Theres irresponsible and then theres real life. Irresponsible in my mind is the soccer mom with 2 kids and a Suburban... The truck never goes offroad and is never really full or if it is full its because they're carrying too much crap they really don't need. Most people (I know, dangerous term) myself included in this one, who have a pickup truck could get away with a small SUV and a trailer. I contend myself by saying the 18mpg my Dakota pulls down is not all that bad and it only stays in town. When I replace it I'm thinking about a Chevy Colorado probably with a 4 banger which should pull closer to 23mpg. Not a big increase but.... I figure at some point when we're settled into a house (maybe never the way things are in New England) I'll probably have 3 vehicles, 2 cars and a pickup. I don't *need* a pickup but we do use it as a truck, it goes offroad, hauls trash to the dump, hauls brush, firewood, dirt, lawnmowers etc. I to need a 4wd vehicle to get in to our camp although I suppose we could walk the 3/4 mile in carrying all our supplies, or use the tractor, then again we pull start the tractor behind my pickup and the 190D sure isn't gonna be able to do that, the Dakota can barely do it now. My wife only commutes about 8 miles a day, its just a little too far to walk and she has a side gig walking dogs at lunch which she needs the car for. An electric car would be ideal for her but we've got nowhere to plug one in near our apartment. If we had a house I'm thinking it'd be a heckuva project. -Curt Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 11:35:51 -0800 From: "R A Bennell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] W's concern abt oil To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
The problem with that (or at least my problem) is that keeping umpteen vehicles is expensive. I need vehicles big enough to haul people and tow things like boats and haul junk etc. I can't do all that with a Honda Civic <SNIP> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Feb 02 21:10:53 2006 Received: from web32801.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.206.31]) by server5.arterytc5.net with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1F4ljB-0007YC-73 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Thu, 02 Feb 2006 21:10:53 +0000 Received: (qmail 64439 invoked by uid 60001); 2 Feb 2006 21:10:51 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=3XH4DXcI8oc6dAsK9TmbGUt1C2IOZF3bo1tB1Z+oHDvurN8sC+I1FOnCw9x1tqP+jlypJACp+voqRDGqj0XQrV4wM1hz2A6Fk8Fkj/NYavDO1cVl7JjeyWxWvnePhbcxttzJpKxfpvt/KZc++6uUURSBeqhBZWqOjKcfxzXV6V8= ; Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from [198.51.119.130] by web32801.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 02 Feb 2006 13:10:51 PST Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 13:10:51 -0800 (PST) From: Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.6 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Rusty W126 X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_striplin.net.striplin.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://striplin.net/pipermail/mercedes_striplin.net> List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 21:10:53 -0000 Or 201 kits for us chuckleheads that buy cars off eBay... Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 12:37:27 -0500 From: "Rusty Cullens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Rusty W126 To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Working on it now. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Trampas Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 12:19 PM To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' Subject: [MBZ] Rusty W126 Rusty, How about the W126 kits? Since we all know the W126 is the *best* chassis ever. Trampas __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Feb 02 21:13:45 2006 Received: from zproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.162.201]) by server5.arterytc5.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1F4llx-00083K-7m for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Thu, 02 Feb 2006 21:13:45 +0000 Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 12so468382nzp for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Thu, 02 Feb 2006 13:13:44 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=JKJAOLsRiEfwWDYHkoHCdmNyNbVVkBbsa//N/WXUF9ANmyppndMjk4kLivKLLo7iSdweY3pxmQ/EVJK6v9523RteaB5LDSqywbRTLAgoIXBNEfU1fgEP4GzzCF/iK73uWzOtQv3fhj9Lo4s0I4Ni4S/zDZKuODcB7qHswlGb/o0= Received: by 10.65.230.17 with SMTP id h17mr797780qbr; Thu, 02 Feb 2006 13:13:44 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.64.233.8 with HTTP; Thu, 2 Feb 2006 13:13:44 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 14:13:44 -0700 From: "Dave M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Smoky VW diesel when cold X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_striplin.net.striplin.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://striplin.net/pipermail/mercedes_striplin.net> List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 21:13:45 -0000 Forgot to mention... it's got Delvac-1 and the only way to drive a 1.5L VW diesel is like you stole it. You can pretty much duct tape the pedal to the floor and adjust speed by proper gear selection, lol... it's right up there with a 240D auto, or 220D, in performance terms! =3D) +dm > ------------------------------ > Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 08:04:28 -0700 > From: Craig McCluskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Smoky VW diesel when cold > > > Real common for VW diesels to get sticky rings, especially if you are > > getting oil smell in the exhaust.Compression will drop and get hard to > > start and act just as you describe. > > Best thing I've found is Auto RX to clean them out ( www.auto-rx.com ) > > costy but it really works. Liqui Moly sells a cleaner called Oil Schlam= m > > spulung that does a fair job but doesn't get it all. > > How about changing to Mobil 1 and driving it like you stole it? > > > > Craig
