3600 [seconds in an hour] divided by how ever many seconds it took you to drive
one mile = your speed in MPH. Drive two miles, then divide 7200 by the number
of seconds to get MPH.
On Monday, June 10th, 2024 at 2:15 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
wrote:
>
>
> but wouldn't i have to
> but wouldn't i have to drive some miles for an hour?
Of course not, no more than the speedometer itself needs to.
It's just math. Divide miles traveled (fractional is OK) by hours
taken to do so (ditto). There's your answer. The longer the timebase
or distance the more precise the result.
but wouldn't i have to drive some miles for an hour?
--FT
On 6/10/24 2:26 PM, OK DonN via Mercedes wrote:
You can time the number of seconds between mile marks and do bit of math and
come up with your MPH. The more miles you time, the more accurate the result.
On Monday, June 10th, 2024 at
You can time the number of seconds between mile marks and do bit of math and
come up with your MPH. The more miles you time, the more accurate the result.
On Monday, June 10th, 2024 at 10:27 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
wrote:
> That's what gave me the idea that the speedo is off, then
That's what gave me the idea that the speedo is off, then yesterday driving RT
1 other cars normally max out at 60mph but most of the time the cars I was
following were doing 65 indicated in my car.
It occurs to me I should have paid more attention to the mile markers on the
highway. If the
I usually check mine against the roadside "Your Speed" signs that are often set
up in construction zones. But I don't really know how accurate those are, and I
could see the motivation for having them set a little high.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2024, at 10:08, Craig via Mercedes wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Jun
I'm going to try a GPS speedo via my phone on the way home. I *think* I can
adjust the speedo within the VW software, need to try it when I get home.
-Curt
On Monday, June 10, 2024 at 10:09:41 AM EDT, Craig via Mercedes
wrote:
On Mon, 10 Jun 2024 08:59:35 + (UTC) Curt Raymond
On Mon, 10 Jun 2024 08:59:35 + (UTC) Curt Raymond
wrote:
> The '05 Golf ate the miles up yesterday, we did Peterborough, NH to
> Waterville, ME in one 200+ mile run. I *think* the speedo reads 5mph
> slow which might explain the 45mpg.
I got into the habit of using a GPS receiver as a
I forgot to mention the positive effects of the long term high speed run. While
I haven't started the car yet today (ie cold start) when I stopped for
groceries I noticed a significant reduction in smoke at startup.
The PD engines in the second gen TDIs (first gen would be '97 through '03 VE
Yes, the bladder was the limiter on my Jettas too.
AZBob
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jun 10, 2024, at 2:00 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> The '05 Golf ate the miles up yesterday, we did Peterborough, NH to
> Waterville, ME in one 200+ mile run. I *think* the speedo reads 5mph
The '05 Golf ate the miles up yesterday, we did Peterborough, NH to Waterville,
ME in one 200+ mile run. I *think* the speedo reads 5mph slow which might
explain the 45mpg. Some of that is no doubt the around town driving I'd been
doing though.
My bladder limited us to Houlton for our next top,
On Sun, 9 Jun 2024 01:24:09 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes
wrote:
> Tomorrow I'm going to take it to the great northern estate. The car
> smokes more on startup than I'd like, a 450 mile highway run ought to
> clean the cobwebs out of it.
Have a safe trip!
Craig
Angie's '05 Golf has, I think, become my '05 Golf and she's taken over my '15
Jetta.
Back about March the alternator quit, there are a stack of choices, I ended up
going with a used one. It was slightly cheaper than a "new" made in China off
brand or "rebuilt" Bosch. New Bosch is available but
I bought a nice low hour Subaru/Robin generator on CL last year.
It started right up for the original owner, but ran lean unless you left the
choke partly on.
Probably spent too much time sitting in his garage between power failures.
Shut off the fuel, took it home, it ran for a few seconds
-Curt
From: Curley McLain via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Cc: Curley McLain <126die...@gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2016 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Stupid human trick du jour
Hehe!
Hehe! I think we've all done that or something similar!
My Airens came with fuel shutoff. That makes it easy to run the carb
dry before putting it away for the summer.
NO problems with E10 fuel. Probably getting to be about 15 years now.
It still looks like (near) new and runs like new.
Hauled the snowblower out today, its got a 110v starter so standard practice is
to just crank until it starts, except today it didn't...Farted around with the
shroud over the carb, no gas coming from the carb drain. Hmm, no gas out of the
primer either. FINALLY after much farting around I
What a great comeback to a typical, modern, politically correct idiot
journalist.
Stupid Question... Excellent Answer!
General Cosgrove (Australian Army) was interviewed on the radio recently.
Read his reply to the lady who interviewed him concerning guns and children.
Regardless of how you
I knew I'd been seeing that for years, but never looked it up before today.
Mitch.
From Snopes:
Those who support gun rights and believe responsible gun ownership begins with
teaching young people the right way to handle firearms at an early age have a
great fondness for this story. As well
Ok, but it IS still a great comeback!
--
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20
Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
I knew I'd been seeing that for years, but never looked it up before
today.
Mitch.
From Snopes:
Those who support gun rights and believe responsible gun
Max Dillon wrote:
Ok, but it IS still a great comeback!
I was surprised that Snopes would say this, given the owners' usually obvious
left bias:
...this anecdote illustrates in a humorous way the difference between having
the ability to do something and allowing that ability to dictate
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Stupid Question... Excellent Answer!
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Max Dillon wrote:
Ok, but it IS still a great comeback!
I was surprised that Snopes would say this, given the owners' usually obvious
: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 7:24 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Stupid
Larry, check out the link I provided, lots of info there. They were also
easy to talk to when I had a question.
Not much electrical stuff involved, I put a male plug on the pigtail and I
plug it into a nearby 115AC outlet. You can wire
Larry, Just like your car, the condenser is outside and the evap is inside.
The UV lights clean the evap and duct work. This link tells you all you
need to know:
http://www.negativeiongenerators.com:80/ultraviolet.html
These are called Air Probe Sanitizers.
Harry
- Original Message -
From: LarryT l02tur...@comcast.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 5:43 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Stupid
Hmmm, since I have Heat Pumps will I get any benefit from the UV lights in
my air handling system?
When you 1st
Wilton Strickland wrote:
In a cooling system, the inside heat exchanger is the evaporator, and the
outside heat exchanger is the condenser. When a heat pump switches modes
and become a heating system, the inside heat exchanger becomes the
condenser, and the outside heat exchanger becomes the
the evap so clean really helps the performance of the
system!
Thanks for the info -
LarryT
- Original Message -
From: harry watkins harry...@bellsouth.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Stupid
Yes, my
mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Stupid
Yes, my bulbs are about four inches from the evap. You can install
everything inside, or do like I did and install the sockets outside and
drill some holes for the bulbs to be inside.
This is where I got
Not being an electrical kind of guy, I did a search for UV lights and
was surprised to see search results were all blacklights.
Try 'germicidal'. That's what they call them.
-- Jim
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Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Stupid
Returns should be sized to comfortably carry all of the supply without
overheating fans/compressors and creating excessive noise, especially at the
return
so I'm checking every six months for a clue the change them out.
Harry
- Original Message -
From: LarryT l02tur...@comcast.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 8:29 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Stupid
Hey WIlton -
Good advice
air restriction though so that is good.
Manfred
From: LarryT l02tur...@comcast.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 8:29 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Stupid
Hey WIlton -
Good advice.
Along those lines I spoke with the technician
You installed these lights on the outlet side? Did you install them in
the duct somehow?
harry watkins wrote:
Larry
I did two things that help my HVAC system. First, I have two return
inlets. One near the floor and one near the ceiling that use the same
ductwork otherwise. I made a plug
/ultraviolet.html
Harry
- Original Message -
From: Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Stupid
You installed these lights on the outlet side? Did you install them
On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:15:26 -0500 harry watkins
harry...@bellsouth.net wrote:
Larry
I did two things that help my HVAC system. First, I have two return
inlets. One near the floor and one near the ceiling that use the same
ductwork otherwise. I made a plug for the one not being used and
'My thoughts, too, Craig.
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: Craig McCluskey diese...@cnsp.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 9:36 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Stupid
On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:15:26 -0500 harry watkins
harry
Wouldn't you want to kill the germs before they go through the evap.? If
it's clean now, how does killing germs after they've blown through help? Or
have you killed all the germs in the house so that none are being sucked
intp the return air now?
Two, I installed UV lights in front of the
Wilton Strickland wrote:
Gerry, if you had had hypoxia (lack of oxygen) in the car,
you would have NEVER known it or felt anything.
Gerry wrote:
Would it be about the same as a pilot who loses
pressurization at high altitude?
Similar. I believe at high altitude the lower air pressure
Archer wrote:
That's exactly what I have; the likely difference being it might have a
lower slope since the roof doesn't have to support ice and snow. Have
to get up there and try taping some of the joint close by the stairs to
see how it goes..
Thanks,
My folks' house is 32' wide, 4 in
: Saturday, March 14, 2009 11:33 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Stupid
My house has a REAL widow's walk centered on the roof between two chimneys.
The area is accessible via a permanently installed ladder that rises steeply
(but not vertically) about 15 - 18 feet above the attic floor, which
Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Stupid
Hi Wilton,
Here's another A/C question you or someone else might be able answer.
Because the electric bill seems high, I suspected that there might be a
leak
in the fiberglas
2009 9:56 pm
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Stupid
Archer wrote:
Maybe someone else on the
list can explain why people can survive in a closed up house or car.
The same reason a closed up car fills up with water and sinks in under a
minute?
Mitch
] OT - Stupid
Wilton Strickland wrote:
Gerry, if you had had hypoxia (lack of oxygen) in the car, you would
have
NEVER known it or felt anything
If it's hypoxia due to your own breathing, shouldn't the CO2 level go up
as the
O2 level goes down? Doesn't the CO2 level get up to the lung-burning
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 11:03 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Stupid
Hi Wilton,
Old houses are interesting. When I was a kid we lived in one in Louisville
that was built during the gaslight era; the gas jets were still in place and
still worked
PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Stupid
Wilton Strickland wrote:
Gerry, if you had had hypoxia (lack of oxygen) in the car, you would
have
NEVER known it or felt anything.
:
Would it be about the same as a pilot who loses pressurization at high
altitude?
Gerry
If it's hypoxia due to your own
@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 11:33 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Stupid
My house has a REAL widow's walk centered on the roof between two
chimneys.
The area is accessible via a permanently installed ladder that rises
steeply
(but not vertically) about 15 - 18 feet above the attic
The gas was carbide (acetylene?) produced in a little
building a half block away.
Calcium carbide (CaC2) + water (2H2O) =
acetylene (C2H2) + calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2).
-- Jim
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Thanks, Jim. 'Was hoping you'd set me straight on that.
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Stupid
The gas was carbide (acetylene
On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:31:40 -0800 Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net
wrote:
The gas was carbide (acetylene?) produced in a little
building a half block away.
Calcium carbide (CaC2) + water (2H2O) =
acetylene (C2H2) + calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2).
Yup. Makes the little carbide cannon I
ducts vs supply ducts; 'knew it years ago; I've forgotten.
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: Peter Hertzing phertz...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 8:16 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Stupid
Wilton - Thanks for the great info. I have
Archer wrote:
That's exactly what I have; the likely difference being it might have a
lower slope since the roof doesn't have to support ice and snow. Have
to get up there and try taping some of the joint close by the stairs to
see how it goes..
Thanks,
My folks' house is 32' wide, 4 in 12
Wilton Strickland wrote:
Gerry, if you had had hypoxia (lack of oxygen) in the car,
you would have NEVER known it or felt anything.
Gerry wrote:
Would it be about the same as a pilot who loses
pressurization at high altitude?
Similar. I believe at high altitude the lower air pressure
Ask Ted Kennedy (D-UI) about that behavior.
--R
Mitch Haley wrote:
Archer wrote:
Maybe someone else on the list can explain why people can survive in
a closed up house or car.
The same reason a closed up car fills up with water and sinks in under
a minute?
Mitch.
Helluva way to learn. ;))
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Stupid
A buddy and I were redoing his bathroom
A buddy and I were redoing his bathroom and kitchen below, had to take
up the subfloor on bathroom above. Kept telling him to watch out and
only step on joists. he got a brain fart and stepped on the sheetrock,
went through, and landed on his man parts. He rolled around in agony
for
Several days ago, somebody was talking about doing something stupid. Don't
remember who it was, but be reassured whatever it was probably wasn't so
stupid. Now, let me tell you about stupid; THIS was stupid:
WHERE IS ALL THE WATER COMING FROM?
By
Wilton Strickland
During the summer of
On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:25:48 -0500 Wilton Strickland wilt...@nc.rr.com
wrote:
Several days ago, somebody was talking about doing something stupid.
Don't remember who it was, but be reassured whatever it was probably
wasn't so stupid. Now, let me tell you about stupid; THIS was stupid:
Oh,
Well that was me that was stupid working on the brakes and vac on the
TD, but I understand about condensation and heat and that sort of thing.
--R
Wilton Strickland wrote:
Several days ago, somebody was talking about doing something stupid. Don't
remember who it was, but be reassured
Hi Wilton,
Here's another A/C question you or someone else might be able answer.
Because the electric bill seems high, I suspected that there might be a leak
in the fiberglas ductwork Since this is a closed A/C system with no fresh
air coming in except when the doors or windows are open, I
Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Stupid
Hi Wilton,
Here's another A/C question you or someone else might be able answer.
Because the electric bill seems high, I suspected that there might be a leak
in the fiberglas ductwork Since
That's what I do... I figure the cycling doesn't help anyone but honeywell.
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
-Original Message-
From: Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:59:36
To: Mercedes Discussion Listmercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT
3:24 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Stupid
Hi Wilton,
Here's another A/C question you or someone else might be able answer.
Because the electric bill seems high, I suspected that there might be a leak
in the fiberglas ductwork Since this is a closed A/C system with no fresh
air coming in except when
Sort of on the subject -- I installed a programmable thermostat at the
beginning of February. My gas usage, compared to the previous February,
DOUBLED. And the average temperature was about 1 degree warmer this
year.
I'm not happy. Evidently, in the case of my house, maintaining a set
Umm, this may be a stupid question too but if theres no air loss somewhere to
be made up somewhere else wouldn't you eventually breathe up all the oxygen in
the house and die?
-Curt
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:24:25 -0400
From: Archer arche...@embarqmail.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Stupid
2009 16:24:25 -0400
From: Archer arche...@embarqmail.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Stupid
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Message-ID: 41520a1f1ce647e8bbd2d3053a3e5...@billardef4d8b3
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; Format=flowed
Hi Wilton,
Here's another A/C
as are the
chimneys. Coast is about 100 miles to the east.
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: Archer arche...@embarqmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Stupid
Now that you mention it, someone did say
Archer wrote:
Now that you mention it, someone did say something about a smoke test.
One problem is that the roof was built using prebuilt trusses that make
it nearly impossible to get up there and move around without sticking a
foot through the ceiling drywall. I probably ought to hire it
for sure.
-Curt
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:20:49 -0400
From: Archer arche...@embarqmail.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Stupid
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; Format=flowed
From: Curt
Allan Streib wrote:
Sort of on the subject -- I installed a programmable thermostat at the
beginning of February. My gas usage, compared to the previous February,
DOUBLED. And the average temperature was about 1 degree warmer this
year.
Do they read the meter every month or do they estimate
of oxygen.
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com
To: Diesel List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Stupid
Umm, this may be a stupid question too but if theres no air loss somewhere
to be made up somewhere else
Archer wrote:
Maybe someone else on the
list can explain why people can survive in a closed up house or car.
The same reason a closed up car fills up with water and sinks in under a minute?
Mitch.
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.
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: Archer arche...@embarqmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 9:20 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Stupid
From: Curt Raymond
Umm, this may be a stupid question too but if theres no air loss somewhere
Wilton Strickland wrote:
Gerry, if you had had hypoxia (lack of oxygen) in the car, you would have
NEVER known it or felt anything
If it's hypoxia due to your own breathing, shouldn't the CO2 level go up as the
O2 level goes down? Doesn't the CO2 level get up to the lung-burning level?
I
arche...@embarqmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Stupid
Now that you mention it, someone did say something about a smoke test. One
problem is that the roof was built using prebuilt trusses that make
Archer wrote:
Maybe someone else on the
list can explain why people can survive in a closed up house or car.
The same reason a closed up car fills up with water and sinks in under a
minute?
Mitch.
__
That's probably it.
Gerry
-- next part
Archer wrote:
Now that you mention it, someone did say something about a smoke test.
One problem is that the roof was built using prebuilt trusses that make
it nearly impossible to get up there and move around without sticking a
foot through the ceiling drywall. I probably ought to hire it
Wilton Strickland wrote:
Gerry, if you had had hypoxia (lack of oxygen) in the car, you would have
NEVER known it or felt anything.
:
Would it be about the same as a pilot who loses pressurization at high
altitude?
Gerry
If it's hypoxia due to your own breathing, shouldn't the CO2 level go
I need to stop working from home I guess, back in late July I worked from home
on day and the dog had a bad reaction to a distemper shot and had to spend the
afternoon in the clinic.
Today he ate a caterpillar and is now eating all the grass he can reach while
having dry heaves.
Actually the
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