Re: [MBZ] appraiser?

A common car is easy to total, a “rare” car is not. When the E300D got smacked USAA could not find a local enough comparable, and had to do a nationwide search. In 2013 there fewer than four examples to be had and the lowest was $9800. Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On Oct 5, 2021,

Re: [MBZ] OT: Vintage Cameras

Maybe Karen needs to be put on the do not fly list. Hysterical passengers are a threat to crew safety. clay 'Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.' Henry David Thoreau > On Oct 12, 2021, at 9:47 AM, G Mann via Mercedes > wrote: > > Just to put the h

Re: [MBZ] OT about when did vehicles become controlled by computers?

I am thinking the w201 may have been one of the earliest MB to acquire computers. Probably wrong, though relays could be thought of as computer gates. Transistors are computers of a sort, need to go back that far? --- clay I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for w

Re: [MBZ] Way OT: Dental implant

My father paid off his dentist sailboat with implants. The things were only effective for about a decade and had to be replaced. Last set were good for the rest of his life. That was maybe nine more years. Pretty sure the bugs have been worked out in the last dozen years. Clay inter urin

Re: [MBZ] Okay Deal

Having owned that vintage SL, there are too few photos to be able to give a yea or nay. Priced as if there is a long list of issues to address. Specially with low miles that tell me it does not get out enough to have been cared for over the past 48 years. Though I barely got above 2k miles pe

Re: [MBZ] Rare car great color 1974 Mercedes Benz 450 SLC - $15, 000

I like it. Good option for GNW where it has been snowing all day. Head liner is probably less to make good than soft top. Carpet and leather are NLA, but a good upholstery shop can fab close enough. The asking price is on the VERY high side if there are issues. I would expect fully sorted

Re: [MBZ] Okie shop

I posted my horde of benz bits on CL for pennies on the dollar. Got a few hundred bucks for a box truck full of goodies. And that was for parts I had no car they fit on. clay “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive…those who tor

[MBZ] Kaleb Parts hauler

https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/d/friday-harbor-1979-mercedes-l409/7394741037.html If nothing else, it could move what does not fit on the shelving or drag some stuff home --- clay I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm looking for didn't fall out.

Re: [MBZ] OT - Sonic fibre internet

#1 boy is looking at Cooperstown ND which has fiber. His buddy works for M$ and speed came back at 186,443 mbps clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. > On Oct 19, 2021, at 7:33 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes > wrote: > > If the 'last mile' actually made it to your house, and th

Re: [MBZ] 1996 W140 S420 - 90k miles - $10,000

My spawn has not reproduced clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. > On Oct 20, 2021, at 8:20 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > wrote: > > How many of us on this list are NOT grandfathers? > > I have 3 granddaughters. ___ http://www.okiebenz.

Re: [MBZ] OT: Canine lending library [zero Mercedes content]

Love It! Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On Oct 23, 2021, at 10:10 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > [image: image.png] > _ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or

[MBZ] Green on Green W115 for Kaleb

https://seattle.craigslist.org/skc/cto/d/federal-way-1976-mercedes-240d/7398563731.html A bit of a crack price, but may really be in as good condition as seller thinks Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Renting a Car Trailer from Uhaul.

We ran into the same troubles in SEA this year. All the trailers were sitting in MT or at least 500 miles east of town. In April the reservations from Feb had still not been filled. One shop told me it would be less expensive to rent a truck and trailer out of Billings and drive back to SEA,

Re: [MBZ] Dune

I found it only really begins to make sense after you get through God Emperor, as that tome lays out all the missing background of how the worms work. Dune is pretty much a comment on Iran/Iraq and big oil from 1919-1965 and exploitation by the west. The next books in the series delve into the

Re: [MBZ] Dune

I really like his Bureau of Sabotage short stories. Premised upon government having become too efficient and steamrolling the rights and needs of the common person for the greater good. The Bureau was tasked with implementing speed bumps or eliminations at an inflection point that would cause

[MBZ] Happy Moose Day - delayed

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/moose-crash-sylvia-fedoruk-school-1.6237194 clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To

Re: [MBZ] Happy Moose Day - delayed

and Venezuela where all the pets and zoo animals are "gone" > "Zebra again tonight for dinner dear?" > > On Sat, Nov 6, 2021 at 2:45 PM Clay via Mercedes > wrote: > >> >> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/moose-crash-sylvia-fedoruk-scho

Re: [MBZ] OT: Movie influences

Adams was quite well regarded in his native England, producing both multiple radio and TV renditions of his writings, as well as two motion pictures of the Hitchhikers guide. Clay “A towel, [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy] says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hi

Re: [MBZ] OT: Movie influences

Sir Terry was a master. He could punish the reader mercilessly. It is too bad his Discworld novels did not get better representation on TV. The treatments that have surfaced just do not capture the magic well. He saw into the future as well In a 1995 interview with Microsoft

Re: [MBZ] The joys of life with a W115

Same process for doing the oil in the SL. Makes me happy and less pleased when I did it. Reminded me of Gump (115) for happy memories, but still got the slimy arm clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. > On Nov 8, 2021, at 12:43 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > >

Re: [MBZ] With all this talk of retirement vehicles...

Depends on how fast you want to drive. SWMBA made the trip up from SEA with #1 boy as co-driver. I think they stopped every night. August, so still some late light, but not much past 8pm. Took them five days one way. She made another transit down AlCan with her mutt. A week with camping alon

Re: [MBZ] Retirement Ride

Another option for getting up to AK is to sign up to drive a brand new RV up from the factory. You do pay for the pleasure of having virgin Class C or A accommodations, as well as normal fuel cost. Prior to Couf there were massive fleets of these making the voyage every May to resupply the re

Re: [MBZ] With all this talk of retirement vehicles...

Seven to ten days if you do the border crossing into Regina. Depends on your lead foot how long it takes to hit the border. Road is well paved in Canada until you get north in the boonies. SWMBA drives speed limits, Canada has top speed around 62mph, gravel roads drop it to 50 or less. Mount

Re: [MBZ] Retirement Ride

Get a StarLink account (Elon’s sat. network) that covers the far north. Should have it well built out in a year or two. Subscription is supposed to be around $99/mo for something a tad bit quicker than DSL. Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On Nov 9, 2021, at 6:35 PM, Kaleb Striplin vi

Re: [MBZ] Retirement Ride

Not sure about mobile coverage. It had been being promoted for usage by geologist for use out in the field back in 2019 at the mining conference that year. May have been spin, as there was yet to be coverage at the time. clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. > On Nov 9, 2021,

[MBZ] OT - Master bathtub

I am taking a very slow train to learning residential architecture the autodidact way. This is part of the plan to be able to design/build our retirement abode. I have been looking over/researching home plans, homes currently for sale nationwide, and other means of idea gathering. What strike

Re: [MBZ] I wonder how much of a turd this is?

Those white wheels used to command large sums on the Bay of Fleas back in the day. Even a cracked one would fetch me a few hundred bux. The hunt for a near perfect steering wheel for Gump saw many PnP collecting days. That vintage vehicle is not in yards, must be getting scarce enough to make

Re: [MBZ] OT - Master bathtub

The same sort of issues I had when I did a jetted tub install in a 90 year old house. It had the original tub on the main floor which was good for small kids, but cramped for me. I thought a jetted tub to make two bathrooms in the house would have seen more usage. Turned out the shower got da

Re: [MBZ] OT - Master bathtub

The forever home will not be in GWN, as none of the kids would move here. SWMBA thinks we will reside near her grand children. I do not see those being procured from either offspring. For my taste, I want the Goldilocks/baby bear tropical highlands climate. A winter where a cardigan suffices

Re: [MBZ] OT - Master bathtub

Another great point! The homes I have come across are all lacking in meeting gerontologic needs. Make transit spaces wide enough for walkers/wheeled things. Easier access to shower/tub/sinks as well as including a personal lift instead of clobbering up a stairway with aftermarket funicular.

Re: [MBZ] OT - Master bathtub

For the upper story remodel done two decades ago, the shower was 48x72, 4” lip, no door, slate wall, hex floor (to match the flavor of original main bath of 1927). Heated floor and second drain in the main part of the room, in case a corpse happened to cover the shower drain and water overflow

Re: [MBZ] A car for those in the great white north

Based on the ice in the cabin, I am thinking the seals are shot, at least on the sunroof. The better reason for it sitting, is that there are NO benz mechanics to work on it. Stealership here began selling ML type rides and goes through service personnel like bark in a moose. Clay inter u

[MBZ] Prolonged pain at the pump

Californians are paying an average of $4.89/gal this week. The petroleum industry is slowly gathering and lining up ducks with an eye to keeping fuel prices filling coffers. I found the figure of how much oil has not been produced out of the Bakken interesting. Almost the production of Alaska

[MBZ] Orange Tucker - Somebody needs

Not mine, no interest. Could be useful if the weather gets squirrelly https://anchorage.craigslist.org/hvo/d/wasilla-tucker-snowcat/7398337248.html clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives htt

Re: [MBZ] Hirschmann antenna

The Bay of Fleas has posting from Becker Auto Sound. Their website also has some. Very expensive if you want concourse quality. I think the stealership will toss one of the lame chinee re-thought examples as a solution, since they are wired to function the same. clay I have no pronouns pl

Re: [MBZ] Hatch struts from Romania

BBC ran a story about the enslaved vietnamese workers sent to the Balkans to build a chineee tire factory. I could only find this https://news.yahoo.com/vietnamese-workers-chinese-factory-serbia-075504353.html Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On Nov 23, 2021, at 9:39 AM, Andrew Strasf

Re: [MBZ] OT Dear Santa

Not sure it has enough fuel to tackle the driveway snow removal. clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. > On Nov 25, 2021, at 7:46 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > For clearing weeds and other manly stuff > > https://palmettostatearmory.com/exothermic-technologies-p

Re: [MBZ] OT: How long have you been here? Csn you remember?

I came on to the hitler list back in y2k I think. Got banned from there and others and ended up on the dickarde list at some point. Just kept following the crumbs to end up here. Clay ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebe

Re: [MBZ] This looks really nice -- 1973 Mercedes Benz 450SL Coupe Roadster - $12, 000

It reminded me of the long laundry list of needs Frosch had when I brought her home. The rust is most likely in the footwells, trunk, and under the hood. Also door lowers if the weep holes are plugged. Sitting outside, there could be rust under where the dew settled overnights. There is a BU

Re: [MBZ] been parked in garage for fifteen years 1972 Mercedes-Benz 220d 4 door, $10, 000

The Odo rolled over six times? The horn pad is toast. Long time usage toast. At least the car was put up prior to Kash for Klunkers claimed it. Now it could be placed back into circulation Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On Nov 29, 2021, at 6:04 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > w

Re: [MBZ] 2006 R350 - 79k miles - $6,400

IF you donate the car and it ends up at PnP, or other event that tarnished title. We had to rebuild the title to the 300SE w140 picked up from PnP. The transmission was on its last legs, too expensive for donor to repair, so became for sale instead of for scrap. Got branded title. No wrecka

Re: [MBZ] OT - Reboot Your Aircraft

Amtrak Empire Builder seems to run on windows software. The stop in Spokane WA is where the cars decouple, with the observation car going through the Columbia River Gorge (in the DARK) scenic area to PDX, while the rest of the train continues to SEA. Except, most of the time the engine, at mid

Re: [MBZ] OT: Pandemic cravings

No order for take away in over two years, somebody may have done delivery prior to that. I think last one I did myself was for a pizza in 2011. The plague hit while in GWN. Still no delivered food, but SWMBA wanted to assist the local small business early in the event, so sat in the car outsi

Re: [MBZ] What Could Possibly Be Wrong With This?

Do the same in depth scrutiny you would give any other benz of that age. There could be rust in footwells below carpet and under the parcel shelf. The cars are an amalgamation of w114/116 for the most part, but the 380 might have upgrades out of the 126 bin. An 85 should be pretty bullet proo

Re: [MBZ] What Could Possibly Be Wrong With This?

Grand touring, so not a sports car, but a joy to drive. I compare it to the OM606 w124, an almost sporty sedan with restrained power. New seats makes for easy two tank trips (450-500 mile) with no saddle soreness. Soft top is expensive to renew, so that is a large plus. Both indicate to me c

Re: [MBZ] Clay, did you see this?

I did not witness it, but read about it in the morning news dump. I do recognize the plane. Parked out in the open a few blocks from the hacienda. Drive past when I venture beyond the confines of the ‘hood. clay > On Dec 10, 2021, at 11:23 AM, dan penoff.com via > M

Re: [MBZ] Clay, did you see this?

There was no time to lower them. He got up, made most of two miles as the crow flies, before having to come back down. I am sure all was going well when wheels went up, and went wrong in time to slide on the tarmac of the old airport. Clay > On Dec 10, 2021, at 1:03 PM, mitch--- via Merc

[MBZ] S Classe recall over videos

https://www.engadget.com/mercedes-benz-mbux-server-side-configuration-error-224912962.html Mercedes-Benz recalls EQS over error that allowed dashboard video playing. Looks like people would use the 56i

Re: [MBZ] [Daveslist] USPS

It has been broken for at least 40 years. Going Postal was not something that took place back in the day. Postal workers were intelligible, hard working, pleasant, and on the main less error prone. Sometime in the late ’70’s things took a turn, be it for EEOC candidates, PTSD veterans, or cra

Re: [MBZ] [Daveslist] USPS

In the early 80’s I stood the test to be a carrier. At the time pay would have been great ($10.hr) and the test simple. My fellows in the room were a motley crew of ESL and high school grads, along with a few veterans. I opted to continue higher education over putting in marathon strolls in

Re: [MBZ] catilac converter gone ... 2003 Mercedes-Benz E-Class E 320 Sedan 4D, $1, 300

There were two reported self terminations related to CC this week. The one where the benz squished a thief at the car repair shop. The other was a priapus that fell off its stand and mushed the thief. Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On Dec 14, 2021, at 7:59 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via

Re: [MBZ] OT - Home Interior Finish Issue

I purchased a home with sheet panels over unfinished drywall. No adhesive used, not much beyond mud over drywall nail heads. We pulled it all off/down (ceiling got paneled) removed trim (it was unfinished and low grade) and unhooked the baseboard heaters, as well as the odd partitioning wall t

Re: [MBZ] Looks Interesting

The w220 rivals a high end Hyundai in fit, finish and quality. When it was functional, it was a joy to drive and I was displeased with how it developed a cascade failure of major systems after a dozen years. Transmission failures, cats died, Media center kacked, suspension dropped, computers c

Re: [MBZ] "Mostly original" 1972 350SL - $14,500

Jack Mexi-fried that collectable. Nice that “updating” took place, but no way worth $14k, as it devalued it by at least that much to put it all into proper trim again clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. > On Dec 17, 2021, at 7:33 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: >

Re: [MBZ] Psycho Hose Beast

It seems to have made a number of annual round trips to NY to rack up that mileage. Maybe it got all the services to keep it in good fettle. I know the M117 in Frosch (73SL) was well behaved once it got the fuel issues dealt with and was actually driven. The transmission was also in very good

[MBZ] What became of Casey...

or Zeitgeist? All the old frog cars seem to have rotted away in PNW, but I am finding his favored flavor of diesel in the south. https://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/d/addison-1982-peugeot-505-23-turbodiesel/7421397569.html Clay ___ http://www.okiebenz.

[MBZ] Trio of haulers

A handful of useful replacements for that TD https://houston.craigslist.org/cto/d/houston-rolls-royce-hearse-silver/7417332383.html https://houston.craigslist.org/cto/d/cypress-1995-cadillac-fleetwood-hearse/7416756643.html - UBER? https://sanantonio.craigslist.org/cto/d/san-antonio-cadillac-l

Re: [MBZ] Stupid E320

Lots of luck. I have done that drive enough to know just how big of a bullet you dodged Clay > On Dec 20, 2021, at 1:27 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes > wrote: > > Saturday I went to pick up my son from college in Missoula, and > halfway back home the car threw the belt. No alternator, water p

[MBZ] SkiDoo Alpine - somebody needs

https://anchorage.craigslist.org/snw/d/talkeetna-ski-doo-alpine-national-guard/7421688282.html Low hours National Guard edition. Not mine, no interest, etc Clay ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsub

Re: [MBZ] 1974 450SL - 222k miles - $4,950

looks like pass headlamp is minus glass lens. Those are close to unobtanium this side of the pond. Would need an in person review to see if rust is extensive, the Djet is sorted and all those niggling bits Clay > On Dec 25, 2021, at 12:53 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > Euro he

Re: [MBZ] At last - a proper use for a Tesla

Realtor guy who sold my home was full pitcher kool-aid on Tesla. Had their roof system, an early S and a later S. He kept going on about how the early S was going to get free charges for life, unlike the newer models. Guess it will not be sooo free when the battery pack goes dead, just delaye

[MBZ] Engine shake when frozen

Russia, of course. Fellow does follow up on a previous video of the impact on engine oil while attempting to light off a Lada(?) at -30C. A very good example of why using a block heater is smart. https://youtu.be/fNzSQxd4mzU Clear oil pan and valve cover. GWN h

Re: [MBZ] Why Do I Bother?

Their opinions do not conform to my experience. I had the OM603 SDL running at 80 mph through MT on I-90 and I-94 to cross the state with no issue, other than a 3am blizzard that was tossing other cars into the median and ditches. The OM617 in the SD only got lead footed to 80 for long stretch

[MBZ] Happy Moose Day

and New Year’s Eve Clay ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes is selling vaporware

Vegan leather = Mango fruit leather Clay > On Jan 3, 2022, at 2:57 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > > https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a38651341/mercedes-benz-vision-eqxx-concept-revealed/ > > -- > OK Don > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > pause an

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes is selling vaporware

Temps this week hover around 0*F in ANC. The carpet installers are using the garage to prep so the cars are out on the street. I tried to move one that had sat overnight to put it in the driveway. Maybe 30 hour cold soaked and that poor battery was nearly incapable of spinning it over. Like

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes is selling vaporware

The cars live in the garage religiously. I did point out things to make these more useful in GWN winters, but SWMBA poo-poos that kind of thing. She does swap out tires for winter, but no winter oil or upgrades. Heated seat and steering wheel are her idea of winter prep. I stopped talking abo

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes is selling vaporware

I got off the phone with #1 boy in ND. He was wanting advice on why the fob for the car was not allowing touch unlock and keyless start. The separate auto start fob does its job fine. He keeps his keys in the work truck at -28C today with -49C windchill. I told him to keep his fob in his tro

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes is selling vaporware

5-20 rings a bell. It was changed past summer with generic tire shop goo that #2 boy handled since he was driving it Clay > On Jan 5, 2022, at 6:48 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes > wrote: > > OIL SAE viscosity? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search l

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes is selling vaporware

There is one shipper in AK that retrofit their fleet with massive LNG tanks. They shuttle between WA and AK, as well as head out to HI in these boats. It is the Green thing to do. I wonder if they could swap over to H fuel at a later date. Euro rail is electric. Not a small enough area to a

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes is selling vaporware

I seem to recall that Standard Oil needed to find a use for all the left over product after making the main product Kerosene back in the day. IIRC that led to the battle over what would fuel the automobiles of the future where steam and batteries lost to petrol. Clay > On Jan 6, 2022, at 12

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes is selling vaporware

I used to work along the tracks by the Amtrak office. There were a number of trains sitting on side rails chugging away day and night with nobody onboard. Upon occasion one would be sitting and not running. It was entertaining when they tried to light it off. Always a summer event. Massive

[MBZ] Flagstaff Poos car

https://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/cto/d/los-angeles-mercedes/7581660334.html Something to keep busy while out west Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur ___ http://www.ok

[MBZ] Happy Moose Day

Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com

[MBZ] Happy moose day

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64725512 Local Dog walker assaulted Clay ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery

[MBZ] Good "Moose" Friday

‘What’s the code for this?’ Moose wanders into Providence hospital lobby in Anchorage https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/04/07/whats-code-this-moose-wanders-into-providence-hospital-lobby-anchorage/

Re: [MBZ] OT: Northern lights

KP 8+ last night. Lit up the sky with green and blue that occluded the moon and stars in GWN. In the less light polluted villages the red and violets were very vibrant. Had a few electronics misbehave. Transient spikes? clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. > On Apr 24, 202

Re: [MBZ] OT: USAA

I think USAA opened it up to spawn of spawn a number of years back. #1 boy has USAA CIC on his car and abode. Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On May 13, 2023, at 8:31 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes > wrote: > >> not made available to anyone outside of the military or their dependents.

[MBZ] Happy Moose Day

Looks as if a woke progressive got out and bit a wild ungulate. First rabid moose in state history discovered in Western Alaska https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/06/08/first-rabid-moose-state-history-discovered-western-alaska/

[MBZ] No More VT Tittle scrub

VT is shutting down the ability to wash title for your car. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crcU7lHfQTo Clay ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mai

Re: [MBZ] Tires for old cars

For r107 I went with General Altimax H rated as alternative to Vredstein V rated. Same works well for w115 as well as the w126 SDL/SD. I did one SDL in cheep cheep chinee rubber that was AMAZING in Montana blizzard at midnight coming and going a few years back. Probably anomalous in extreme,

[MBZ] Summer Project....

for somebody. https://seattle.craigslist.org/kit/ctd/d/bremerton-1939-mercedes-benz-320-cab/7752135731.html Mother passed this winter and I was on one of her accounts, but probably not enough to be

Re: [MBZ] Green/green '73 450SL

Hard to say. They had it on CL a few months back for $11k Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On Jun 18, 2024, at 10:24 AM, mitch--- via Mercedes > wrote: > > On 2024-06-18 12:56, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: >> This has Kaleb written all over it. Ownership would be a perfect w

Re: [MBZ] Kleb needs this -- Boeing 727 Cockpit through First Class Section

Not so sure that airframe or any of that vintage fly south of the border anymore. Fifty years ago, while residing in Ibero America there were a few too many time/cycle excess examples that experienced metal fatigue and had unscheduled ground encounters with mass passenger terminations such that

Re: [MBZ] Kleb needs this -- Boeing 727 Cockpit through First Class Section

I had a dear friend lose her father on a “got away” that failed the approach to Cali in 1994. Copa seems to have failed to switch that one to cargo. May have been other than Pilot Error, as he was flag officer and milint … probably not normal wear issue. I see all manner of Jumbo bodies doing

[MBZ] Moose Day

Ungulates do not approve of bicycles https://youtu.be/HiRU9FkORK8?si=MkZsA7ARGA3w-WI7 clay Roosters wake up and scream because they know ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okie

[MBZ] Flying A class

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vdHvo3E7XDQ?si=Lk787yZ9Uadzlznw Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.c

Re: [MBZ] Long, But Entertaining

That would be a violation of the Jones Act, so it could not fly to another domestic port, only to another nation, maybe UK/Kanada Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On Sep 15, 2023, at 2:13 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > wrote: > > There’s a Qatar flight out of Phoenix I see on our A

[MBZ] Late Moose Day

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/moose-rescue-fort-st-john-halloween-1.7008252 Clay ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.

Re: [MBZ] Brake/wallet check

Had Les Schwab do brakes on Mom’s car in April. Charged $495 for the pleasure of new pads and look at the rotors, check alignment. Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On Dec 6, 2023, at 9:26 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes > wrote: > > My son's 2wd W210 has been flashing the brake pad warni

[MBZ] Last Moose day of 2023

"He just stopped, turned and looked at us to say, ‘Please tell me you didn’t record that.’” https://fox13news.com/news/watch-moose-deadpans-to-camera-after-getting-pied-in-the-face-with-snow C

[MBZ] Happy Moose day

Another example of urban living in Great White North Viral photo of frozen moose explained by man who snapped it https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2024/02/09/viral-photo-frozen-moose-explained-by-man-who-snapped-it/

[MBZ] Happy Moose day

Video shows Anchorage woman shooing moose from grocery cart https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2024/02/15/video-shows-anchorage-woman-shooing-moose-grocery-cart/ Clay

Re: [MBZ] No Go w140 300SE

e, no single coil to fail. > > I suppose if the computer box fried, that could be a pop and no spark. > > Electronic toys are good so long as the smoke stays in. > When the smoke comes out, time to buy a new toy. > > How cold was it in ND today? > > Mechanical

Re: [MBZ] No Go w140 300SE

ent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 28, 2016, at 10:47 PM, clay via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> The adventures of #1 boy grow. >> >> I got a call today that the car will not start/run. Spins up with the >> starter, battery is good, tried to jump it a few tim

Re: [MBZ] Badges

Yes, I just put in for a 500km badge for Polei clay > On Dec 29, 2016, at 8:19 AM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes > wrote: > > I just turned over 300K miles yesterday in my 98 e300d and it made me > wonder if mileage badges are even a thing anymore? > > Bob R > ___

Re: [MBZ] No Go w140 300SE

I think he should make his own way. Trouble with bus pass is ND is much like rural Manitoba. No bus, no Uber clay > On Dec 29, 2016, at 9:02 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > wrote: > > On 28/12/2016 11:15 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: >> Clay sez: >> >>> ‎The adventures of #1 boy gro

Re: [MBZ] Where's Kyle? Was Strasfogel pepper jelly

My nephew got it in his mind he wanted to be a SEAL at 13. After high school he went off to college and ran into one of those guys in an office. Nice Marine recruiter appealed to his macho self and had him doing a semi ROTC program where he went off for summers of training. At 23 he is out o

Re: [MBZ] Badges

I went to an out of town dealer to see if they could make the becker radio uncode. I took the mileage form along as well. The dealership was too new, 1995, so did not have the magic key. The service guy was happy to fill out my form. I returned for some service a few months ago. They sent

Re: [MBZ] No Go w140 300SE

> the snow/slop a while, and having to pay for the repairs or the next car, he > will have a different perspective. Time for counselling him about the long > term slavery and hidden expenses of a new car. The impulse is to to a > stealer and sign his life away. > >> c

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