[MBZ] My wife doesn't know I smoke crack and post cars for sale

2020-10-10 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
https://winstonsalem.craigslist.org/cto/d/pfafftown-2004-mercedes-station-wagon/7211251003.html -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okieben

Re: [MBZ] My wife doesn't know I smoke crack and post cars for sale

2020-10-10 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Holy crack Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 10, 2020, at 10:07 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > https://winstonsalem.craigslist.org/cto/d/pfafftown-2004-mercedes-station-wagon/7211251003.html > > -- > --FT > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > >

[MBZ] Small dent in drivers door due to a cow getting to close

2020-10-10 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Who hasn't had that same exact problem? https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/338281610593274 1984 Mercedes-Benz 500 SL $3,750 Vehicles Listed 18 hours ago in Cleveland, GA

[MBZ] swap a X5 for this nice 210 wagon

2020-10-10 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/3474078105964879 -- --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/listinfo/mercedes_okieb

[MBZ] It does have a hoodstack. Straight pipe coming from turbo. Sounds amazing

2020-10-10 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/465369084368124 1985 Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz 300 SD Sedan 4D $3,000 Vehicles Listed 4 days ago in Canton, NC About This Vehicle…

Re: [MBZ] swap a X5 for this nice 210 wagon

2020-10-10 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On 2020-10-10 11:40, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/3474078105964879 Did Jim and Jill get rid of theirs already? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscrib

[MBZ] Looks mostly nice, low miles, but a lot of annoying issues 2000 E 320 AWD Wagon

2020-10-10 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
make loball offer? https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1048398602247304 2000 Mercedes-Benz E-Class E 320 AWD Wagon 4D $3,600 Vehicles Listed a day ago in Kennesaw, GA

[MBZ] cheap ML320 in limp mode $850

2020-10-10 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
could be a really good deal, new conductor plate kit and fluid $250 https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/947978639038571 2000 Mercedes-Benz M-Class ML 320 Sport Utility 4D $850 Vehicles Listed a day ago in Sanford, FL

[MBZ] That interior!!!! 1957 Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.6 Sedan 4D, $18, 000

2020-10-10 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
careful, that will put your eyes out! https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/332544391145138 1957 Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.6 Sedan 4D $18,000 Vehicles Listed 5 days ago in Jacksonville, FL

Re: [MBZ] Small dent in drivers door due to a cow getting to close

2020-10-10 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
I've definitely had that problem with deer, more than once. Allan Floyd Thursby via Mercedes writes: > Who hasn't had that same exact problem? > > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/338281610593274 > > > 1984 Mercedes-Benz 500 SL > $3,750 > Vehicles

Re: [MBZ] My wife doesn't know I smoke crack and post cars for sale

2020-10-10 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
This one is three years newer, 4Matic, similar miles, could probably get it for under $5K. https://indianapolis.craigslist.org/cto/d/indianapolis-2007-mercedes-benz-e350/7204527341.html Floyd Thursby via Mercedes writes: > https://winstonsalem.craigslist.org/cto/d/pfafftown-2004-mercedes-stati

Re: [MBZ] That interior!!!! 1957 Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.6 Sedan 4D, $18, 000

2020-10-10 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Seems to be original? Floyd Thursby via Mercedes writes: > careful, that will put your eyes out! > > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/332544391145138 > > 1957 Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.6 Sedan 4D > $18,000 > Vehicles > Listed 5 day

Re: [MBZ] Small dent in drivers door due to a cow getting to close

2020-10-10 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
What's most annoying is when you slow way down, they stand there in the left lane watching you, and as you roll by them, they leap into your driver's fender or sometimes door (because they took off when your headlights passed them). On 2020-10-10 12:10, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: I've

Re: [MBZ] Small dent in drivers door due to a cow getting to close

2020-10-10 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
If I see them, I blow the horn. That usually startles them into action and they run away. Sometimes they just jump out of the weeds though. I had one jump from some tall grass right into the side of my Frontier. Never saw it. Hit by the rear wheel, ripped the plastic faux fender flare off, no other

[MBZ] Man. trans. W108 on BAT

2020-10-10 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Some flaws but nonetheless rare US model 280SE sedan. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1969-mercedes-benz-280se-11/?utm_source=dm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2020-10-10 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] That interior!!!! 1957 Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.6 Sedan 4D, $18, 000

2020-10-10 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Oddly, that aesthetic works for me. On Sat, Oct 10, 2020 at 12:20 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Seems to be original? > > Floyd Thursby via Mercedes writes: > > > careful, that will put your eyes out! > > > > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/332544391145

Re: [MBZ] My wife doesn't know I smoke crack and post cars for sale

2020-10-10 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Here. I can top that. Look at the price in the ad description. https://m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/681221936166011 Rick From: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: October 10, 2020 10:14 AM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: ka...@striplin.net Subject: Re: [MBZ] My wife doe

Re: [MBZ] Small dent in drivers door due to a cow getting to close

2020-10-10 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I have trouble with shifting concrete pillars in parking garages. While the car is sitting they move, so when I back the car out my LF fender hits them. On Sat, Oct 10, 2020 at 12:28 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > If I see them, I blow the horn. That usually start

Re: [MBZ] Man. trans. W108 on BAT

2020-10-10 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Rockers look like they are made of Bondo. Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes writes: > Some flaws but nonetheless rare US model 280SE sedan. > > https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1969-mercedes-benz-280se-11/?utm_source=dm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2020-10-10 >

[MBZ] 06 E350AWD Not Upshifting

2020-10-10 Thread Larry Turner via Mercedes
Hello again all!     1st, I hope everyone is well?  Hopefully we haven't been hit hard by the Covid (Whuhan) Virus?  I suspect the membership of this forum is on the older side, like me, and I pray everyone either doesn't get it or recovers quickly & completely.     I thought I asked this quest

Re: [MBZ] 06 E350AWD Not Upshifting

2020-10-10 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
5 speed (722.6) or 7 speed? It starts in 2nd, stays in 2nd, it's in limp home mode, locked in 2nd for its own protection. Sounds a lot like what happened to my 99 wagon in 2012 and my 97 W140 in 2015. The wagon needed a conductor plate (have to take the pan off to replace it). The S420 just

[MBZ] Motorwagen

2020-10-10 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1886-benz-patent-motorwagen-replica/ ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_oki

Re: [MBZ] It does have a hoodstack. Straight pipe coming from turbo. Sounds amazing

2020-10-10 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
What a waste. Rick From: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: October 10, 2020 10:46 AM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: buggeredbenzm...@gmail.com Subject: [MBZ] It does have a hoodstack. Straight pipe coming from turbo. Sounds amazing https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/

Re: [MBZ] 06 E350AWD Not Upshifting

2020-10-10 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
You would have to pull the codes with DAS to know what the issue is and to reset the trans computer. Could very well be the conductor plate. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 10, 2020, at 1:04 PM, Larry Turner via Mercedes > wrote: > > Hello again all! > 1st, I hope everyone is well? Hopefu

Re: [MBZ] Motorwagen

2020-10-10 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Give Bertha some credit - she drove this thing over 100km on unpaved roads. https://youtu.be/vsGrFYD5Nfs -D > On Oct 10, 2020, at 2:14 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > > https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1886-benz-patent-motorwagen-replica/ > > ___

Re: [MBZ] swap a X5 for this nice 210 wagon

2020-10-10 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> Did Jim and Jill get rid of theirs already? No, but a 2wd wagon is not on the approved list. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.

Re: [MBZ] Motorwagen

2020-10-10 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Yes. Great video. Dwight E. Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Sat, Oct 10, 2020 at 4:00 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Give Bertha some credit - she drove this thing over 100km on unpaved roads. > > https://youtu.be/vsGrFYD5Nfs > > -D > > > > >

[MBZ] The Search Continues...

2020-10-10 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Went looking at a couple of W210s sedans with 4Matic, not something that’s common around here. First one: https://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/cto/d/valrico-1999-mercedes-benz-e320-4matic/7207020887.html

[MBZ] 3 wheelin' in an AMG

2020-10-10 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Comparison test, G63 vs Wrangler Rubicon vs Suzuki Jimny https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE2W93FBdo8___ 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/

Re: [MBZ] The Search Continues...

2020-10-10 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Can just the owner order a VMI? $2800 is close enough to asking price so you will probably succeed. On Sat, Oct 10, 2020 at 4:31 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Went looking at a couple of W210s sedans with 4Matic, not something that’s > common around here. > > First

Re: [MBZ] The Search Continues...

2020-10-10 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
They first one looks decent, would likely be reasonable at $2800 though it would pain me to pay that much! --FT Sent from iPhone > On Oct 10, 2020, at 4:31 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > Went looking at a couple of W210s sedans with 4Matic, ___ h

Re: [MBZ] The Search Continues...

2020-10-10 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Nope. Most dealers won’t let an owner see the VMI, short of maybe letting them look at it on the computer screen. I have a source for them that emails them to me. I just haven’t had a chance to get them the information. I might still get it today, if not, Monday for sure. We’ll see. I’m still s

Re: [MBZ] The Search Continues...

2020-10-10 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Yeah, I know, but I’m not looking for a project, I’m looking for something with lower miles that needs a good Martha’ing and some basic maintenance and be ready to make a 1200 mile trip without incident. I don’t need to shuttle a car until the end of November, but if I get something now I can us

Re: [MBZ] The Search Continues...

2020-10-10 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I would add that the 99 model was facelift car, so it’s got the newer stuff in the cabin and things like electric cooling fan instead of the engine driven one. -D > On Oct 10, 2020, at 5:39 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > Nope. Most dealers won’t let an owner see the VMI, short of ma

Re: [MBZ] The Search Continues...

2020-10-10 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On 2020-10-10 19:06, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: I would add that the 99 model was facelift car, so it’s got the newer stuff in the cabin and things like electric cooling fan instead of the engine driven one. I thought the main facelifts were 1998: optional 4matic, optional ESP. 2000: low

Re: [MBZ] The Search Continues...

2020-10-10 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
This is a 99 model year, but it’s definitely a facelift model as it has all the stuff. I don’t know when the change took place exactly. Delivery date was 10-5-98, “approximate” build date was October as well according to the data card. Steering wheel control buttons, door mirror turn signal ind

Re: [MBZ] The Search Continues...

2020-10-10 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
The 99 in the link below is not a facelift car. The electric engine fan started 99 pre facelift. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 10, 2020, at 6:06 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > I would add that the 99 model was facelift car, so it’s got the newer stuff > in the cabin and things lik

Re: [MBZ] The Search Continues...

2020-10-10 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Good to know. I couldn’t figure out how this would be the case. I’ll have to go back and look at pictures for the steering wheel - I could have been confusing it with the 2001 I looked at today. I really like the electric fan. Makes so much more room in the engine compartment. -D > On Oct 10,

Re: [MBZ] The Search Continues...

2020-10-10 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
The 99 will not have steering wheel controls, that started in 00 with the facelift models. Every year from 96-99 was just a little bit different then the facelift models were pretty much the same till the end of the run. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 10, 2020, at 7:22 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercede

[MBZ] Learn something each day

2020-10-10 Thread Clay via Mercedes
TIL NYC has the most native americans (111k) in the nation. OKC (36.5k) has more natives than ANC(35.9k). NYC is some 309 square miles, while ANC is 1944 miles. I am going to posit there are more classic mercedes at okie acres than in all of ANC. Another tidbit, because the work at home sche

Re: [MBZ] OT maybe Honda transmission fluid is magic

2020-10-10 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Part arrived yesterday and I installed it today. It seems to be both a filter and a check valve. I suspect more of the latter. Anyway haven't driven the car yet. Installation was a big PITA involving removal of several plastic panels and the front bumper to get access. These were held in place by

Re: [MBZ] Learn something each day

2020-10-10 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Clay via Mercedes writes: > Day drinking has increased Can confirm. Well not so much day drinking, but evening drinking is definitely up. Allan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change de

Re: [MBZ] OT maybe Honda transmission fluid is magic

2020-10-10 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On 2020-10-10 21:40, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: So I need to get some replacements for that to put the nose of the car back together. It pays to have fasteners on hand. What diameter are they? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07P413F41 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GCJFR1S _

Re: [MBZ] OT maybe Honda transmission fluid is magic

2020-10-10 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
About 1/2" diameter. I found some at AutoZone, marked for "Honda bumper trim" and they looked about right. It was dark by the time I got home. Screws I got from Lowes. Allan Mitch Haley via Mercedes writes: > On 2020-10-10 21:40, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: >> So I need to get some rep

Re: [MBZ] Learn something each day

2020-10-10 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
I’m drinking 12yo Scotch whisky now --FT Sent from iPhone > On Oct 10, 2020, at 9:44 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > Clay via Mercedes writes: > >> Day drinking has increased > > Can confirm. Well not so much day drinking, but evening drinking is > definitely up. > > Allan > >