I love taking the train, but Amtrak is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO bad in the midwest it is practically unbearable. 50 hours from Madison, WI to Deming, NM. They have some good lines on th East coast, where I assume you are (Manhattan), but elsewhere it is awful. If I had to go from Kansas City to South Carolina - I have to change trains in CHICAGO!! In almost every case, flying is cheaper than the train, sadly.
Chris Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've spent the last few months traveling the busiest rail corridor in the US every couple weeks. The Accella express is pretty amazing, although I was less than impressed on Tuesday when several of the doors were frozen shut and dumbass rail employees left us waiting 10 minutes while they tried to open the doors rather than directing us to the doors that opened correctly... Amtrak has impressed me, 12 rides now in 4 months and only 1 was seriously late. They are really REALLY dumb in some respects, the trains are deteriorating, I can see it ride to ride. The seat cushions are already sagging and the "wallpaper" for lack of a better term is peeling but the ride quality is good and it goes directly into Manhattan... -Curt Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 21:57:01 -0400 From: Steve MacSween Subject: Re: [MBZ] 79 year old veggie oil maker harassed by gummint To: Mercedes Discussion List Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII on 3/10/07 15:27, Peter Frederick at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > rail is MUCH > cheaper and you don't have to drive the train.... Yeah, and it's been in decline ever since GM got out of the locomotive business and got into fleet buses big-time, hence the campaign in the 60s to scrap streetcars all over North America. Here in Canada we lost our truly national passenger rail system back in the 80s. By amazing coincidence, the prime minister at the time had close (cough) ties with Power Corp., which coincidentally at that time controlled the Canadian equivalent of Greyhound Lines. With the current trends in diesel prices, however, the final irony is that in some cases you can now travel by rail cheaper than by bus. The problem that we no longer have passenger rail service outside the busiest traffic corridors. Mac --------------------------------- No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com --------------------------------- We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Mar 12 13:52:50 2007 Received: from sccrmhc15.comcast.net ([204.127.200.85]) by server8.arterytc8.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) id 1HQkxG-0007fT-HN for mercedes@okiebenz.com; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:52:50 +0000 Received: from aceraspire (c-69-243-211-95.hsd1.va.comcast.net[69.243.211.95]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc15) with SMTP id <20070312135245015006g8h8e>; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:52:45 +0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "LarryT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 09:52:34 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: Re: [MBZ] Greasing front wheel bearings X-BeenThere: mercedes@okiebenz.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9.cp2 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_okiebenz.com.okiebenz.com> List-Unsubscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com> List-Post: <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:52:50 -0000 Not sure what vehicle you;re talking about - but the grease MB sells is in a tube which contains exactly enough to do both front wheels - seperate the tube into 2 halves and you have the right amount for each wheel. IIRC, the WSM tells how much goes into each hub and cap. The key is to buy the grease from MB so you get the proper amount. Unless you have a way to precisely measure 8 oz. or 12 oz of grease - can't recall which it is - it's important to buy the good stuff from MB. HTHs - Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs Porsche Road Test http://members.rennlist.com/roadtest/ . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Stark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 5:41 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Greasing front wheel bearings > Steve - > Did someone answer you yet on this? BTW, what model chassis are we talking > about here? > > Barry > Anyone with correct advise as to how much grease is to be put in hub & > cup; after forcing grease into bearings; as a youngster i used to about > FILL up everything???; now i just put about 1/4 full in hub & 1/2? in > cover cap; > thanks, Steve > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
