Re: [MBZ] I've gone and done it

2007-08-20 Thread Jim Cathey
Victoria BC Dragon Boat Festival. Hopefully, she'll get good fuel mileage, but I'm not expecting anything spectacular since she will only have just over 1000 miles under her belt. My boss has one. Gets 25 MPG. Same figure quoted by a working guy filling one up at the other island one

Re: [MBZ] I've gone and done it

2007-08-16 Thread Kevin Kraly
should have been called the crawler :-D Hahahahahaha! It's a cool van though, and it's built very well. Kevin in Portland, OR 1983 300SD 267Kmi, Ursula 2006 Sprinter PV 870mi, no name yet ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor:

Re: [MBZ] I've gone and done it

2007-08-16 Thread Hendrik
Sorry, I beat you to the punchline there. Perhaps you could name it the slug, or Star Box once you get the star up front. Kevin Kraly wrote: should have been called the crawler :-D Hahahahahaha! It's a cool van though, and it's built very well. Kevin in Portland, OR 1983 300SD 267Kmi,

Re: [MBZ] I've gone and done it

2007-08-16 Thread Ed Booher
On 8/16/07, Hendrik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, I beat you to the punchline there. Perhaps you could name it the slug, or Star Box once you get the star up front. No no no, anything that big needs to be called something like Lars -- Knowledge is power... Power Corrupts. Study hard... Be

Re: [MBZ] I've gone and done it

2007-08-16 Thread OK Don
Sounds like a Brunhilda to me --- On 8/16/07, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe call it Tiny? -Curt -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics. -Benjamin Disraeli '90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC, '97 Ply Grand Voyager

[MBZ] I've gone and done it

2007-08-15 Thread Kevin Kraly
Ursula now has a big sister in the driveway. Her name is? Sprinter! It's a '06 leftover 10 passenger van, brilliant silver metallic with gray cloth interior. My dad and I tested a new '07 model a few weeks ago, so we decided to check out one of the two '06's left on the lot. The inline

Re: [MBZ] I've gone and done it

2007-08-15 Thread Tom Hargrave
: [MBZ] I've gone and done it Ursula now has a big sister in the driveway. Her name is? Sprinter! It's a '06 leftover 10 passenger van, brilliant silver metallic with gray cloth interior. My dad and I tested a new '07 model a few weeks ago, so we decided to check out one of the two '06's

Re: [MBZ] I've gone and done it

2007-08-15 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin, work
cool --- Kaleb C. Striplin Cox Auto Trader 730 PP Supervisor - Original Message - From: Kevin Kraly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 4:04 AM Subject: [MBZ] I've gone and done it Ursula now has a big sister

Re: [MBZ] I've gone and done it

2007-08-15 Thread Kevin Kraly
Sluggo might be appropriate if your Sprinter is not exactly a speed demon. I think that it'll outrun my 300SD! It does pretty well with it's 2.7L displacement pulling around 2.5 tons (not sure on the exact weight) though). I see a drag race in my future once I get the 'SD's valves adjusted. I

Re: [MBZ] I've gone and done it

2007-08-15 Thread Redghost
Kevin, Plan your trip around the I-5 mess carefully. Right now traffic seems to be flowing, but I suspect cars are not on the road. That should change once everybody learns how little traffic there is. Could grind to a halt by Friday. Not sure 405 will be a better choice. Might try

Re: [MBZ] I've gone and done it

2007-08-15 Thread Hendrik
Yeah it is a bit strange naming it the sprinter, should have been called the crawler :-D andrew strasfogel wrote: I am not a fan of naming cars as it smacks of cutesyness but if you must, Sluggo might be appropriate if your Sprinter is not exactly a speed demon.