Re: [MBZ] OT: EZ Pass transceiver

2022-07-21 Thread Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
EZ pass is too big brother for me. I get how they are photographing us anyway as we pass through the tolls but why voluntarily give them any more info. I’ll stick to cash lane and no transponder to fall off! Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 21, 2022, at 10:20 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote

Re: [MBZ] What you see is what you get - 2000 ML430 - 174k miles - $350

2022-07-21 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
The Wolf didn’t clean the car, those two crazy kids did. -D (who just saw Pulp Fiction in the movie theater a couple weeks ago - going to see Rear Window on Sunday) https://tampatheatre.org/movie/rear-window/ > On Jul 21, 2022, at 9:06 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > Looks like so

Re: [MBZ] What you see is what you get - 2000 ML430 - 174k miles - $350

2022-07-21 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Looks like someone bled out in the back seat and the car was cleaned by The Wolf. On Thu, Jul 21, 2022, at 11:58 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: > Go get it! > > --FT > Sent from iFōn > >> On Jul 21, 2022, at 11:49 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >>  >> https://indianapol

Re: [MBZ] What you see is what you get - 2000 ML430 - 174k miles - $350

2022-07-21 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Go get it! --FT Sent from iFōn > On Jul 21, 2022, at 11:49 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > >  > https://indianapolis.craigslist.org/cto/d/greenwood-2000-mercedes-ml430/7511062302.html > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives htt

[MBZ] What you see is what you get - 2000 ML430 - 174k miles - $350

2022-07-21 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
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Re: [MBZ] OT: EZ Pass transceiver

2022-07-21 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Dual lock by 3m. Here's enough to last a lifetime. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00JHKTDMA Rick ___ 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/m

Re: [MBZ] Peugeots

2022-07-21 Thread Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
Yes the real Athens! Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 21, 2022, at 7:44 PM, Allan Streib wrote: > > LOL for a second I was thinking Athens GA, and surely the cabs were all > Checkers, Crown Vics, or Caprices at that time. You mean the real Athens. > >> On Thu, Jul 21, 2022, at 6:14 PM, Dimitri S

Re: [MBZ] OT: TDI Eurovan 5-speed - 112k miles - $19,500

2022-07-21 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
There is a French dude in TN mating hopped up vw diesels to porsche 7 speed trannys and putting them into vw vanagons. He is some kind of genius I think. Top diesel at pikes peak this year. On Wed, Jul 20, 2022, 8:33 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 20, 2

Re: [MBZ] OT: Adhesvie recommendations needed

2022-07-21 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
Liquid nails takes a long time to dry. Foam may fall off before it dries. Contact cement might dissolve the EPS, but it would be great otherwise. I might try 3m super trim spray adhesive if compatible with the foam. And you definitely want some foil on the back to keep the steel from radiating he

Re: [MBZ] OT: Adhesvie recommendations needed

2022-07-21 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
There is stuff for that polystyrene, panel glue maybe? I don’t know what might work on the plastic but I’m sure there is some product for it. --FT Sent from iFōn > On Jul 21, 2022, at 7:46 PM, OK Don via Mercedes > wrote: > > I need to glue something like this: > https://www.lowes.com/pd/T

[MBZ] OT: Adhesvie recommendations needed

2022-07-21 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
I need to glue something like this: https://www.lowes.com/pd/Tuftex-Multi-Wall-6mm-Panel-Clear-4-ft-x-8-ft-Corrugated-Polycarbonate-Plastic-Roof-Panel/1000689436 and this: https://www.lowes.com/pd/Insulfoam-Common-0-5-in-x-4-ft-x-8-ft-Actual-0-5-in-x-4-ft-x-8-ft-1-R-1-9-Faced-Polystyrene-Garage-Do

Re: [MBZ] Peugeots

2022-07-21 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
LOL for a second I was thinking Athens GA, and surely the cabs were all Checkers, Crown Vics, or Caprices at that time. You mean the real Athens. On Thu, Jul 21, 2022, at 6:14 PM, Dimitri Seretakis wrote: > Growing up in Athens during the seventies and eighties, I saw a lot of > Peugeot diesel t

Re: [MBZ] Peugeots

2022-07-21 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
Growing up in Riyadh there were a million 504 diesels from Syria and Turkey that would come down yearly for the Haj. Definitely a preferred vehicle, which is really all the endorsement a car needs in retrospect. They would load them like crazy. A wagon is always attractive but then you give up the

Re: [MBZ] Peugeots

2022-07-21 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
The 240 diesel was a dog. A buddy even turboed one and it still wouldnt get out of its own way. 6 cylinders I think. Maybe 85hp. I had a 240 wagon gasser before my 85 td. Honestly it was a better car in many ways. Primarily because it was simpler and a 5 speed. Less maintenance for sure. I put an

Re: [MBZ] Peugeots

2022-07-21 Thread Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
Growing up in Athens during the seventies and eighties, I saw a lot of Peugeot diesel taxis, along with W115, W123 and W124 Mercedes as well as Toyota Corona, VW Jetta, Opel Kadet etc. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 21, 2022, at 6:05 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > I wonder how man

Re: [MBZ] Peugeots

2022-07-21 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
I wonder how many Peugeot diesels were ruined with waste oil conversions and hood stacks? On Thu, Jul 21, 2022, at 4:36 PM, Kevin Kraly via Mercedes wrote: > I had a neighbor years ago (late 1980’s) in SoCal who had a fleet of > Peugeot 504 Diesels. He started with a 1979, then he acquired a 1

Re: [MBZ] Peugeots

2022-07-21 Thread Kevin Kraly via Mercedes
I had a neighbor years ago (late 1980’s) in SoCal who had a fleet of Peugeot 504 Diesels. He started with a 1979, then he acquired a 1978 and finally a 1976 station wagon manny tranny. They were very comfortable and reliable. I wasn’t into Diesels at the time or I would have tried to talk him i

[MBZ] CL500 progress

2022-07-21 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Got plates today! Drove it up the road to the hardware store to get screws for the license plate and the trunk lock assembly. It moves along with alacrity! AC was BLOWING ICE COLD and all seemed ok, ABC suspension giving a warning but seems to be working ok now. ABC Sport setting is solid, was

Re: [MBZ] 2003 S500 - 66k miles - $4,900

2022-07-21 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
What would comprise "smart money"? On Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 3:20 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Looks fairly nice, stupid money > > --FT > > On 7/21/22 2:56 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: > > The rare 12-cylinder S500. > > > > Rear bumper damage doesn't look

Re: [MBZ] 2003 S500 - 66k miles - $4,900

2022-07-21 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Looks fairly nice, stupid money --FT On 7/21/22 2:56 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: The rare 12-cylinder S500. Rear bumper damage doesn't look too bad. Could just rattle-can it if you aren't too particular. AC not working could be expensive I guess, depending on what's wrong. Interior

[MBZ] Reasonably-priced 2005 Mercedes-Benz e-class E 500 4MATIC Sedan 4D, $2, 999

2022-07-21 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
and 4matic, doesn't look bad https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/437887144716134 -- --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/ma

[MBZ] 2003 S500 - 66k miles - $4,900

2022-07-21 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
The rare 12-cylinder S500. Rear bumper damage doesn't look too bad. Could just rattle-can it if you aren't too particular. AC not working could be expensive I guess, depending on what's wrong. Interior looks clean and if the miles are really 66k the price seems low. I wonder what we're not bei

Re: [MBZ] 1979 MB 280 CE - $25,750

2022-07-21 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
BaT copy/paste. It has the Evil Chrysler ACC system. On Thu, Jul 21, 2022, at 1:37 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: > https://jacksonville.craigslist.org/cto/d/fernandina-beach-1979-mb-280-ce/7511630528.html > > -- > --FT > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.

Re: [MBZ] 1995 E420 - 126k miles - $3,500

2022-07-21 Thread Robert Massmann via Mercedes
If didn't have covid, I would offer to go look at it for anyone that would be interested, as I am about 20 miles away from it's location Bob Massmann 2012 ML350 BT 2002 BMW 525i -Original Message- From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Allan Streib via Mercedes Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2022 11:32

[MBZ] 1979 MB 280 CE - $25,750

2022-07-21 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
https://jacksonville.craigslist.org/cto/d/fernandina-beach-1979-mb-280-ce/7511630528.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.okiebenz.com/

Re: [MBZ] Peugeots

2022-07-21 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
The only French cars I ever saw in the midwest were the 1980s-era Renault-based Alliance and Encore that were made by AMC but sold as Renaults. While these cars got some good reviews at the time, they were underpowered and didn't sell well. I remember them as market failures. Seeing a Peugeot o

Re: [MBZ] Peugeots

2022-07-21 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
Much like the Volvo 240s, they did. Lots of them. -D > On Jul 21, 2022, at 10:28 AM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes > wrote: > > Might have to find myself a 504. I seem to recall they had a diesel. > > On Mon, Jul 18, 2022, 8:22 AM David Bruckmann via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >

Re: [MBZ] OT: EZ Pass transceiver

2022-07-21 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
The sooner you get your velcro replaced, the sooner you will start running up your bill for tolls. And that makes them very happy. On Thu, Jul 21, 2022, 11:06 AM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > We have both the “stick on” and suction cup style transceivers. > > When

Re: [MBZ] Peugeots

2022-07-21 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
Might have to find myself a 504. I seem to recall they had a diesel. On Mon, Jul 18, 2022, 8:22 AM David Bruckmann via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Not quite as long a run as the even tougher 504, of which more than three > million were produced between 1968 and 2006! > > On Mon, Ju

Re: [MBZ] OT: EZ Pass transceiver

2022-07-21 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
We have both the “stick on” and suction cup style transceivers. When I had to replace a windshield a while back on one of our cars with the stick on transceiver, I peeled it off of the old windshield and just taped it to the new one. The Sunpass FAQ has all sorts of warnings about why you’re not

Re: [MBZ] OT: EZ Pass transceiver

2022-07-21 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
You are easily amused. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 21, 2022, at 8:20 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > > The EZ Pass transceiver in my Jetta fell off the windshield a couple weeks > ago. I was pondering it the other day and googled "EZ Pass fell off > windshield". Found a couple po

[MBZ] has a CV axle making noise when turning/driving. 2007 Mercedes-Benz gl-class GL 450 Sport Utility 4D, $3, 500

2022-07-21 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
This could be a decent project for a tow vehicle, probably has other problems too for the miles.  Doesn't look too bad though Driven 207,052 miles https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/733778084553350 -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list a

[MBZ] OT: EZ Pass transceiver

2022-07-21 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
The EZ Pass transceiver in my Jetta fell off the windshield a couple weeks ago. I was pondering it the other day and googled "EZ Pass fell off windshield". Found a couple posts that suggested that the EZ Pass people would send new velcro if you asked them. I jumped on EZ Pass NH (I've got a Ne

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Digest, Vol 200, Issue 119

2022-07-21 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
I think it covers quarts, too. The rebate is based on quarts, not packaging, I think. -D > On Jul 21, 2022, at 6:59 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > So this seems to be only for 5qt jugs. Costco have 6qt-bottle boxes, I guess > it wouldn't work with them, but I buy their house br

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Digest, Vol 200, Issue 119

2022-07-21 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
So this seems to be only for 5qt jugs.  Costco have 6qt-bottle boxes, I guess it wouldn't work with them, but I buy their house brand synth oil which is pretty cheap, and they sometimes have discounts on it --FT On 7/21/22 9:27 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: They never list Walmart bu

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Digest, Vol 200, Issue 119

2022-07-21 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
They never list Walmart but they’ve honored the rebate from them for years. I do this annually and I always buy mine at Wallyworld. -D > On Jul 21, 2022, at 6:06 AM, Ronald Courcy via Mercedes > wrote: > > Mobil one rebates > Walmart is not a participating merchant > _

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Digest, Vol 200, Issue 119

2022-07-21 Thread Ronald Courcy via Mercedes
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