Regular use helps. Tires that just sit seem to rot.
Partly why I like loaning out the car trailer to the
neighbors.
-- Jim
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303 Aerospace Protectant.
Not sure how often you would need to reapply.
On Tue, Aug 9, 2022, at 15:20, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote:
> There must be some sort of sealant that you could spray on tires to
> protect them from UV if you are not able to park indoors.
>
> Randy
>
>
> On
The special sealant is only available in northern climates and it is only
available during the winter months. It's called "snow" and works best when
applied with deep cloud cover that limits sunlight to 3 hrs per day.
"Snow" protectant is supplemented by use of "salt induced deep corrosion
303 offers a “tire protectant and balm” product that blocks UV, but if it was
exposed to the elements I suspect you would have to reapply regularly.
-D
> On Aug 9, 2022, at 4:20 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> There must be some sort of sealant that you could spray on tires to
There must be some sort of sealant that you could spray on tires to
protect them from UV if you are not able to park indoors.
Randy
On 09/08/2022 3:11 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
When I was at the vast northern estate last week I noticed a bunch of pickup
trucks parked with covers
When I was at the vast northern estate last week I noticed a bunch of pickup
trucks parked with covers over the tires. I expect these are plow trucks that
are rarely used in the summer time and the covers protect the tires from the
UVs.
I'm REALLY pleased we get to park both the tractors
Same with Florida *if* the vehicle is stored outside. In this case, Bob just
got this back from Dad, who was in Peoria, IL, if I recall correctly.
-D
On Aug 9, 2022, at 2:55 PM, G Mann via Mercedes
mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote:
As an Arizona resident, I have a 5 year hard line on life
As an Arizona resident, I have a 5 year hard line on life of tires. The UV
exposure in AZ cooks the sidewall rubber to the point of failure. I have
had 4 tires simply explode from sidewall failure while parked. All were
past the 5 year life limit. Had the vehicles been loaded, at highway speed,
My F150 owners manual says 7 years, then replace regardless of miles. Our
truck spends most of the time in the garage and only has 19,000 miles, so
I'm going to go 10 years, then look at them closely.
On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 1:46 PM dan penoff.com via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I
I would agree with Greg. Since Dad was in IL most of the time, I suspect the
sidewalls are in good shape. I would inspect them closely for cracking, and if
they look good, don’t worry about it at this point.
-D
On Aug 9, 2022, at 1:46 PM, greg via Mercedes
mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>>
I would say that climate conditions are a critical factor. Heat and UV are
the primary enemies. I would think a truck stored outdoors in AZ would age
tires much faster than here in the PNW.
I would certainly inspect closely for signs of heat/sunlight damage.
Greg
> My â05 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4
I guess Michelin says you can go up to 10 years, depending on many factors.
https://www.michelinman.com/auto/auto-tips-and-advice/tire-buying-guide/when-do-i-need-new-tires
On Tue, Aug 9, 2022, at 13:28, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote:
> IIRC, 5 or 6 years is the recommended age to replace
IIRC, 5 or 6 years is the recommended age to replace tires regardless of tread
wear.
On Tue, Aug 9, 2022, at 13:08, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes wrote:
> My ‘05 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 SLT 5.9 Cummins has 60K mile Michelins on it
> that were made third week of 2016. Between my dad I there have been
You don’t want that old truck with old tires. Drop it off at Okie Acres.
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> On Aug 9, 2022, at 12:09 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> My ‘05 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 SLT 5.9 Cummins has 60K mile Michelins on it that
> were made third week of 2016. Between my dad I
My ‘05 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 SLT 5.9 Cummins has 60K mile Michelins on it that
were made third week of 2016. Between my dad I there have been 40k miles put on
them. They are wearing well.
When do I need to get nervous about the straight up age of the tires? Citing
that data should I be concerned
On Fri, Jul 8, 2022, at 6:33 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote:
> A lot, if not most, North American cars of that vintage were pretty much
> junk.
Mid-late 1970s is when my parents stopped buying American cars and started
buying Japanese.
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served to get us around. He was always going on about how “it looks like a
Mercedes”
124 seats are very comfortable. I think the MB seat designers hit the peak with
those
--FT
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> On Jul 8, 2022, at
A lot, if not most, North American cars of that vintage were pretty much
junk. The cars from the 1960's were better. We had a 1977 Monarch. It
was not a good car. Don't really know if the comparable Chevy was any
better but we test drove a Nova at the time and thought the interior on
it really
My brother had a Granada. Even with my limited car experience at the time, I
knew it was clearly a POS car. And it was.
-D
> On Jul 8, 2022, at 4:28 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> At age 15, riding along when my Dad test-drove the Granada that
> ended up replacing our Park Lane, I
At age 15, riding along when my Dad test-drove the Granada that
ended up replacing our Park Lane, I thought the damned thing was
broken, it was so noisy in comparison.
Worst. Trade. Ever. Smaller, worse-built, noisier, slower, with a
stumble off the line, and nearly the same (poor) gas
When we replaced the W124's with a new Passat, the first things I noticed
was hearing the wind noise and that the seats were not as comfortable as
the over 20 yrs old MB seats. Nothing has measured up since.
The current Subaru Legacy seats are about the same as the VW seats were.
On Fri, Jul 8,
Model year? Outback? Forester? Urbanite?
On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 3:14 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> A young woman friend of mine recently bought an Outback and I asked her
> what her husband thought of it, if there was anything she needed to tell
> us. She
A young woman friend of mine recently bought an Outback and I asked her
what her husband thought of it, if there was anything she needed to tell
us. She likes to go camping and doing these 100 mile runs in the
mountains and backwoods, so she wanted to have something she could sleep
in and get
> That's only for women who drive Subarus. [Flannel shirts] And jeans and
> workboots
I've always rather liked those. Oddly, it never seems to be mutual... :-)
-- Jim
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You would have gotten over 30 mpg if you had been wearing Birkenstocks and
packed some granola.
-D
> On Jul 8, 2
Had on the Birkenstocks, no granola. Sent from Mail for Windows From: dan penoff.com via MercedesSent: Friday, July 8, 2022 11:43 AMTo: Okie BenzCc: dan penoff.comSubject: Re: [MBZ] Comfort You would have gotten over 30 mpg if you had been wearing Birkenstocks and packed some granola. -D > On
You would have gotten over 30 mpg if you had been wearing Birkenstocks and
packed some granola.
-D
> On Jul 8, 2022, at 12:12 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Took Mrs. Bob’s Subaru Outback on its first short trip to Las Vegas to visit
> with the oldest child while she worked her
Took Mrs. Bob’s Subaru Outback on its first short trip to Las Vegas to visit
with the oldest child while she worked her national convention. Vegas has
become ridiculously expensive, btw.
Long story short: averaged 29.85 mpg, the creepy new style cruise control (sees
vehicles, keeps you in your
I was living in the CE. It seems to be used in the R129 and some other pillar
less examples.
clay monroe
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> On Oct 18, 2018, at 9:13 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> I think it is needed with the auto-down feature for the front windows on
> the later 124
I think it is needed with the auto-down feature for the front windows on
the later 124 cars.
-
Max
Charleston SC
On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 12:18 AM Jim Cathey via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Cracks the windows when opening door, for seal clearance. Etc.
>
> -- Jim
>
Cracks the windows when opening door, for seal clearance. Etc.
-- Jim
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Being the standard PnP idiot, I saw something and figured “well, that looks
important, I wonder what it does? I should take it home with me” Turned out
that part 124 820 32 26 is a Comfort Control Module. What is that and why?
All I could find was the name, not the function. It had five
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