Re: [MBZ] Cool Drone Video
Don't know. He has other videos posted under the same user name, and I recall on one there was a remark about 25 mph winds at the time. I glanced at it and the video seemed quite stable. Dan On Aug 29, 2014, at 11:20 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: On Fri, 29 Aug 2014 09:52:53 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: This is a video one of our employees did of our building. I work on the 28th (top) floor... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FsDHhO_vnkk I was surprised at how stable the platform was; one could not tell (except for the look down) that the camera was on an airborne platform. Was the wind blowing at all? Craig P.S. Is your job with the school system? Or have I lost track? ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] BMW 325 Station Wagon
Hi Gang, Anyone have knowledge of mid 00's 325 wagon in exc shape? saw t at a closed dealer and don't know the year or miles. My concern is problem areas and life expectancy as i tend to keep cars for a long time. Have also been looking at MB R Class Diesel and ML Diesel. Was considering a '07 R class for $10K until i saw the mileage was 276K! That's more than our 91 300D which only has 236k. But at this time I'm just looking. Thoughts? LarryT 91 300D 78 240D 74 911 66 MGB ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Cool Drone Video
What does this drone look like - any pictures? On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 7:43 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Don't know. He has other videos posted under the same user name, and I recall on one there was a remark about 25 mph winds at the time. I glanced at it and the video seemed quite stable. Dan On Aug 29, 2014, at 11:20 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: On Fri, 29 Aug 2014 09:52:53 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: This is a video one of our employees did of our building. I work on the 28th (top) floor... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FsDHhO_vnkk I was surprised at how stable the platform was; one could not tell (except for the look down) that the camera was on an airborne platform. Was the wind blowing at all? Craig P.S. Is your job with the school system? Or have I lost track? ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Cool Drone Video
Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: What does this drone look like - any pictures? Most of them are quadcopters these days. http://www.rchobbyhelicopter.com/store52/agora.cgi?product=Quadcopter_UAV_Kits ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Cool Drone Video
http://www.dji.com/product/phantom-2-vision-plus Rick Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. Original Message From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2014 9:28 AM To: Dan Penoff; Mercedes Discussion List Reply To: Andrew Strasfogel Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cool Drone Video What does this drone look like - any pictures? ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] BMW 325 Station Wagon
Daughter has an '06 GL320cdi bought new. Her cost of repairs at the dealer since then is huge. She loves it, and can afford the expense, but I wouldn't have it. I think Kaleb bought one, had a lot of expense, and then sold it. The only part that hasn't needed repair is the basic engine and a variety of other usually trouble free parts such as the differential. Her mileage so far is about 150K. Some say any MB after 2006 is okay, but that one isn't IMO. Gerry '83 300D and 240D On 8/30/2014 10:16 AM, LarryT via Mercedes wrote: Hi Gang, Anyone have knowledge of mid 00's 325 wagon in exc shape? saw t at a closed dealer and don't know the year or miles. My concern is problem areas and life expectancy as i tend to keep cars for a long time. Have also been looking at MB R Class Diesel and ML Diesel. Was considering a '07 R class for $10K until i saw the mileage was 276K! That's more than our 91 300D which only has 236k. But at this time I'm just looking. Thoughts? LarryT 91 300D 78 240D 74 911 66 MGB ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] BMW 325 Station Wagon
What kind of repairs has that GL needed? --R On 8/30/14 10:58 AM, Archer75--- via Mercedes wrote: Daughter has an '06 GL320cdi bought new. Her cost of repairs at the dealer since then is huge. She loves it, and can afford the expense, but I wouldn't have it. I think Kaleb bought one, had a lot of expense, and then sold it. The only part that hasn't needed repair is the basic engine and a variety of other usually trouble free parts such as the differential. Her mileage so far is about 150K. Some say any MB after 2006 is okay, but that one isn't IMO. Gerry '83 300D and 240D On 8/30/2014 10:16 AM, LarryT via Mercedes wrote: Hi Gang, Anyone have knowledge of mid 00's 325 wagon in exc shape? saw t at a closed dealer and don't know the year or miles. My concern is problem areas and life expectancy as i tend to keep cars for a long time. Have also been looking at MB R Class Diesel and ML Diesel. Was considering a '07 R class for $10K until i saw the mileage was 276K! That's more than our 91 300D which only has 236k. But at this time I'm just looking. Thoughts? LarryT 91 300D 78 240D 74 911 66 MGB ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Cool Drone Video
As stated in the video's title, it's one of these: http://www.dji.com/product/phantom-2-vision-plus Dan On Aug 30, 2014, at 10:28 AM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: What does this drone look like - any pictures? On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 7:43 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Don't know. He has other videos posted under the same user name, and I recall on one there was a remark about 25 mph winds at the time. I glanced at it and the video seemed quite stable. Dan On Aug 29, 2014, at 11:20 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: On Fri, 29 Aug 2014 09:52:53 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: This is a video one of our employees did of our building. I work on the 28th (top) floor... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FsDHhO_vnkk I was surprised at how stable the platform was; one could not tell (except for the look down) that the camera was on an airborne platform. Was the wind blowing at all? Craig P.S. Is your job with the school system? Or have I lost track? ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Cool Drone Video
The copter is GPS stabilized to stay where you want it. The Phantom is pretty amazing. The camera mount is gyro stabilized too. Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Cool Drone Video
Thanks. At $1369 the price is probably gonna fall like a stone. On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: As stated in the video's title, it's one of these: http://www.dji.com/product/phantom-2-vision-plus Dan On Aug 30, 2014, at 10:28 AM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: What does this drone look like - any pictures? On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 7:43 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Don't know. He has other videos posted under the same user name, and I recall on one there was a remark about 25 mph winds at the time. I glanced at it and the video seemed quite stable. Dan On Aug 29, 2014, at 11:20 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: On Fri, 29 Aug 2014 09:52:53 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: This is a video one of our employees did of our building. I work on the 28th (top) floor... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FsDHhO_vnkk I was surprised at how stable the platform was; one could not tell (except for the look down) that the camera was on an airborne platform. Was the wind blowing at all? Craig P.S. Is your job with the school system? Or have I lost track? ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Cool Drone Video
The step is to mount some sort of automatic weapon, purely for self defense of course. On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 12:02 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: The copter is GPS stabilized to stay where you want it. The Phantom is pretty amazing. The camera mount is gyro stabilized too. Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] BMW 325 Station Wagon
My sister had a 2011 ML with diesel engine, on a three year lease. During the lease, it had one of the computers fail while sister was driving in six lanes of freeway traffic. Car totally shutdown, no warning. A very dangerous event, and thank God there weren't any collisions or injuries. When it came off lease, her father-in-law purchased it. Twice the fuel filter clogged and shut down the engine (I suspect the tank had a microbial growth bloom going). $300 each time for a tow to the dealer for diagnoses and a new filter installation. Finally the rear main engine seal started leaking, at about 100k miles, not covered by warranty, so he sold it. Mileage was only in the high 20's. Very comfortable and quiet, great to drive, but the quality was lacking. Max Dillon, Charleston SC ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Cool Drone Video
Laser defenses. You can buy some of these that are quite a bit cheaper for just general flying around. That one is well-equipped and has a lot of good features. There are lots of kits and plans too to build your own. --R On 8/30/14 12:06 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: The step is to mount some sort of automatic weapon, purely for self defense of course. On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 12:02 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: The copter is GPS stabilized to stay where you want it. The Phantom is pretty amazing. The camera mount is gyro stabilized too. Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] Two weeks with the MotoX
I don't remember if I mentioned that I finally dropped the hammer on the MotoX with Republic Wireless but I'm on my way out of my second week with it. Results are positive. I only have a couple minor complaints which will probably be fixed once I know more about Android. The biggest positive is predictive typing and autocorrect which are vastly superior to the iPhone 5 I had before, I've played with swipe type a little but while its neat I don't know if I'll ever really get into it. I LOVE the rounded back phone. Why does Apple insist on hard corners? The front edges of my macbook pro cut my wrists too, bad design. Republic's use of WiFi for calls has been pretty flawless. It hands off to cellular nicely, if we didn't not have cell phones I'd consider the $5 WiFi only option for a home phone. Anyway, I'm still getting used to it but all things considered Apple would have to do something amazing to lure me back to a phone that costs twice as much with no advantages. Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Two weeks with the MotoX
Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: I LOVE the rounded back phone. Why does Apple insist on hard corners? The front edges of my macbook pro cut my wrists too, bad design. Because for Apple, form beats function? Mitch. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Two weeks with the MotoX
It strikes me as strange since the iPhone 3 was rounded and iirc the first to do so... Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] BMW 325 Station Wagon
The '07 R class sounds like the one my #2 son turned in with chattering tranny. Is it silver/gray? Wilton - Original Message - From: LarryT via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2014 10:16 AM Subject: [MBZ] BMW 325 Station Wagon Hi Gang, Anyone have knowledge of mid 00's 325 wagon in exc shape? saw t at a closed dealer and don't know the year or miles. My concern is problem areas and life expectancy as i tend to keep cars for a long time. Have also been looking at MB R Class Diesel and ML Diesel. Was considering a '07 R class for $10K until i saw the mileage was 276K! That's more than our 91 300D which only has 236k. But at this time I'm just looking. Thoughts? LarryT 91 300D 78 240D 74 911 66 MGB ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] BMW 325 Station Wagon
To: l02tur...@comcast.net; mercedes@okiebenz.com Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 13:10:11 -0400 Subject: Re: [MBZ] BMW 325 Station Wagon From: mercedes@okiebenz.com The '07 R class sounds like the one my #2 son turned in with chattering tranny. Is it silver/gray? I think they all were For that matter, it seems like most cars built from about 2000-20xx were silver, black, or if in a fleet, white. Rick ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Two weeks with the MotoX
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 12:52:48 -0400 To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Two weeks with the MotoX From: mercedes@okiebenz.com Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: I LOVE the rounded back phone. Why does Apple insist on hard corners? The front edges of my macbook pro cut my wrists too, bad design. Because for Apple, form beats function? Vice versa. The iPhone 3 was rounded and IIRC several reviewers thought that was stupid, because with the rounded back component space was sacrificed. Apparently you can pack more electronic stuff into something square as opposed to rounded. Rick ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Two weeks with the MotoX
I recently bought a used Samsung Galaxy II with Jelly Bean OS. I am amazed at the accuracy of the voice-to-text capability of Android. I never type or swipe anything for text messaging, and only occasionally must type corrections when the OS misses something I've dictated. Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Curt Raymond via Mercedes Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2014 9:18 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: [MBZ] Two weeks with the MotoX I don't remember if I mentioned that I finally dropped the hammer on the MotoX with Republic Wireless but I'm on my way out of my second week with it. Results are positive. I only have a couple minor complaints which will probably be fixed once I know more about Android. The biggest positive is predictive typing and autocorrect which are vastly superior to the iPhone 5 I had before, I've played with swipe type a little but while its neat I don't know if I'll ever really get into it. I LOVE the rounded back phone. Why does Apple insist on hard corners? The front edges of my macbook pro cut my wrists too, bad design. Republic's use of WiFi for calls has been pretty flawless. It hands off to cellular nicely, if we didn't not have cell phones I'd consider the $5 WiFi only option for a home phone. Anyway, I'm still getting used to it but all things considered Apple would have to do something amazing to lure me back to a phone that costs twice as much with no advantages. Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] BMW 325 Station Wagon
-- with 276 kmi? Wilton - Original Message - From: Rick Knoble via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2014 2:31 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] BMW 325 Station Wagon To: l02tur...@comcast.net; mercedes@okiebenz.com Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 13:10:11 -0400 Subject: Re: [MBZ] BMW 325 Station Wagon From: mercedes@okiebenz.com The '07 R class sounds like the one my #2 son turned in with chattering tranny. Is it silver/gray? I think they all were For that matter, it seems like most cars built from about 2000-20xx were silver, black, or if in a fleet, white. Rick ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Two weeks with the MotoX
I dictate all of my text messages with my iPhone 5s. Is long as I speak slowly enough, it usually gets everything right. Kevin in Hillsboro Oregon Sent from my iPhone On Aug 30, 2014, at 11:46 AM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I recently bought a used Samsung Galaxy II with Jelly Bean OS. I am amazed at the accuracy of the voice-to-text capability of Android. I never type or swipe anything for text messaging, and only occasionally must type corrections when the OS misses something I've dictated. Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Curt Raymond via Mercedes Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2014 9:18 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: [MBZ] Two weeks with the MotoX I don't remember if I mentioned that I finally dropped the hammer on the MotoX with Republic Wireless but I'm on my way out of my second week with it. Results are positive. I only have a couple minor complaints which will probably be fixed once I know more about Android. The biggest positive is predictive typing and autocorrect which are vastly superior to the iPhone 5 I had before, I've played with swipe type a little but while its neat I don't know if I'll ever really get into it. I LOVE the rounded back phone. Why does Apple insist on hard corners? The front edges of my macbook pro cut my wrists too, bad design. Republic's use of WiFi for calls has been pretty flawless. It hands off to cellular nicely, if we didn't not have cell phones I'd consider the $5 WiFi only option for a home phone. Anyway, I'm still getting used to it but all things considered Apple would have to do something amazing to lure me back to a phone that costs twice as much with no advantages. Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Cool Drone Video
The prices have already dropped. The Phantom is the top of the line for consumer grade camera platforms. 5 years ago you were looking at $30,000 for something half as good. Its a large copter, not a child's toy. Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] BMW 325 Station Wagon
So, the ML and R are not very well made it sounds?Eventually we're going to need a newer car. I would like to stay with MB but the decline in quality has me worried.Maybe I should look at Hyundai? Their 10 yr/100K warranty looks attractive, What about VW ? Thanks, Larry On 8/30/2014 10:16 AM, LarryT via Mercedes wrote: Hi Gang, Anyone have knowledge of mid 00's 325 wagon in exc shape? saw t at a closed dealer and don't know the year or miles. My concern is problem areas and life expectancy as i tend to keep cars for a long time. Have also been looking at MB R Class Diesel and ML Diesel. Was considering a '07 R class for $10K until i saw the mileage was 276K! That's more than our 91 300D which only has 236k. But at this time I'm just looking. Thoughts? LarryT 91 300D 78 240D 74 911 66 MGB ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] BMW 325 Station Wagon
We have the same dilemma -- the 300 SDL is getting up there in years and miles, so is the 87 300D, and I am not excited about the replacements. The quality is simply not there, after Chrysler got involved Benz seems to have decided to make very expensive disposable cars, with electronic everything. Very annoying, I prefer the longevity of the older ones. New ones end up in the dump about the time I'd be buying them because they need several thousand dollars of electronics to fix stupid problems (i.e. two, not one, $2500 computers to get the f...king brake lights to work.) Peter ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] BMW 325 Station Wagon
Peter, I have found the W140 to be a pretty robust platform, and relatively cheap to maintain and work on. My 95 S500 coupe is rapidly approaching 275k, and it's running great and has had minimal issues. Parts are readily available and not terribly expensive. I will be adding another W140 to the fleet in the near future, only this time it will be a later model and a sedan. For $5k-$7k you can get a nice late 90s W140 with less than 150k on it that will go another 200k easily. They are comparable if not better than a W126 when it comes to comfort and ride, and the later amenities make them even nicer. I have looked ahead of the W140s, but not liked what I saw. With this in mind I'm sticking to W140s and older. Dan On Aug 30, 2014, at 5:22 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: We have the same dilemma -- the 300 SDL is getting up there in years and miles, so is the 87 300D, and I am not excited about the replacements. The quality is simply not there, after Chrysler got involved Benz seems to have decided to make very expensive disposable cars, with electronic everything. Very annoying, I prefer the longevity of the older ones. New ones end up in the dump about the time I'd be buying them because they need several thousand dollars of electronics to fix stupid problems (i.e. two, not one, $2500 computers to get the f...king brake lights to work.) Peter ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] BMW 325 Station Wagon
What makes you think the ml or r is not well made? Sent from my iPhone On Aug 30, 2014, at 4:05 PM, LarryT via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: So, the ML and R are not very well made it sounds?Eventually we're going to need a newer car. I would like to stay with MB but the decline in quality has me worried.Maybe I should look at Hyundai? Their 10 yr/100K warranty looks attractive, What about VW ? Thanks, Larry On 8/30/2014 10:16 AM, LarryT via Mercedes wrote: Hi Gang, Anyone have knowledge of mid 00's 325 wagon in exc shape? saw t at a closed dealer and don't know the year or miles. My concern is problem areas and life expectancy as i tend to keep cars for a long time. Have also been looking at MB R Class Diesel and ML Diesel. Was considering a '07 R class for $10K until i saw the mileage was 276K! That's more than our 91 300D which only has 236k. But at this time I'm just looking. Thoughts? LarryT 91 300D 78 240D 74 911 66 MGB ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Two weeks with the MotoX
On Aug 30, 2014 12:20 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I've played with swipe type a little but while its neat I don't know if I'll ever really get into it. I became a total Swype convert when I realized I was able to type without looking at the keyboard. By starting in the general area, and making an appropriate shape based on where I think the keys should be, the engine figures it out 80+% of the time. Have you played with Google Now? They recently added listening-on-charge to my Nexus, I am still getting into the habit of okay Google, navigate home to avoid traffic in the evenings. I do hope they add music controls soon, it is so much work to press that play/pause button on the Bluetooth receiver. :) Best, Tim ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] Bilstein Shocks
Whats the difference between the B4 Bilstein and the more $$$ Bilstein? This is for a 1967 250S. Jon ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Two weeks with the MotoX
On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 20:08:16 -0400 Tim Crone via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Have you played with Google Now? They recently added listening-on-charge to my Nexus, I am still getting into the habit of okay Google, navigate home to avoid traffic in the evenings. I do hope they add music controls soon, it is so much work to press that play/pause button on the Bluetooth receiver. :) My Garmin GPS automatically pauses music to give directions ... Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Bilstein Shocks
B-6s corner better but ride harder. B-4s have a softer more conventional OEM ride. Mixing them front and rear didn't work well on my '83 240D. Will stick with B-4s all around for normal driving. Gerry http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?1458607-Bilstein-B4-or-B6-shocks-Any-NOTICABLE-difference On 8/30/2014 8:19 PM, Jon Agne via Mercedes wrote: Whats the difference between the B4 Bilstein and the more $$$ Bilstein? This is for a 1967 250S. Jon ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Two weeks with the MotoX
What Tim is talking about is having complete voice control over the phone. For instance I can say Okay Google now theres a pause it and it asks what I want to do (this is all without touching the phone BTW) and I say text Angie theres a pause and it says What do you want to text? and I say I'll be home late, traffic is bad which it writes out, understanding me with frightening accuracy, then it asks if I want to send. All without the phone leaving my pocket... Siri can suck it, she couldn't understand a word that I said no matter how slowly I went. -Curt From: Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Tim Crone bb...@crone.us; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2014 8:29 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Two weeks with the MotoX On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 20:08:16 -0400 Tim Crone via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Have you played with Google Now? They recently added listening-on-charge to my Nexus, I am still getting into the habit of okay Google, navigate home to avoid traffic in the evenings. I do hope they add music controls soon, it is so much work to press that play/pause button on the Bluetooth receiver. :) My Garmin GPS automatically pauses music to give directions ... Craig ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Two weeks with the MotoX
I just discovered the voice to text on my LG Optimus, which is a truly awesome phone. I agree with Curt that the auto correct feature is a royal PIA, however. On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 9:06 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: What Tim is talking about is having complete voice control over the phone. For instance I can say Okay Google now theres a pause it and it asks what I want to do (this is all without touching the phone BTW) and I say text Angie theres a pause and it says What do you want to text? and I say I'll be home late, traffic is bad which it writes out, understanding me with frightening accuracy, then it asks if I want to send. All without the phone leaving my pocket... Siri can suck it, she couldn't understand a word that I said no matter how slowly I went. -Curt From: Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Tim Crone bb...@crone.us; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2014 8:29 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Two weeks with the MotoX On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 20:08:16 -0400 Tim Crone via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Have you played with Google Now? They recently added listening-on-charge to my Nexus, I am still getting into the habit of okay Google, navigate home to avoid traffic in the evenings. I do hope they add music controls soon, it is so much work to press that play/pause button on the Bluetooth receiver. :) My Garmin GPS automatically pauses music to give directions ... Craig ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] Coolpad 7 smartphone
I need the biggest smartphone screen available. Currently looking at a Coolpad with a 7 screen. It's made by a major Chinese manufacturer and their phones are supposedly number three in popularity in China. (Favorable article in Forbes.) The Coolpads are not listed as unlocked, but they appear to be usable on both android and Iphone networks. Here is some of their tech data: Dual sim card, dual standby Network mode GSM;CDMA *Cellular Band **2G:GSM 900/1800MHz ***3G: WCDMA 2100MHz Service data **GSM/WCDMA My questions are: 1. Would this phone work on a Verizon network that My Iphone is on, and later on an android network? 2. Is this the equivalent of an unlocked phone? 3. All listed on Ebay are shipped from China or Hongkong. Does anyone know of a satisfactory retailer in China or Hongkong that might carry these phones? If not, would it be better to buy from China or Hongkong? 4. I read that a quadcore phone is needed for use overseas. Several on Ebay are listed as octacore phones. Would these also work overseas ( Quad = 4, Octa = 8)? Thanks, Gerry ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
