FL yesterday for lunch. I got t

[MBZ] Yellow 75 450SL

This is compelling https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1214164312091974 -- --FT ___ 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/lis

[MBZ] Looks nice, could be a good deal for someone -- Poos comment?

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/260831354613762 2000 Mercedes-Benz 500 SL Hanahan, SC· about a minute ago · $5,599 * About This Vehicle * o o Driven 69,555 miles * o o Automati

[MBZ] Florida Mini Q

Dan and I met in Lakeland FL yesterday for lunch. I got to see his new w210 wagon. I am here visiting in-laws. Pix link to follow. Dwight Dwight E. Giles Jr 1982 300CD 2005 E320 4matic. Wickford RI ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www

[MBZ] 6.9 anyone?

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1923982944325411/ 1979 Mercedes Benz 6.9 rare Greenville, SC· 22 hours ago · $8,900 Great condition, Runs drives good collectible car very rare 6.9 Serious questions wi

Re: [MBZ] OT Was Special reading for Dr. Curt NOW DDT deaths

Yep, swallow the propaganda whole! Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote on 12/16/18 10:08 AM: Hopefully, that was the last word on the subject. On Dec 16, 2018 9:30 AM, "Dwight Giles via Mercedes" wrote: Thank you Peter, This detailed report is helpful. Dwight Dwight E. Giles Jr. 1982 300CD 2

Re: [MBZ] This is somewhat appealing

That does look nice - starting with a wagon instead of a sedan was smart. On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 11:06 AM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2000-mercedes-benz-e320-pick-up-truck/ > > --FT > Sent from iPhone > __

Re: [MBZ] [DONE] Special reading for Dr. Curt

Consider them "forked" [politicians that is], not the esteemed gentlemen of the forum. On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 6:41 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The political stuff. Not appropriate for this forum. > > > On Dec 16, 2018, at 8:37 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes < > mer

[MBZ] This is somewhat appealing

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2000-mercedes-benz-e320-pick-up-truck/ --FT Sent from iPhone ___ 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/mailma

Re: [MBZ] Question For Jaime And/Or Dan P

If you just want something pretty quick and easy blogspot works. Pics and text, some minimal formatting abilities. Part of the googs. --FT Sent from iPhone > On Dec 15, 2018, at 9:03 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes > wrote: > > How hard is it to chronicle the restoration of a project in photogr

Re: [MBZ] OT Superfast charging - Might want to keep a safe distance from your car

> On December 16, 2018 at 10:07 AM Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes > wrote: > > Wife doesnt want to tank up any more. She has to fill the suv all the time > and views it as a nuisance. An EV works for that, as long as your common day's driving fits within the car's practical capacity (which I d

Re: [MBZ] OT - electric cars for city use

> On December 16, 2018 at 10:14 AM Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes > wrote: > > > They are shutting the Cruze plant down I think. Lordstown Ohio, where the sedans are made is being shut down. And the car lines are being cut ruthlessly, and a whole lot of people got layoff notices right after s

Re: [MBZ] OT Was Special reading for Dr. Curt NOW DDT deaths

Hopefully, that was the last word on the subject. On Dec 16, 2018 9:30 AM, "Dwight Giles via Mercedes" wrote: Thank you Peter, This detailed report is helpful. Dwight Dwight E. Giles Jr. 1982 300CD 2005 E320 4matic Wickford RI On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 9:11 AM Peter Frederick via Mercedes < merc

Re: [MBZ] Question For Jaime And/Or Dan P

Something else I would add is that you really need to spend some time figuring out how you want to lay out the blog if you’re going that route. Planning in advance for the layout will save you a myriad of headaches down the road as you add and make changes to the content. It doesn’t have to be

Re: [MBZ] OT - electric cars for city use

They are shutting the Cruze plant down I think. On Tue, Dec 11, 2018, 10:19 AM Rick Knoble via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: > > https://www.porsche.com/usa/aboutporsche/christophorusmagazine/archive/374/articleoverview/article01/ > > https://www.mbusa.com/en/electric-cars-faq > > https

Re: [MBZ] OT Superfast charging - Might want to keep a safe distance from your car

Range isnt a barrier. If a car can go 300 miles it is a lot more than 99% of people need on a daily basis. Average commutes are very short. The batteries are expensive. That will change over time. These supercharge things will have batteries in them and suck power from the grid off peak or midday

Re: [MBZ] Question For Jaime And/Or Dan P

I think that generating content (photos and text) is the hard part. I host a couple web sites on a Synology NAS. The Synology software makes this fairly easy. I use a free web page (html) editor called KompoZer which makes many things easy but the resulting code is not as compact as it should

Re: [MBZ] Question For Jaime And/Or Dan P

I think the first thing you have to determine is how elaborate and detailed you want to get. Do you want to be able to post a lot of text with pictures, just a bunch of pictures in chronological order with some notes or captions, etc., etc.? If you want maximum control and have some technical

Re: [MBZ] OT Was Special reading for Dr. Curt NOW DDT deaths

Thank you Peter, This detailed report is helpful. Dwight Dwight E. Giles Jr. 1982 300CD 2005 E320 4matic Wickford RI On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 9:11 AM Peter Frederick via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > DDT has always been available anywhere in the world except the US and > Western Euro

Re: [MBZ] OT Was Special reading for Dr. Curt NOW DDT deaths

DDT has always been available anywhere in the world except the US and Western Europe. It is very rarely used anymore because it's not effective, most target insects developed resistance pretty quickly. Birds, on the other hand, have not developed any, and DDT in fish eating birds has dropped b

Re: [MBZ] Question For Jaime And/Or Dan P

> How hard is it to chronicle the restoration of a project in photographs and a > blog? Mine is extremely old-school. I have a site, hosted on an old Mac in my basement. My blog is just HTML 1 files that I hand-edit, very plain and easy to do. Photos are put on the site, and IMG tags used to

Re: [MBZ] OT Superfast charging - Might want to keep a safe distance from your car

Speaking of history, keep in mind that when Bertha Benz took her little day trip, there were no dedicated fuel stations, no dedicated road system with signs, street lights, etc. No trained mechanics or parts stores. No "big oil" to produce and distribute the fuel, oil, grease. All that infrastr

Re: [MBZ] [DONE] Special reading for Dr. Curt

The political stuff. Not appropriate for this forum. > On Dec 16, 2018, at 8:37 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > > The Pelosi/Schumer stuff, or the DDT stuff? > I've learned a lot from the DDT discussion so far. > > Mitch. >> On December 16, 2018 at 8:16 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes >>

Re: [MBZ] [DONE] Special reading for Dr. Curt

The Pelosi/Schumer stuff, or the DDT stuff? I've learned a lot from the DDT discussion so far. Mitch. > On December 16, 2018 at 8:16 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > > All right, this thread has gone far enough off the rails. Put a fork in it, > please. >

Re: [MBZ] Special reading for Dr. Curt

Pretty much sums em up. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 16, 2018, at 8:05 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > wrote: > > Read chuckie's body language. That tells it all. Lil Chuckie is very > uncomfortable, unwilling to look at anything or anybody. He won't even look > at the hag, peloski. Th

Re: [MBZ] [DONE] Special reading for Dr. Curt

All right, this thread has gone far enough off the rails. Put a fork in it, please. List Mom ___ 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

Re: [MBZ] Special reading for Dr. Curt

Read chuckie's body language.  That tells it all.  Lil Chuckie is very uncomfortable, unwilling to look at anything or anybody.  He won't even look at the hag, peloski.   The hag has that "smile" that was stitched in in the last facelift.  It is quite fake.  The words that some out don't matter