[MBZ] Drive-a-clone

2013-09-01 Thread Frederick Moir
http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/woman-drives-off-in-wrong-car-in-milford-new-hampshire/-/9848876/21737994/-/d58mb3z/-/index.html   Fred Moir Lynn MA Diesel preferred. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubs

Re: [MBZ] Drive-a-clone

2013-09-01 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
What are the odds that two people will leave keys in their cars? Must be the most honest town in America. On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 9:46 AM, Frederick Moir wrote: > > http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/woman-drives-off-in-wrong-car-in-milford-new-hampshire/-/9848876/21737994/-/d58mb3z/-/index.html > >

Re: [MBZ] Drive-a-clone

2013-09-01 Thread Craig
On Sun, 1 Sep 2013 06:46:31 -0700 (PDT) Frederick Moir wrote: > http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/woman-drives-off-in-wrong-car-in-milford-new-hampshire/-/9848876/21737994/-/d58mb3z/-/index.html "The trouble is there are an awful lot of Camrys the same color, so we both made the mistake of leaving

Re: [MBZ] Drive-a-clone

2013-09-01 Thread Rich Thomas
When i was a kid, I spent summers with my grandparents in KY. They lived on farms near this little town, maybe 20k people if that. One day I go to the grocery with my granddaddy, he is driving this gold/white chebbie pickup he had. I was maybe 10 or so. We go into the store, get whatever, c

Re: [MBZ] Drive-a-clone

2013-09-01 Thread Peter Frederick
--- >From: Rich Thomas >Sent: Sep 1, 2013 11:04 AM >To: Mercedes Discussion List >Subject: Re: [MBZ] Drive-a-clone > >When i was a kid, I spent summers with my grandparents in KY. They >lived on farms near this little town, maybe 20k people if that. One day >I go to the gr

Re: [MBZ] Drive-a-clone

2013-09-01 Thread WILTON
Sunday, September 01, 2013 12:04 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Drive-a-clone When i was a kid, I spent summers with my grandparents in KY. They lived on farms near this little town, maybe 20k people if that. One day I go to the grocery with my granddaddy, he is driving this gold/white chebbie pickup he

Re: [MBZ] Drive-a-clone

2013-09-01 Thread Dan Penoff
In the late 50s and early 60s my Dad did repo work for the commercial side of GM (YMACC) and had a set of master keys that fit all GM products. I recall seeing them as a kid, and there weren't that many of them in the set. Dan On Sep 1, 2013, at 12:21 PM, Peter Frederick wrote: > In the 60's

Re: [MBZ] Drive-a-clone

2013-09-01 Thread Mitch Haley
Frederick Moir wrote: http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/woman-drives-off-in-wrong-car-in-milford-new-hampshire/-/9848876/21737994/-/d58mb3z/-/index.html I tried to do that once with a Plymouth Horizon, white, blue interior, in a huge parking ramp. When my key didn't fit in the door, I noticed the

Re: [MBZ] Drive-a-clone

2013-09-01 Thread Allan Streib
Rich Thomas writes: > So what are the odds of 2 identical trucks, same ignition switch, in > this little town, being parked near one another at the same little > grocery store at the same time? On a old GM the key cylinder would wear to the point where any key would start any car. Happened to

Re: [MBZ] Drive-a-clone

2013-09-01 Thread clay
First, Women are morons Next, Too many clone cars And Then, What sort of idiot leaves keys in a car on purpose? clay On Sep 1, 2013, at 6:46 AM, Frederick Moir wrote: > http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/woman-drives-off-in-wrong-car-in-milford-new-hampshire/-/9848876/21737994/-/d58mb3z/-/inde

Re: [MBZ] Drive-a-clone

2013-09-02 Thread dseretakis
Too many boring ass Camrys, too many boring ass people who drive boring ass Camrys. They deserve each other! Sent from my iPhone On Sep 2, 2013, at 1:36 AM, clay wrote: > First, > > Women are morons > > Next, > > Too many clone cars > > And Then, > > What sort of idiot leaves keys in a c

Re: [MBZ] Drive-a-clone

2013-09-02 Thread dseretakis
If anything, the boring ass car exchange spiced up their boring ass lives. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 2, 2013, at 7:31 AM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: > Too many boring ass Camrys, too many boring ass people who drive boring ass > Camrys. They deserve each other! > > Sent from my iPhone > > O

Re: [MBZ] Drive-a-clone

2013-09-02 Thread Michael Canfield
I guess me. I am that sort of idiot apparently. The key is in my 300d now and the only time it ever comes out is if I go out of town somewhere. Next, is 20k people really a small town these days? I am pretty sure we are still under 5k by a long shot downtown Watkins Glen. My home town, Burdett

Re: [MBZ] Drive-a-clone

2013-09-02 Thread mlh
> Next, is 20k people really a small town these days? I am pretty sure we > are still under 5k by a long shot downtown Watkins Glen. My home town, > Burdett, heck, maybe 1k people tops. We all leave the keys in cars around > here at home. The door on my house has not been locked in 20 years. >

Re: [MBZ] Drive-a-clone

2013-09-02 Thread Curt Raymond
All this from the guy's whos mechanic wants to put a lock on the hood of his car to keep him from hurting himself. Glass houses sir... -Curt Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2013 22:36:35 -0700 From: clay To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Drive-a-clone Message-ID: Content-Type: text/

Re: [MBZ] Drive-a-clone

2013-09-02 Thread Curt Raymond
n I do. -Curt Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 10:58:37 -0400 From: Michael Canfield To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Drive-a-clone Message-ID:     Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I guess me.  I am that sort of idiot apparently.  The key is in my 300d now and the only time it ev

Re: [MBZ] Drive-a-clone

2013-09-02 Thread clay
ood of his > car to keep him from hurting himself. > > Glass houses sir... > > -Curt > > Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2013 22:36:35 -0700 > From: clay > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Drive-a-clone > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset

Re: [MBZ] Drive-a-clone

2013-09-02 Thread Craig
On Mon, 2 Sep 2013 15:50:46 -0700 clay wrote: > There have been no orders to keep me away from #1 boy's car. That > thing is becoming more than the pig it was treated like. Trans fluid > was black as pitch and smelled of outhouse. Motor oil was thick as > mud, black as coffee and burnt. We d

Re: [MBZ] Drive-a-clone

2013-09-02 Thread clay
So for the fluids have been on my dime. The trans is all good, as it was swapped with a rebuilt once I did a double fluid swap and it still came out nasty. Engine and diff I will keep an eye on to see how they are faring. Cheap FLAPS fluid and filter deal for $24 even though it was castrol sy

Re: [MBZ] Drive-a-clone

2013-09-02 Thread mlh
> There have been no orders to keep me away from #1 boy's car. That thing > is becoming more than the pig it was treated like. Do we say Attaboy, or should have bought a decent car to begin with instead of sinking money into a sow's ear? Mitch. ___ http://ww

Re: [MBZ] Drive-a-clone

2013-09-02 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Sep 2, 2013 3:50 PM, "clay" wrote: > We did a diff fluid swap and got > molasses which has left a stench to > be rivaled by the reek of hellfire. Anyone got any tips on getting that diff fluid stink out of things? I spilled a quarter-size amount in the back of my Suburban months ago and desp

Re: [MBZ] Drive-a-clone

2013-09-02 Thread clay
This pig is turning into a pearl. Only big issue was that transmission. All the rest is standard old car stuff. Any used car will have needs that have not been met. Sometimes you get the car that really was ignored, but if you put a modicum of elbow grease towards it, the thing comes back to

Re: [MBZ] Drive-a-clone

2013-09-02 Thread clay
Alex, I am thinking Coke, not pepsi, to soak that out of there. Drench in coke, let it soak, then extract with shop vac. Rinse with water, then brake cleaner, then douse with coke, repeat until it goes away. My spill is in the driveway, and I am going to use a 2 liter of coke and grease cutte