Re: [MBZ] 2003 Mercedes Benz E320

2022-06-24 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
It could be beige/beige like my E500 —FT Sent from my iPad > On Jun 24, 2022, at 3:56 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes > wrote: > >  > Want something boring for the eyes? > > https://tucson.craigslist.org/cto/d/tucson-2003-mercedes-benz-e320/7500489474.html > Sent from Mail for Windows > >

Re: [MBZ] A good deal?

2022-06-24 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
It has two engines that will cost around $40-50K each to overhaul, complex landing gear system - a friend just spent over $1000 replacing the aged out hoses in the retractable gear system of his Cessna 210. Twins are considerably cheaper to buy than singles since most know how much MORE expensive

Re: [MBZ] A good deal?

2022-06-24 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
It might be a good deal for salvage - On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 4:45 PM G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > An aviation good deal only comes with current and complete log books for > both engines, both propellers, and the airframe, as well as all other FAA > required component items that would have

Re: [MBZ] 1995 SL320

2022-06-24 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
Yes. 1996 and later if it’s an R129/SLxxx. -D On Jun 24, 2022, at 1:54 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes wrote:  Aren’t these in the category “run away”? https://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/cto/d/phoenix-1995-sl320/7500469257.html Sent from Mail

Re: [MBZ] A good deal?

2022-06-24 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
An aviation good deal only comes with current and complete log books for both engines, both propellers, and the airframe, as well as all other FAA required component items that would have airworthiness directives or mandatory replacement or inspection. Ideally, from when the aircraft left the

[MBZ] A good deal?

2022-06-24 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
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Re: [MBZ] 2003 Mercedes Benz E320

2022-06-24 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Don't drive it on an overcast day, you might lose it. On Fri, Jun 24, 2022, at 3:55 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes wrote: > Want something boring for the eyes? > > https://tucson.craigslist.org/cto/d/tucson-2003-mercedes-benz-e320/7500489474.html > Sent from Mail

[MBZ] 2003 Mercedes Benz E320

2022-06-24 Thread Bob Rentfro via Mercedes
Want something boring for the eyes?  https://tucson.craigslist.org/cto/d/tucson-2003-mercedes-benz-e320/7500489474.htmlSent from Mail for Windows AZBob  ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or

[MBZ] 1995 SL320

2022-06-24 Thread Bob Rentfro via Mercedes
 Aren’t these in the category “run away”?  https://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/cto/d/phoenix-1995-sl320/7500469257.htmlSent from Mail for Windows  AZBob ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or

Re: [MBZ] 2002 E320 wagon - 194k miles - $5,000

2022-06-24 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Guaranteed to get you home anywhere within a 100 mile radius. On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 4:19 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > "Full tank of premium" > > > https://clarksville.craigslist.org/cto/d/clarksville-2002-mercedes-benz-e320/7500594456.html > >

[MBZ] 2002 E320 wagon - 194k miles - $5,000

2022-06-24 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
"Full tank of premium" https://clarksville.craigslist.org/cto/d/clarksville-2002-mercedes-benz-e320/7500594456.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Car Washes

2022-06-24 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Randy I was thinking the exact same thing. Who wants to live in a place with all those creepy crawlies? On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 3:58 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Unfortunately not > > —FT > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Jun 24, 2022, at 2:37 PM, Randy

Re: [MBZ] Car Washes

2022-06-24 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Unfortunately not —FT Sent from my iPad > On Jun 24, 2022, at 2:37 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > wrote: > > On 24/06/2022 2:33 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: >> Haha my cars all turn yellow green in March or so. First the pine pollen >> then oak stuff, then the inchworms

Re: [MBZ] Car Washes

2022-06-24 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 24/06/2022 2:33 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: Haha my cars all turn yellow green in March or so. First the pine pollen then oak stuff, then the inchworms eating the oak leaves and shitting their output all over the cars, then they drop down on the cars on their little webs you

Re: [MBZ] Car Washes

2022-06-24 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Haha my cars all turn yellow green in March or so. First the pine pollen then oak stuff, then the inchworms eating the oak leaves and shitting their output all over the cars, then they drop down on the cars on their little webs you can’t see. Now the golden orb weaver spiders are busy every

Re: [MBZ] OT: Scottsdale real estate

2022-06-24 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
“That’s Hedley!” (inserted Blazing Saddles quote for humour) In Indiana (as I recall) and in Florida, annual tax increases are capped at something like 1 or 1.5%. But - if you sell everything gets reset, so the new owners pay based on the appraised value, just as you mentioned. I think that’s

Re: [MBZ] OT: Scottsdale real estate

2022-06-24 Thread mitch--- via Mercedes
On 2022-06-24 12:25, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: Taxes here are capped, just like they are in Indiana. They can raise all they want, but only a minuscule amount annually. The "Headley Amendment" to Michigan's Constitution limits increases in taxable value to the CPI inflation numbers.

Re: [MBZ] OT: Scottsdale real estate

2022-06-24 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
The peak has passed as far as I’m concerned, so the folks that are trying to profit take are going to be butthurt as the market values decline and demand does as well. That being said, there’s still a lot of demand in both places we live, but the inventory has definitely increased, giving the

Re: [MBZ] Car Washes

2022-06-24 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
yes we had a lot of yellow pollen earlier this spring. On Fri, Jun 24, 2022, 12:26 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > We've had SERIOUS pollen, especially of the pine trees this year. For a > couple weeks there it would blow down the street and look like smoke. > >

Re: [MBZ] Car Washes

2022-06-24 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
I thought oak pollen was bad in Florida, but it’s nothing compared to the pine pollen in Flagstaff. When we got here a couple weeks ago the pavers that surround our house were a different color due to all the pine pollen covering them. The recent monsoon rains that have just started for the

Re: [MBZ] Car Washes

2022-06-24 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
We've had SERIOUS pollen, especially of the pine trees this year. For a couple weeks there it would blow down the street and look like smoke. Get in the car and hit the washers, the windshield would run yellow... Getting past it now and my sinuses are finally starting to clear. -Curt On

Re: [MBZ] OT: Scottsdale real estate

2022-06-24 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
Taxes here are capped, just like they are in Indiana. They can raise all they want, but only a minuscule amount annually. -D > On Jun 24, 2022, at 9:22 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes > wrote: > >> I’ve already got my popcorn out to watch the show. If they get it, it’s good >> for all of us. >

Re: [MBZ] OT: Scottsdale real estate

2022-06-24 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Just for giggles I looked at the listings around our vast northern estate. https://www.redfin.com/ME/Caribou/522-Grimes-Mill-Rd-04736/home/97646019 Our place is 554, a couple houses south. Slide down to the bottom of the listing and notice that it sold in 2020 for $39k. I'd debated buying it

Re: [MBZ] OT: Scottsdale real estate

2022-06-24 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
> I’ve already got my popcorn out to watch the show. If they get it, it’s good > for all of us. If you plan on selling, yes. If you plan on staying, not so much. Any increase in assessment value means higher taxes. Rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To

Re: [MBZ] OT: Scottsdale real estate

2022-06-24 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
Yup. Or Kalifornia. -D > On Jun 24, 2022, at 9:18 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes > wrote: > >> despite all the PRK license plates you see around here. > > PRK = People's Republic of Kommiefornia? > > > Rick > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search

Re: [MBZ] OT: Scottsdale real estate

2022-06-24 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
> despite all the PRK license plates you see around here. PRK = People's Republic of Kommiefornia? Rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Car Washes

2022-06-24 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
Same up here, especially since monsoon season just started. I have a California Duster I use to get a lot of the cruft off of the car. Otherwise, I just live with it. One nice thing - when I do wash the ML it sure dries off quickly! -D On Jun 24, 2022, at 9:04 AM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes

[MBZ] Car Washes

2022-06-24 Thread Bob Rentfro via Mercedes
This is the time of year that it is impossible to keep a vehicle clean in this damn valley. Nearly every day we get a good blow, churning up the dust out in the desert, and it ends up on the cars. Then, it rains about 46 drops of rain giving each vehicle that lovely speckled mud finish. As a

Re: [MBZ] OT: Scottsdale real estate

2022-06-24 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
Bob, See my last post - it’s slowing in Flagstaff for sure. Lots of inventory and nothing appears to be flying off the shelves like it was this time last year. Talked to my realtor a few weeks ago and she said the largest influx of people here are still coming form the valley (Phoenix) despite

Re: [MBZ] OT: Scottsdale real estate

2022-06-24 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
No bubble, simple supply and demand economics. Even in a hot market like Flagstaff where there are tons of investor owned properties, things are starting to slow a bit. It’s partly due to the increase in interest rates taking potential buyers on the fringes out coupled with the peak time for

Re: [MBZ] OT: Scottsdale real estate

2022-06-24 Thread Bob Rentfro via Mercedes
My AZ real estate friends stop short of saying the bubble is bursting. Low interest rates and the fact that prices were ridiculous in the first place, supported by the hemorrhage of people out of California into AZ thinking the prices were good deals, propped the market up in stupidville. Now,

Re: [MBZ] 1995 S320 - 98k miles - $7,500

2022-06-24 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Repetitive pictures taken with a potato-vision camera suggest this one is ignorance. I'm seeing used vehicle prices start to fall again, especially in the pickup truck market. That's great, my old Dodge doesn't have much for rockers anymore. -Curt On Friday, June 24, 2022 at 11:48:05 AM EDT,

Re: [MBZ] OT: Scottsdale real estate

2022-06-24 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
That and Zillow learned the hard way that a computer profile doesn't tell you if the house is actually any good or not. They got caught buying garbage houses at premium prices and lost big. -Curt On Friday, June 24, 2022 at 11:45:35 AM EDT, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: Also VC money

Re: [MBZ] 1995 S320 - 98k miles - $7,500

2022-06-24 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Inflation? rising used car prices in general? On Fri, Jun 24, 2022, 9:17 AM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > What's with people thinking their nearly 30 year old cars are worth well > over $5,000? > > >

Re: [MBZ] OT: Scottsdale real estate

2022-06-24 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Also VC money is drying up. So companies like Zillow and Redfin buying property on spec knowing they can sell it tomorrow for more is probably coming to an end. On Fri, Jun 24, 2022, at 10:38 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > I don't know that the bubble is bursting, more like the wave is

Re: [MBZ] ML55AMG on BAT

2022-06-24 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
MLs don't look good in silver. On Fri, Jun 24, 2022, at 10:31 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > In my neighborhood. > > https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2002-mercedes-benz-ml55-amg-8/ > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] OT: Scottsdale real estate

2022-06-24 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I don't know that the bubble is bursting, more like the wave is receding. As that cheap financing goes away you don't see the mad rush so much anymore. -Curt On Friday, June 24, 2022 at 11:34:39 AM EDT, mitch--- via Mercedes wrote: Has the bubble burst in AZ? This is 1/3 bigger than

Re: [MBZ] OT: Scottsdale real estate

2022-06-24 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
The bubble bursts quickest for the most desperate. On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 11:34 AM mitch--- via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Has the bubble burst in AZ? > This is 1/3 bigger than my house and a lot less outdated. > > https://i.redd.it/ykwhvg85o6791.jpg > > > >

[MBZ] OT: Scottsdale real estate

2022-06-24 Thread mitch--- via Mercedes
Has the bubble burst in AZ? This is 1/3 bigger than my house and a lot less outdated. https://i.redd.it/ykwhvg85o6791.jpg https://www.redfin.com/AZ/Scottsdale/9468-E-Sunnyside-Dr-85260/home/27779763 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

[MBZ] ML55AMG on BAT

2022-06-24 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
In my neighborhood. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2002-mercedes-benz-ml55-amg-8/ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] 1995 S320 - 98k miles - $7,500

2022-06-24 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
S class with low miles and dealer maintained. Not unreasonable. On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 9:17 AM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > What's with people thinking their nearly 30 year old cars are worth well > over $5,000? > > >

[MBZ] 1995 S320 - 98k miles - $7,500

2022-06-24 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
What's with people thinking their nearly 30 year old cars are worth well over $5,000? https://louisville.craigslist.org/cto/d/clarksville-1995-mercedes-k-miles-great/7500458843.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

[MBZ] 1990 300SE - 151k miles - $7,000

2022-06-24 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
https://cincinnati.craigslist.org/cto/d/florence-1990-mercedes-benz-300se/7500436508.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: