"Tom Hargrave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> So then, what's the difference between a Harley and the old Mercedes
> we drive? Don't people drive Mercedes for the "mystique" or the
> character of the car?
Well, not in the same way really. Yes there's a certain image or
status to a Mercedes, espec
"Gary Hurst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> yeah, it makes such a difference. i got on teh good side of one
> dealer service manage and one very senior service writer in my life
> and it was like gold.
Unfortunately there is no MB dealer here and for my other cars (Ford,
Nissan) the service write
"Tom Hargrave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I drive mine for the value but I also park it in front of my
> client's lobby to impress them. They don't have a clue - all they
> see is a huge, S class Marcedes.
Does that ever backfire? For example I pointed out to my mom that her
financial adviser
If you're going to read newsgroups or subscribe to mail lists, you
really need to do yourself a favor and get a good mail client.
Microsoft Outlook is not one. Apple OS X Mail is not one.
Thunderbird last I used it is not one. Web clients are not either.
You need to be able to sort by thread, au
Hendrik & Fay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Partly, there is also reliability,
Heh. Consumer Reports doesn't think they're reliable. Myself I have
found that my W123 is as reliable as any other car I've owned, and
easier to fix when something does go wrong.
Of course people who buy their cars
"E M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Funny how the HD guys divide into sub groups, just as 911 guys do.
> Some say, they have to be the ea
rly cars, with light bumpers, only
> air cooled, others like the newer water cooled stuff.
How did Porche do their water cooled engines? Did they just wrap
wa
"Tom Hargrave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I used to write Z80 machine language. I did for the 6502 too. Anyone
> remember that one?
I wrote an assembler for the Motorola 6809 in college.
Allan
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"Wonko the Sane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Evey highly skilled psychiatrists guess. They have a checklist of
> traits and once you reach the magic number you are branded -- er,
> diagnosed.
In other words it is a clinical diagnosis. There is no definitive
test for it, you can't put a sample
Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Actually it'd be a TI-99/4 or TI-99/4a. I've got one of each. I've
> also got a PEB that houses floppy drives, RS232 adapter and extra
> ram.
>
> Any games? I'm way too into old TIs...
Ha I have most of all that stuff too. Only a few games, Parsec, TI
I
"Rick Knoble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> After watching the email posts for the last hour, it became obvious
> that the folks on this list would make for a very fun and dynamic
> chat room.
Nah. Chat rooms chain you to the computer. It's much easier to drop
in and out of an email thread at y
Donald Snook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am no expert on transmissions AND I KNOW that most of all you know
> more about transmissions than I do, but in 30-35 cars that I have
> owned, I have never had to rebuild a transmission. I think a $75
> transmission service every 30-50,000 miles is a
If you don't CHANGE ALL your FUSES NOW, your PISTONS will MELT.
"Gary Hurst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> some say that if you use correct coolant instead of cheap coolant that your
> cheap plastic radiator will last a lot longer
>
> it's like dog food. feed your dog alpo and watch him die you
Try lubricating the jumpers with Mobil 1.
Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Checking your jumpers is like checking fuses. Start with the basics,
> then move onto more complex issues if the basics are right. The BIOS
> will recognize things that will baffle Windoze into submission.
>
> Luther
Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> One other thing, if you've got kids around the TI has some of the
> best educational software ever developed.
>
> I've got a bunch of dupes I'd give to somebody who had a TI and kids
> wanting to play with it. Its an approachable system, hooks to the TV
>
Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> In this current relationship, my GF has these mood swings and we go
> from a having a great experience with each other to "what the hell
> did I say or do to you?"... defending my words or position or even
> my person. Having my face scratched, body punched,
"Gary Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have vivid memories of toggling the boot loader code into a PDP-8
> using the front panel switches and lights. Way cool. This would have
> been in 1980 or so. Machine was used as a front end to a massive
> line printer and a card/tape reader, hanging
"Gary Hurst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> dickie swears by BSD and we all know, um, just how reliable his
> stuff is.
Wasn't all his hardware cobbled together from discarded salvage
though? As I recall most of the problems he had were disk drives
failing and not having proper backups. The OS c
"E M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> where the bleed screw can be found, and the filter?
Not aware of any bleed screws, if there is air in the system you just
gently work the steering back and forth until it burps out in the
reservoir. The filter is typically at the bottom of the reservoir in
mos
Easy, it's because you've had kids, they're past the cute baby stage,
but they are not out of the house yet. ;-).
Allan
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In Mac OSX (Tiger in my case) if I have a dialog box pop up how do I
navigate the different option buttons from the keyboard? I don't
like using a mouse if I don't have to.
For example I'm writing an email and I decide not to send it. I hit
Apple-W to close the window, I get a dialog warni
If an iPod has a really flat (discharged) battery, it will seem dead
until it's been charged for a little while. At least a few minutes,
even when the cable is connected.
On Jan 30, 2008, at 8:16 PM, LWB250 wrote:
> On a related note, I just scored a 3G 20G iPod a
> friend had laying in a dr
Huh, seems it is an option in "Full Keyboard Access" to allow Tab key
navigation between ALL controls or just text fields. Weird. Thanks
for the tip.
Allan
On Jan 30, 2008, at 7:41 PM, LWB250 wrote:
> Just go to the Finder, click on "Help" and enter
> "shortcut list" to see all of the shor
I liked Thompson too, and of course the time to vote your conscience
is in the primary. In the general election it will be important to
vote for the candidate who best reflects your views AND has a chance
to win. The reality is we have a two party system and there will be
two candidates w
On Jan 30, 2008, at 10:06 PM, Mitch Haley wrote:
> Voting for the "lesser" of two evils is a vote for evil. I did that
> once in my life (in 2000), and I'm ashamed of it. You seem proud of
> it. If you don't like the current one party system, why do you
> continue to vote for it, and insist
On Jan 30, 2008, at 10:40 PM, Wonko the Sane wrote:
> I pray on bended knee for Romney to be the nominee. Dukakis will
> send him sympathy cards. A Romney candidate is 100% guaranteed to
> put my party into the White House, with a landslide big enough to
> activate FEMA.
That's pretty conf
On Jan 30, 2008, at 11:19 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> When a driver, in traffic, is driving more slowly than the rest of
> the vehicles thus impeding the flow, you can be sure that they are
> oblivious to their surroundings and probably unskilled. And what a
> traffic hazard they are.
A
On Jan 30, 2008, at 11:22 PM, OK Don wrote:
> I see that Harbor Freight has a 3/8" air ratchet on sale for $9.99.
> Is there a chance that it would be useful?
Useful for what? Maybe as a doorstop? A weight to hold your service
manuals open? ;-)
> Also --- I inherited an old (1958) air com
On Jan 30, 2008, at 11:48 PM, Donald Snook wrote:
> Reagan was a true conservative. That means the focus is on smaller
> government, judicial restraint, lower taxes, and less government
> intervention in our lives.
That was what I meant by "strong conservative". What you said, as
well as
On Jan 30, 2008, at 11:57 PM, Donald Snook wrote:
> How many times do they have to have these symbolic votes when they
> have not changed the positions of anyone who voted the last time.
Franklin said, the definitions of insanity is to do the same thing
over and over and expect a different ou
Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Uusually I drive 5-10 MPH over posted speed limits on the interstate
> and very much dislike someone riding my bumper at 80 in the left
> lane.
Then move right. If you are impeding traffic in the left lane you
need to immediately signal your intention to move
Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Sufficient keyboard shortcuts should exist for the common button
> actions, let the rare ones require pointer motion.
I'd be fine with that but take it a bit further, I think there should
*always* be a keyboard shortcut for any button, common or no. In th
"Walt Lasher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
Nice review, thanks. From the "comments" section:
> In Germany, your lowest octane rating is 95. Our highest is 92,
> the lowest being 87. So the extra cost you're paying for fuel is
> because you're getting better fuel.
Like everything els
Fmiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Just remember that next time you think of using the space in front
> of a big truck!
>
> The driver has to juggle.
>
> One - he has a _much_ slower acceleration than a 240 automatic with
> a stretched timing chain so he'll want to avoid slowing down just to
>
an immature childish driver a lesson in behaving safe and
> respectful.
> Something we all have to do with two year old occasionally. Its
> just to bad
> they give two year old drivers licenses.
>
>
> On 1/31/08, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Luther
"Back office database" that's pretty funny. When I worked there we
wrote all the orders on 4 ply forms -- the red copy went to the make
line, the yellow copy was for the driver and the white copy was glued
to the box. Totaled it up at the end of the night with an adding
machine, which asi
"Bill " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> When I was in Havana in the mid 1980's the travel bureaus there were
> using that 'Trash-80' in their offices.
If you don't use a GUI you can do a surprising amount of "business
computing" on very modest hardware.
Allan
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1966 230
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Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> LOL the best is when the cop is on the side with another car stopped
> and the driver gets down to 10mph UNDER the limit. Dude, he's not
> gonna pull you over, he's got that car stopped already, he's busy...
Recently enacted law in Indiana, and I think
"R A Bennell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Call me chicken but I don't want to stand close enough to the tank
> to pump it up like that. I know it is not supposed to blow up but if
> it starts squirting water out of some pinhole, I don't want to be in
> the way. Initially it should come out at a
"archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> A friend would come over and my wife would make oven pizzas using
> Bisquick for the crust. We would sit and eat pizza until we could
> barely move. Best pizza I've ever eaten. This was back in the
> 1950s before the chains.
I mostly make my own pizza now
"Alex Chamberlain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> some seem to say that you absolutely have to have a filter/dryer
> between the compressor and the equipment "downstream." I see the
> point if you're painting, since you don't want the paint getting
> contaminated---but what if just using air tools
Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Allan Streib wrote:
>>
>> Any of the former Domino's folks happen to know the Domino's dough
>> recipe? I know the six ingeredients but not the exact proportions.
>
> Then you know more than I do.
Flour, w
Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'd especially like to know what's in the flour. There is a mill
> about 60 miles away where I can buy practically anything in a 50lb
> bag.
It's a high-gluten I know that, I have heard that King Arthur's Sir
Lancelot flour is really good for pizza dough
On Feb 1, 2008, at 6:16 PM, Mitch Haley wrote:
> The purpose of detergent in the oil is to carry the dirt in
> suspension so that it ends up in the oil filter. In a non filtered
> system, you use ND oil and hope the dirt settles out on the bottom
> of the sump. Therefore, if you use Mobil O
Linux has too many GD different distros.
Allan
On Feb 1, 2008, at 8:19 PM, Wonko the Sane wrote:
> You are welcome.
>
> For the record, my distro of choice now for low-end machines (like my
> laptop) is PCFluxBoxOS. All the benefits of PCLinuxOS 2007 w/out
> the memory
> requirements.
>
> Scre
On Feb 1, 2008, at 8:50 PM, RICHARD FIne wrote:
> How good is the E320 wagon as far as being a reliable and long
> lived car? How good is the engine, and drivetrain? Are there known
> issues with this car? Anyone with experience with this car?
> Thanks... Rick
>
I would be interested to kn
Stop in at Sears today, interested in getting a small band saw and
drill press for my garage. Every single one of their bench power
tools, both the Craftsman and the Craftsman "Professional" is now made
in China.
Guess they have to keep their prices competitive, but this is
disappointing. If I
"Gary Hurst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> no, you almost saw a great upset, but fortunately the better team
> prevailed
Well you ought to be in fat city now, right? What were the straight
win/loss odds on the Giants? Someone told me 30:1 ??
Allan
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1983 300D
1966 230
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"andrew strasfogel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Good point, Mitch. There were but two drives in the entire first
> quarter compared to five in last year's funfest of a Super Bowl.
> Come to think of it, last year's game was more fun but a whole lot
> less intense, as there was less on the line.
A minor issue with my 300D, but annoying: the front interior light
does not come on when I open the front door. It works if I move the
little roller switch to the "on" position, and the door switches work
because the headlight alarm sounds if I open the door with the
headlights on.
Dirty contacts
Rich Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Whoever can, go vote tomorrow, for whomever you believe will provide
> the CHANGE you need (change you can count on, hope for, need, use,
> get with me, etc. but no spare change being given out -- oh, wait,
> I think that is coming soon too!)
Unfortunate
"Gary Hurst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 30 to 1 is a fantasy. i wish i'd have checked the odds before the
> game in anticipation of this sort of issue being raised.
Looks like I was misinformed by about a factor of 10 the money line
that I found for giants was about +350. I don't really know
"Kaleb C. Striplin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> It says it will run on kerosene or #1 heating oil. I have also seen
> ones that are like this one that say they will run on diesel. Guess
> I could run it on diesel and if it doesnt work well drain it out.
Kerosene and #1 are virtually the same
Peter Frederick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Probably the door switch, there are multiple contacts in one, and I
> believe there are two switches -- the door switch operates the
> interior lamp AND the relay for the front seats AND the window lift
> relay.
Sorta feel it is not, because it does n
"Gary Hurst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> the one with the chinese pandas was even shocking. can you imagine
> the uproar of those pandas were black?
That was for Sales Genie I think -- they had one earlier with an
Indian character with a very distinct accent and stereotypical
speech. I was ra
"Tom Hargrave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Just because something is made in China does not mean it's cheap and there
> is a huge difference in quality between Harbor Freight and Sears "made in
> China" tools.
I have no doubt that the Chinese can manufacture quality goods, I
think the line I've
This is not specifically an MB question -- one of my other cars has a
"slow" starter. It is worse when hot than cold. Is this indicative
of a particular failure? Any diagnostic tests that might help
indicate whether replacing the starter is appropriate?
Allan
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1983 300D
1966 230
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"LarryT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Wow! A rebuild and no charge? That seems strange!
Not if the original tranny is still in the car. I'd like to hear if
it is.
Allan
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1966 230
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Saw this in the latest spam from Northern Tools...
Any comments on whether this would be OK for "occasional"
non-professional use?
http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prod
uct_6970_200311850_200311850
What does it mean that it's "solar" powered -- it will recharge from
the lig
"Ed Booher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> (Note I'm not saying it can't be done on Windows, but I know from
> exp. that it takes a heck of a lot more work to get it happening
> than it should on modern hardware with a modern OS, and UNIX was
> built in the 70's.)
It's klunky on windows, I think y
"Glenn Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I posted a query a couple days ago asking if someone could provide
> the spec torque setting for the valve cover bolts on my '84 300D but
> haven't received this info. yet. Does anyone have the engine book
> where you can look this up and provide this i
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/05/us_army_linux_integration/
Back in December it was being reported that the Army was integrating
more Macs into its infrastructure...
http://www.forbes.com/2007/12/20/apple-army-hackers-tech-security-cx_ag_1221army_print.html
Co
No it's more like 10 - 11.
Allan
MG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> That's about 20ft/lb or close enough.
>
>
>
> Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:02:41 -0600
> From: Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] valve cover bolts tightening torque
> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" ,
> [EMAIL PROT
"LarryT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I can only assume he's thinking of a different Alan Keyes than you &
> I are famiiar with - an excellent conservative who would be a great
> candidate. It always surprises me that he can generate so little
> support. Wish I could vote for Keyes instead of M
"andrew strasfogel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Dr of what?
PhD, Government Affairs, Harvard.
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To U
>From today's SANS news flash:
--US-CERT Recommends Disabling All ActiveX Controls (February 5,
2008) The recent spate of ActiveX vulnerabilities has led the US
Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) to recommend that users
disable all ActiveX controls. Vulnerabilities have been disclosed i
"archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Note: Also read somewhere that Microsoft is hard at work on Windows
> 7.
That's because Vista has been a FIASCO.
Allan
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"andrew strasfogel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> That guy is pure evil.
Alan Keyes? Hardly...
Allan
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Give PC-BSD a try. I was awfully impressed by it last time I tried
it...
"Jeff Zedic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Well I have to say that my UBUNTU is acting up. I've installed it
> three times now and it runs Firefox fine for a while and then
> nothing. Try another browsernothing. No sp
Craig McCluskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> ... and it just escaped me why Yahoo was worth whatever billion$ they
>> would spend on it.
>
> To compete in the web-searching business, trying to put Google down?
Who uses YAhoo to search the web anymore? I agree, why spend that
much money on an i
Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Sunil Hari is in India
Think he'll come back married? That's what happened to two other
Indians I know who went back to "visit the parents". When they
arrived: "Welcome home, here meet your wife..."
Allan
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1983 300D
1966 230
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I like Marine Clean from POR-15.
"Robert Rentfro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> What is the best thing/stuff to use to clean oil drips off of the driveway?
> Landlord boy came over yesterday to trim an unruly Palo Verde and his wife
> about busted a vein when she saw the few drips our cars leave
Rich Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> A 2.4L diesel pulling around MGW of 4000kg -- a real speedster!
> Although it does have some cool cabinets in it to store your tools.
Yeah I was going to make the same comment -- I was initially thinking
it would be cool to outfit it as an RV, Westfalia
"OK Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Especially since you'll must likely get more back than you put
> in
That depends on how old you are... since current worker's taxes are
paying current recipient's benefits, hard to see how there will be
anything left for them in 20 - 40 years. Classic
"Rusty Cullens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> yes, he does! and they buy parts. here is what we have:
>
> www.BuyASIANparts.com
>
> www.BuyEUROparts.com
>
> For Mercedes we have access to 99.99% ANYTHING that is
> available. For all other cars we have only what is the web sites.
I'm spreading the
"Ed Booher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Just took ownership of a 1966 Mercedes-Benz 230 .. Thanks
> Allen!!
Hope you have fun with it -- I am glad to have it in the hands of
someone who will try to put it back on the road, instead of it slowly
decaying in my driveway... I had good intentio
"Ed Booher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> She isn't currently running, so new oil and fuses won't do me any good yet.
> But I'll keep it in mind for later on.
She does have Mobil-1 installed already -- just FYI.
Allan
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Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Oh then there was the time I ordered 2 cans of Diesel Purge and
> World Pak accidentally sent 2 cases. I tried to send some back but
> Rusty would have none of it.
I recently ordered 3 instrument cluster bulbs for a VW, and they sent
30.
Allan
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1983
"dave walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Can anyone recommend a cheap web and email hosting provider that does
> not totally suck? Something in the < $30/month range that a company
> who wants a web presence but does not actually do anything online
> could use? 99.9% uptime would be fine - that
Technically they are not fuel injection lines, they are the fuel
return lines.
Yes they are not very hard to replace. Rusty can provide the new
line. If the line you have on there is very old you might need to
score it with a utility knife but don't cut all the way down and
scratch the nipple.
"E M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> When you factor in running around and looking at them all, and just
> missing the few that are good, and cheap, sometimes it's just easier
> to say, bring me a good one and I'll pay you for it.
I hope your car salesmen in Canada are more honest than the ones he
Loren Faeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Carpet in a 110? Sacrilege! If Rusty does not have it available, I
> have the fax number for a guy in Nederland who sells the rubber mats
> for Ponton and 110. 111s in the US came with carpet and 110s had
> rubber. Much easier to take care of! 111/ 11
"andrew strasfogel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Fuel economy? Available in the USA when?
"The boxer diesel produces 148 horsepower at 3,600 rpm and 258
pound-feet of torque at just 1,800 rpm. The engine is capable of
60.5 mpg."
As far as availability, sounds like "not anytime soon". Th
"R A Bennell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I like it. Interior looks good. What happened to the driver's door?
Don't know the history of it. My guess is some kind of minor
collision, maybe someone backed into the door in a parking lot or
something. Seems to have been repainted, and now is rust
"Jeff Zedic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> That's no joke. My Audi almost gets that! The gulf in fuel economy
> between North America and the rest of the world is MASSIVE. After
>
seeing what's actually available out there, and seeing real world
> results, you really have to wonder why there's so
Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Zoltan Finks wrote:
>>
>> Was that a joke? 60.5 mpg?
>
> No, but it's hard to ride in an engine, and a car uses more
> fuel. ;-) Seriously, I suspect that mpg figure is for a car that is
> small and 2wd, not anything Subaru has sold in the USA in the last
MG writes:
> Try DHL. I just shipped two big heavy packages (61 and 46 lbs) for$26.
> UPS wanted around $45 and even Fedex was around $32. Better yet it got
> there the next day for ground shipping within Florida. Not bad. UPS
> would have taken at least 3 days to do the same thing.
I recentl
carbucks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> So paying $10k for a twenty plus year old car that only gets about
> half the fuel mileage of a five year old Jetta does not add
> up. Factor in rising fuel costs as well as the higher costs to
> maintain the Benz and the arithmetic is even less in favor of t
Zeitgeist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Price a set of rear SLS legs, or #22 head, or evaporator R&R for the
> S124. My '96 Passat tdi was a rock-solid reliable, economical and
> fun to drive car. Much cheaper to keep than my Mercedes--damn, my
> Vanagon is even a helluva lot cheaper to run than
Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Having W123, W124, W201, and an A2 jetta, the jetta blows them all
> away in terms of how cheap it is to keep on the road. The W123 was a
> neglected car, so it's probably not a fair comparison. The W124 and
> S124 were far FAR more expensive than them all.
I h
carbucks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The air condition compressor on the 83 is squealing. That's not
> going to be a lot of fun. Going to have to upgrade the AC to the newer
> environmental standards.
Why? Keep it R12, if you don't want to spend the money on R12
refrigerant there are compati
"Zoltan Finks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I normally shut down immediately anything that smells like a scam,
> but I am vulnerable here in my desperation to get a decent job, and
> they are, possibly, preying on that.
Oh come on, quit fretting. It has every indication of being either a
scam t
I considered it, but the white leather did not appeal to me.
Sorry to hear about it getting smashed up.
Allan
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1983 300D
"Kaleb C. Striplin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> you should have, it was a hell of a deal.
>
> Craig McCluskey wrote:
>> On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:20:50 -0600 "Kaleb C. Str
No affiliation, etc. Spotted in the local paper:
1988 Mercedes 300SE, very clean, dark blue with tan leather
interior. Loaded. $3000. Ph 322-6007
The area code there would be 812; Bloomington IN area.
Let me know if anyone wants me to try to take a look at it.
Allan
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1983 300D
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I've had continuing problems with the bumper rubber coming loose from
the bumper. What happens is that the hooks on the plastic backing
strip disengage from the slots in the bumper itself.
Recently my front bumper strip came off completely. It's in the trunk
right now. The back bumper strip is
"Zoltan Finks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Well that's sort of the point, Allan. I have moved along from this
> thing to the next to the next - including Monster and Career Builder
> and more. And as I said - nothing has come from it. I'm not blaming
> those job sites - the problem is probably
"R A Bennell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On the other hand, I think that mosquitos should generally be
> dispatched in whatever manner works as we often have way too many of
> them and they fail to treat me with the level of respect that I
> normally consider is acceptable.
DDT works really we
"Ed Booher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The show is not necessarily an extension of how he works, rather, it
> was posed as a challenge. Could you rebuild a classic in a
> week.
I oftern wondered how good those Overhaulin' cars really look up
close, as fast as they're done. The TV camera and s
"Tom Hargrave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> So, does Boyd have a trophy wife or, considering his fame, does she
> have a trophy husband?
His first wife still works as the company bookkeeper, at least last
time I watched the show. Middle-aged, heavyset, and an abrasive
personality. His second w
"Zoltan Finks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'll check out that LinkedIn site you suggested.
I'm on it, though I have not ever received any unsolicited contacts
from anyone else via LinkedIn. I have really not put any effort into
my LinkedIn portfolio though, I only signed up because most of th
"Zoltan Finks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> People just feel much much better about going with someone they know
> or have some connection to.
That is absolutely true.
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