Re: [MBZ] High mileage Tesla

[Rick Knoble via Mercedes]

Yeah. Okay.

https://realmoney.thestreet.com/investing/stocks/tesla-s-main-product-isn-t-cars-it-s-subsidies-14769263

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2020/07/28/elon-musk-is-government-subsidy-critic-but-teslas-q2-results-were-helped-by-covid-19-aid/

And that's not the only company that gets them.

https://cleantechnica.com/2020/08/03/tesla-subsidies-how-much/

Where's our multi billion dollar handout?

Rick

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Subject: Re: [MBZ] High mileage Tesla

You mean like the depletion allowance for oil and gas drilling in the US?
https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2020/10/04/the-oil-depletion-allowance-the-largest-tax-loophole-in-american-history/

On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 10:02 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> I wonder how much subsidy the government gives him
>
> --FT
> Sent from iFōn
>
> > On Jan 14, 2022, at 8:01 PM, OK Don via Mercedes 
> wrote:
> >
> > *One Tesla Model S Has Gone Nearly 1 Million Miles And Needed SomeMajor
> > Repairs*epairs
> > A Tesla owner in Germany may just have the record for highest-mileage
> Model
> > S in the world. He recently rolled over 1.5 million kilometers (932,256
> > freedom miles if you live in the U.S.) in his Model S P85.
> >
> > Getting to this number was no cheap feat for the owner. It’s been through
> > quite a number of parts
> > <
> https://www.carscoops.com/2022/01/this-original-tesla-model-s-performance-model-is-nearing-100-miles/
> >
> > in
> > its lifetime. The owner, Hansjörg von Gemmingen-Hornberg says the car is
> on
> > at least its third battery. The first was replaced under warranty at
> about
> > 180,000 miles. The second was replaced after about 93,000 additional
> miles
> > before the third battery was installed. So far, the Model S has done more
> > than 621,000 miles on that third battery.
> >
> > That isn’t all. The car also needed four drive motors to reach over
> 900,000
> > miles. The P85 has only one drive motor on the real axle. That means
> three
> > different drive motors have failed.
> >
> > But how has this Tesla racked up so many miles? Well, the owner uses it
> as
> > a taxi. He also chronicles his journeys on his very-German Twitter
> account
> > <
> https://twitter.com/gem8mingen?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
> >
> > .
> >
> > #NeuesProfilbild
> > <
> https://twitter.com/hashtag/NeuesProfilbild?src=hash_src=twsrc%5Etfw>
> > pic.twitter.com/wEsk1ZW3yC 
> > — Hansjörg von Gemmingen - Hornberg (@gem8mingen) January 6, 2022
> > <
> https://twitter.com/gem8mingen/status/1479108423685840905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
> >
> >
> > According to InsideEVs, he reached the 900,000-kilometer (559, mile)
> > mark in July 2019. That means he has averaged about 150,000 miles
> annually
> > since then. That works out to over 400 miles a day packing onto this
> > Tesla’s odometer.
> >
> > There are a few high-milage Model S’s trolling around the world right
> now,
> > like this 425,000 mile example
> > <
> https://jalopnik.com/heres-how-a-425-000-mile-tesla-model-s-has-held-up-1848286496
> >.
> > But it’s safe to say the German car blows this one out of the water.
> >
> > The owner has stayed mum on exactly how much the repairs have cost over
> the
> > life of his Model S – perhaps because it would make no logical sense to
> > pour this money into a car to keep it going, or perhaps because it isn’t
> > our business.
> >
> > So, while we may not know how much he’s paying for the privilege of
> driving
> > a Model S nearly a million miles in less than ten years, we will
> certainly
> > be able to follow along on his Twitter account
> > <
> https://twitter.com/gem8mingen?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
> >
> > .
> >
> > --
> > OK Don
> >
> > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to
> > pause and reflect." Mark Twain
> >
> > “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.”
> Wernher
> > Von Braun
> > 2013 F150, 18 mpg
> > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg
> > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph!
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Re: [MBZ] The copart ML

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

The odometer is "exempt".  What??

On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 10:43 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <
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> That is the mystery, don't know if it runs or not, or if anything is
> wrong with the injun.  I know the battery is completely dead. I have
> bought many copart vehicles that batteries were dead and when charged or
> replaced, started right up.
>
> On 1/14/2022 9:41 PM, mitch--- via Mercedes wrote:
> > It just needs a new Injun...
> >
> > OK - CERT OF TITLE-INDIAN TRIBAL
> >
> > My ML said something like State Farm Comprehensive on the windshield
> > sticker with the lot number on it.
> > When I saw the deer hair in the cracks in the bumper I realized why it
> > wasn't totaled by collision or given a salvage title.
> >
> > On 2022-01-14 22:33, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
> >> I have no idea who owns
> >> it and could not get an idea of it when I looked at it in person. Not
> >> sure if its a dealer or what.
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Re: [MBZ] High mileage Tesla

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

You mean like the depletion allowance for oil and gas drilling in the US?
https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2020/10/04/the-oil-depletion-allowance-the-largest-tax-loophole-in-american-history/

On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 10:02 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> I wonder how much subsidy the government gives him
>
> --FT
> Sent from iFōn
>
> > On Jan 14, 2022, at 8:01 PM, OK Don via Mercedes 
> wrote:
> >
> > *One Tesla Model S Has Gone Nearly 1 Million Miles And Needed SomeMajor
> > Repairs*epairs
> > A Tesla owner in Germany may just have the record for highest-mileage
> Model
> > S in the world. He recently rolled over 1.5 million kilometers (932,256
> > freedom miles if you live in the U.S.) in his Model S P85.
> >
> > Getting to this number was no cheap feat for the owner. It’s been through
> > quite a number of parts
> > <
> https://www.carscoops.com/2022/01/this-original-tesla-model-s-performance-model-is-nearing-100-miles/
> >
> > in
> > its lifetime. The owner, Hansjörg von Gemmingen-Hornberg says the car is
> on
> > at least its third battery. The first was replaced under warranty at
> about
> > 180,000 miles. The second was replaced after about 93,000 additional
> miles
> > before the third battery was installed. So far, the Model S has done more
> > than 621,000 miles on that third battery.
> >
> > That isn’t all. The car also needed four drive motors to reach over
> 900,000
> > miles. The P85 has only one drive motor on the real axle. That means
> three
> > different drive motors have failed.
> >
> > But how has this Tesla racked up so many miles? Well, the owner uses it
> as
> > a taxi. He also chronicles his journeys on his very-German Twitter
> account
> > <
> https://twitter.com/gem8mingen?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
> >
> > .
> >
> > #NeuesProfilbild
> > <
> https://twitter.com/hashtag/NeuesProfilbild?src=hash_src=twsrc%5Etfw>
> > pic.twitter.com/wEsk1ZW3yC 
> > — Hansjörg von Gemmingen - Hornberg (@gem8mingen) January 6, 2022
> > <
> https://twitter.com/gem8mingen/status/1479108423685840905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
> >
> >
> > According to InsideEVs, he reached the 900,000-kilometer (559, mile)
> > mark in July 2019. That means he has averaged about 150,000 miles
> annually
> > since then. That works out to over 400 miles a day packing onto this
> > Tesla’s odometer.
> >
> > There are a few high-milage Model S’s trolling around the world right
> now,
> > like this 425,000 mile example
> > <
> https://jalopnik.com/heres-how-a-425-000-mile-tesla-model-s-has-held-up-1848286496
> >.
> > But it’s safe to say the German car blows this one out of the water.
> >
> > The owner has stayed mum on exactly how much the repairs have cost over
> the
> > life of his Model S – perhaps because it would make no logical sense to
> > pour this money into a car to keep it going, or perhaps because it isn’t
> > our business.
> >
> > So, while we may not know how much he’s paying for the privilege of
> driving
> > a Model S nearly a million miles in less than ten years, we will
> certainly
> > be able to follow along on his Twitter account
> > <
> https://twitter.com/gem8mingen?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
> >
> > .
> >
> > --
> > OK Don
> >
> > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to
> > pause and reflect." Mark Twain
> >
> > “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.”
> Wernher
> > Von Braun
> > 2013 F150, 18 mpg
> > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg
> > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph!
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Re: [MBZ] 04E500

[Dwight Giles via Mercedes]

way to go.

On Fri, Jan 14, 2022, 9:33 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Took the $900E500 (now up to $1600 or so) out tonight for first real
> drive. Took it easy as the front tires are crap but everything went well,
> no problems, suspension working, transmission working. Smells like rodent
> pee so need to finish cleaning the carpets and change the cabin filter too.
> It is a very fast car and handles really nicely. The 05E320 wagon feels
> quite slow by comparison.
>
> So I’m calling this project a success.
>
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Re: [MBZ] The copart ML

[Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes]

That is the mystery, don't know if it runs or not, or if anything is 
wrong with the injun.  I know the battery is completely dead. I have 
bought many copart vehicles that batteries were dead and when charged or 
replaced, started right up.


On 1/14/2022 9:41 PM, mitch--- via Mercedes wrote:

It just needs a new Injun...

OK - CERT OF TITLE-INDIAN TRIBAL

My ML said something like State Farm Comprehensive on the windshield 
sticker with the lot number on it.
When I saw the deer hair in the cracks in the bumper I realized why it 
wasn't totaled by collision or given a salvage title.


On 2022-01-14 22:33, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:

I have no idea who owns
it and could not get an idea of it when I looked at it in person. Not
sure if its a dealer or what.


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Re: [MBZ] The copart ML

[mitch--- via Mercedes]

It just needs a new Injun...

OK - CERT OF TITLE-INDIAN TRIBAL

My ML said something like State Farm Comprehensive on the windshield 
sticker with the lot number on it.
When I saw the deer hair in the cracks in the bumper I realized why it 
wasn't totaled by collision or given a salvage title.


On 2022-01-14 22:33, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:

I have no idea who owns
it and could not get an idea of it when I looked at it in person. Not
sure if its a dealer or what.


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[MBZ] Michigan Dukes of Hazzard

[Rick Knoble via Mercedes]

https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2022/01/intoxicated-driver-does-dukes-of-hazzard-jump-over-west-michigan-freeway-bridge-police-say.html


Rick
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Re: [MBZ] The copart ML

[Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes]

The first time I was high bidder at $2200.  Next time it was $2500.  
Last time was $1100, this time $1700.  His buy it now was $4000, now 
$3800.  Seller has never even counter bid my winning bids.  I have 
wondered what it looks like on the seller side. Surely they are paying 
every time it runs, or paying storage fees.  I have no idea who owns it 
and could not get an idea of it when I looked at it in person. Not sure 
if its a dealer or what.


On 1/14/2022 9:30 PM, mitch--- via Mercedes wrote:

On 2022-01-14 21:58, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote:

Looks like it has a hitch. That’s good.


And what, $500 less than last week?
That's good too.
If they keep lowering the starting bid and Kaleb keeps being the only 
bidder, it could get pretty cheap by the time CoPart storage costs 
start piling up and the fool decides he wants the thing off his books.


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Re: [MBZ] The copart ML

[mitch--- via Mercedes]

On 2022-01-14 21:58, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote:

Looks like it has a hitch. That’s good.


And what, $500 less than last week?
That's good too.
If they keep lowering the starting bid and Kaleb keeps being the only 
bidder, it could get pretty cheap by the time CoPart storage costs start 
piling up and the fool decides he wants the thing off his books.


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Re: [MBZ] High mileage Tesla

[Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes]

I wonder how much subsidy the government gives him

--FT
Sent from iFōn

> On Jan 14, 2022, at 8:01 PM, OK Don via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> *One Tesla Model S Has Gone Nearly 1 Million Miles And Needed SomeMajor
> Repairs*epairs
> A Tesla owner in Germany may just have the record for highest-mileage Model
> S in the world. He recently rolled over 1.5 million kilometers (932,256
> freedom miles if you live in the U.S.) in his Model S P85.
> 
> Getting to this number was no cheap feat for the owner. It’s been through
> quite a number of parts
> 
> in
> its lifetime. The owner, Hansjörg von Gemmingen-Hornberg says the car is on
> at least its third battery. The first was replaced under warranty at about
> 180,000 miles. The second was replaced after about 93,000 additional miles
> before the third battery was installed. So far, the Model S has done more
> than 621,000 miles on that third battery.
> 
> That isn’t all. The car also needed four drive motors to reach over 900,000
> miles. The P85 has only one drive motor on the real axle. That means three
> different drive motors have failed.
> 
> But how has this Tesla racked up so many miles? Well, the owner uses it as
> a taxi. He also chronicles his journeys on his very-German Twitter account
> 
> .
> 
> #NeuesProfilbild
> 
> pic.twitter.com/wEsk1ZW3yC 
> — Hansjörg von Gemmingen - Hornberg (@gem8mingen) January 6, 2022
> 
> 
> According to InsideEVs, he reached the 900,000-kilometer (559, mile)
> mark in July 2019. That means he has averaged about 150,000 miles annually
> since then. That works out to over 400 miles a day packing onto this
> Tesla’s odometer.
> 
> There are a few high-milage Model S’s trolling around the world right now,
> like this 425,000 mile example
> .
> But it’s safe to say the German car blows this one out of the water.
> 
> The owner has stayed mum on exactly how much the repairs have cost over the
> life of his Model S – perhaps because it would make no logical sense to
> pour this money into a car to keep it going, or perhaps because it isn’t
> our business.
> 
> So, while we may not know how much he’s paying for the privilege of driving
> a Model S nearly a million miles in less than ten years, we will certainly
> be able to follow along on his Twitter account
> 
> .
> 
> -- 
> OK Don
> 
> "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to
> pause and reflect." Mark Twain
> 
> “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.”  Wernher
> Von Braun
> 2013 F150, 18 mpg
> 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg
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Re: [MBZ] High mileage Tesla

[mitch--- via Mercedes]

On 2022-01-14 21:51, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote:
Battery management software may have improved; Teslas auto-update over 
the air.


Perhaps the battery technology and/or chemistry is also better than it
was in 2012.


The batteries are probably better, plus the owner may have figured out 
not to run it below 20% every day.


I'm amazed that he (or more likely, three shifts of drivers) managed to 
average 150kmi since 2019.
That's a decent annual mileage for a single driver long haul semi in the 
USA, and incredible for a taxi.


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Re: [MBZ] The copart ML

[Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes]

Looks like it has a hitch. That’s good. 

--FT
Sent from iFōn

> On Jan 14, 2022, at 8:52 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> This will be the 4th time I have been the winner, this time $1700. When will 
> the seller finally accept sometime other than their stupid reserve amount?
> 
> 
> https://www.copart.com/lot/66367701
> 
> 
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Re: [MBZ] High mileage Tesla

[Allan Streib via Mercedes]

Battery management software may have improved; Teslas auto-update over the air.

Perhaps the battery technology and/or chemistry is also better than it was in 
2012.


On Fri, Jan 14, 2022, at 8:14 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
> Indeed! He is getting a lot of miles out of the latest battery pack though
> - wonder what's different?
>
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 7:13 PM Rick Knoble via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
>> Sounds like a virtue signaling money pit to me.
>>
>>
>> Rick
>>
>> From: mercedes@okiebenz.com
>> Sent: January 14, 2022 7:01 PM
>> To: Mercedes@okiebenz.com
>> Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com
>> Cc: okd...@gmail.com
>> Subject: [MBZ] High mileage Tesla
>>
>> *One Tesla Model S Has Gone Nearly 1 Million Miles And Needed SomeMajor
>> Repairs*epairs
>> A Tesla owner in Germany may just have the record for highest-mileage Model
>> S in the world. He recently rolled over 1.5 million kilometers (932,256
>> freedom miles if you live in the U.S.) in his Model S P85.
>>
>> Getting to this number was no cheap feat for the owner. It’s been through
>> quite a number of parts
>> <
>> https://www.carscoops.com/2022/01/this-original-tesla-model-s-performance-model-is-nearing-100-miles/
>> >
>> in
>> its lifetime. The owner, Hansjörg von Gemmingen-Hornberg says the car is on
>> at least its third battery. The first was replaced under warranty at about
>> 180,000 miles. The second was replaced after about 93,000 additional miles
>> before the third battery was installed. So far, the Model S has done more
>> than 621,000 miles on that third battery.
>>
>> That isn’t all. The car also needed four drive motors to reach over 900,000
>> miles. The P85 has only one drive motor on the real axle. That means three
>> different drive motors have failed.
>>
>> But how has this Tesla racked up so many miles? Well, the owner uses it as
>> a taxi. He also chronicles his journeys on his very-German Twitter account
>> <
>> https://twitter.com/gem8mingen?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
>> >
>> .
>>
>> #NeuesProfilbild
>> 
>> pic.twitter.com/wEsk1ZW3yC 
>> — Hansjörg von Gemmingen - Hornberg (@gem8mingen) January 6, 2022
>> <
>> https://twitter.com/gem8mingen/status/1479108423685840905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
>> >
>>
>> According to InsideEVs, he reached the 900,000-kilometer (559, mile)
>> mark in July 2019. That means he has averaged about 150,000 miles annually
>> since then. That works out to over 400 miles a day packing onto this
>> Tesla’s odometer.
>>
>> There are a few high-milage Model S’s trolling around the world right now,
>> like this 425,000 mile example
>> <
>> https://jalopnik.com/heres-how-a-425-000-mile-tesla-model-s-has-held-up-1848286496
>> >.
>> But it’s safe to say the German car blows this one out of the water.
>>
>> The owner has stayed mum on exactly how much the repairs have cost over the
>> life of his Model S – perhaps because it would make no logical sense to
>> pour this money into a car to keep it going, or perhaps because it isn’t
>> our business.
>>
>> So, while we may not know how much he’s paying for the privilege of driving
>> a Model S nearly a million miles in less than ten years, we will certainly
>> be able to follow along on his Twitter account
>> <
>> https://twitter.com/gem8mingen?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
>> >
>> .
>>
>> --
>> OK Don
>>
>> "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to
>> pause and reflect." Mark Twain
>>
>> “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.”
>> Wernher
>> Von Braun
>> 2013 F150, 18 mpg
>> 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg
>> 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph!
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>
> "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to
> pause and reflect." Mark Twain
>
> “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.”  Wernher
> Von Braun
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[MBZ] 04E500

[Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes]

Took the $900E500 (now up to $1600 or so) out tonight for first real drive. 
Took it easy as the front tires are crap but everything went well, no problems, 
suspension working, transmission working. Smells like rodent pee so need to 
finish cleaning the carpets and change the cabin filter too. It is a very fast 
car and handles really nicely. The 05E320 wagon feels quite slow by comparison. 

So I’m calling this project a success. 

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[MBZ] The copart ML

[Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes]

This will be the 4th time I have been the winner, this time $1700. When will 
the seller finally accept sometime other than their stupid reserve amount?


https://www.copart.com/lot/66367701


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Re: [MBZ] High mileage Tesla

[OK Don via Mercedes]

Indeed! He is getting a lot of miles out of the latest battery pack though
- wonder what's different?

On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 7:13 PM Rick Knoble via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Sounds like a virtue signaling money pit to me.
>
>
> Rick
>
> From: mercedes@okiebenz.com
> Sent: January 14, 2022 7:01 PM
> To: Mercedes@okiebenz.com
> Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com
> Cc: okd...@gmail.com
> Subject: [MBZ] High mileage Tesla
>
> *One Tesla Model S Has Gone Nearly 1 Million Miles And Needed SomeMajor
> Repairs*epairs
> A Tesla owner in Germany may just have the record for highest-mileage Model
> S in the world. He recently rolled over 1.5 million kilometers (932,256
> freedom miles if you live in the U.S.) in his Model S P85.
>
> Getting to this number was no cheap feat for the owner. It’s been through
> quite a number of parts
> <
> https://www.carscoops.com/2022/01/this-original-tesla-model-s-performance-model-is-nearing-100-miles/
> >
> in
> its lifetime. The owner, Hansjörg von Gemmingen-Hornberg says the car is on
> at least its third battery. The first was replaced under warranty at about
> 180,000 miles. The second was replaced after about 93,000 additional miles
> before the third battery was installed. So far, the Model S has done more
> than 621,000 miles on that third battery.
>
> That isn’t all. The car also needed four drive motors to reach over 900,000
> miles. The P85 has only one drive motor on the real axle. That means three
> different drive motors have failed.
>
> But how has this Tesla racked up so many miles? Well, the owner uses it as
> a taxi. He also chronicles his journeys on his very-German Twitter account
> <
> https://twitter.com/gem8mingen?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
> >
> .
>
> #NeuesProfilbild
> 
> pic.twitter.com/wEsk1ZW3yC 
> — Hansjörg von Gemmingen - Hornberg (@gem8mingen) January 6, 2022
> <
> https://twitter.com/gem8mingen/status/1479108423685840905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
> >
>
> According to InsideEVs, he reached the 900,000-kilometer (559, mile)
> mark in July 2019. That means he has averaged about 150,000 miles annually
> since then. That works out to over 400 miles a day packing onto this
> Tesla’s odometer.
>
> There are a few high-milage Model S’s trolling around the world right now,
> like this 425,000 mile example
> <
> https://jalopnik.com/heres-how-a-425-000-mile-tesla-model-s-has-held-up-1848286496
> >.
> But it’s safe to say the German car blows this one out of the water.
>
> The owner has stayed mum on exactly how much the repairs have cost over the
> life of his Model S – perhaps because it would make no logical sense to
> pour this money into a car to keep it going, or perhaps because it isn’t
> our business.
>
> So, while we may not know how much he’s paying for the privilege of driving
> a Model S nearly a million miles in less than ten years, we will certainly
> be able to follow along on his Twitter account
> <
> https://twitter.com/gem8mingen?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
> >
> .
>
> --
> OK Don
>
> "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to
> pause and reflect." Mark Twain
>
> “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.”
> Wernher
> Von Braun
> 2013 F150, 18 mpg
> 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg
> 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph!
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Re: [MBZ] High mileage Tesla

[Rick Knoble via Mercedes]

Sounds like a virtue signaling money pit to me.


Rick

From: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: January 14, 2022 7:01 PM
To: Mercedes@okiebenz.com
Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Cc: okd...@gmail.com
Subject: [MBZ] High mileage Tesla

*One Tesla Model S Has Gone Nearly 1 Million Miles And Needed SomeMajor
Repairs*epairs
A Tesla owner in Germany may just have the record for highest-mileage Model
S in the world. He recently rolled over 1.5 million kilometers (932,256
freedom miles if you live in the U.S.) in his Model S P85.

Getting to this number was no cheap feat for the owner. It’s been through
quite a number of parts

in
its lifetime. The owner, Hansjörg von Gemmingen-Hornberg says the car is on
at least its third battery. The first was replaced under warranty at about
180,000 miles. The second was replaced after about 93,000 additional miles
before the third battery was installed. So far, the Model S has done more
than 621,000 miles on that third battery.

That isn’t all. The car also needed four drive motors to reach over 900,000
miles. The P85 has only one drive motor on the real axle. That means three
different drive motors have failed.

But how has this Tesla racked up so many miles? Well, the owner uses it as
a taxi. He also chronicles his journeys on his very-German Twitter account

.

#NeuesProfilbild

pic.twitter.com/wEsk1ZW3yC 
— Hansjörg von Gemmingen - Hornberg (@gem8mingen) January 6, 2022


According to InsideEVs, he reached the 900,000-kilometer (559, mile)
mark in July 2019. That means he has averaged about 150,000 miles annually
since then. That works out to over 400 miles a day packing onto this
Tesla’s odometer.

There are a few high-milage Model S’s trolling around the world right now,
like this 425,000 mile example
.
But it’s safe to say the German car blows this one out of the water.

The owner has stayed mum on exactly how much the repairs have cost over the
life of his Model S – perhaps because it would make no logical sense to
pour this money into a car to keep it going, or perhaps because it isn’t
our business.

So, while we may not know how much he’s paying for the privilege of driving
a Model S nearly a million miles in less than ten years, we will certainly
be able to follow along on his Twitter account

.

--
OK Don

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to
pause and reflect." Mark Twain

“Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.”  Wernher
Von Braun
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2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg
1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph!
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Re: [MBZ] OT - BUFF Moving

[OK Don via Mercedes]

The last B-17 built -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yaKCkXa-rs

On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 3:53 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> That’s really amazing
>
> --FT
> Sent from iFōn
>
> > On Jan 14, 2022, at 4:44 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >
> > 
> https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/43784/heavy-traffic-a-b-52-bomber-is-being-trucked-across-the-central-united-states
> >
> > -ad
> >
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[MBZ] High mileage Tesla

[OK Don via Mercedes]

*One Tesla Model S Has Gone Nearly 1 Million Miles And Needed SomeMajor
Repairs*epairs
A Tesla owner in Germany may just have the record for highest-mileage Model
S in the world. He recently rolled over 1.5 million kilometers (932,256
freedom miles if you live in the U.S.) in his Model S P85.

Getting to this number was no cheap feat for the owner. It’s been through
quite a number of parts

in
its lifetime. The owner, Hansjörg von Gemmingen-Hornberg says the car is on
at least its third battery. The first was replaced under warranty at about
180,000 miles. The second was replaced after about 93,000 additional miles
before the third battery was installed. So far, the Model S has done more
than 621,000 miles on that third battery.

That isn’t all. The car also needed four drive motors to reach over 900,000
miles. The P85 has only one drive motor on the real axle. That means three
different drive motors have failed.

But how has this Tesla racked up so many miles? Well, the owner uses it as
a taxi. He also chronicles his journeys on his very-German Twitter account

.

#NeuesProfilbild

pic.twitter.com/wEsk1ZW3yC 
— Hansjörg von Gemmingen - Hornberg (@gem8mingen) January 6, 2022


According to InsideEVs, he reached the 900,000-kilometer (559, mile)
mark in July 2019. That means he has averaged about 150,000 miles annually
since then. That works out to over 400 miles a day packing onto this
Tesla’s odometer.

There are a few high-milage Model S’s trolling around the world right now,
like this 425,000 mile example
.
But it’s safe to say the German car blows this one out of the water.

The owner has stayed mum on exactly how much the repairs have cost over the
life of his Model S – perhaps because it would make no logical sense to
pour this money into a car to keep it going, or perhaps because it isn’t
our business.

So, while we may not know how much he’s paying for the privilege of driving
a Model S nearly a million miles in less than ten years, we will certainly
be able to follow along on his Twitter account

.

-- 
OK Don

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to
pause and reflect." Mark Twain

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Von Braun
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Re: [MBZ] 2 post lifts.

[G Mann via Mercedes]

"Need"
What a man has when it comes to tools.
It's like a woman walking past a shoe shop and not stopping [never happens].
Thus, Kaleb, you need a second lift. You will be happy you have it.


On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 3:53 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes <
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>
> What does "need" have to do with it?
>
>
> On 14/01/2022 4:40 PM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes wrote:
> > You don’t need any more lifts or any more cars! Oh shit I just sounded
> like a woman!
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Jan 14, 2022, at 5:00 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Just sitting in the shop taking a little break from organizing and as
> I look around, I could see where a 2nd 2 post lift would come in handy.
> >>
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Re: [MBZ] 2 post lifts.

[Randy Bennell via Mercedes]

What does "need" have to do with it?


On 14/01/2022 4:40 PM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes wrote:

You don’t need any more lifts or any more cars! Oh shit I just sounded like a 
woman!

Sent from my iPhone


On Jan 14, 2022, at 5:00 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes 
 wrote:

Just sitting in the shop taking a little break from organizing and as I look 
around, I could see where a 2nd 2 post lift would come in handy.




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Re: [MBZ] 2 post lifts.

[Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes]

You don’t need any more lifts or any more cars! Oh shit I just sounded like a 
woman!

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> On Jan 14, 2022, at 5:00 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes 
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> 
> Just sitting in the shop taking a little break from organizing and as I look 
> around, I could see where a 2nd 2 post lift would come in handy. 
> 
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[MBZ] 2 post lifts.

[Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes]

Just sitting in the shop taking a little break from organizing and as I look 
around, I could see where a 2nd 2 post lift would come in handy. 

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Re: [MBZ] OT - BUFF Moving

[Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes]

That’s really amazing 

--FT
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> On Jan 14, 2022, at 4:44 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/43784/heavy-traffic-a-b-52-bomber-is-being-trucked-across-the-central-united-states
> 
> -ad
> 
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[MBZ] OT - BUFF Moving

[dan penoff.com via Mercedes]

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/43784/heavy-traffic-a-b-52-bomber-is-being-trucked-across-the-central-united-states

-ad

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Re: [MBZ] OT: Disastrous blind date

[Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes]

Sounds like perfect husband material for her

--FT
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> On Jan 14, 2022, at 3:33 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> *We've all heard a lot of disastrous blind-date stories,* but this one has
> got to take the cake.
> 
> A woman in Zhengzhou, China, went on a blind date arranged by her family,
> agreeing to meet the man at his apartment because he wanted to show off his
> cooking skills by making dinner for them.
> 
> When she was leaving the compound where his apartment is located, a
> security guard told her she couldn't leave because the government had
> imposed a sudden lockdown on all of Henan province because of the rapid
> spread of the omicron variant. She had no choice but to return to her blind
> date's apartment.
> 
> Now, before you start to feel sorry for her, she said on social media that
> the man has continued to cook for her, and admitted that she doesn't do
> anything to help out by cooking or cleaning up. Instead, she sleeps late
> and has been complaining that he's a very quiet guy who doesn't talk to her
> much.
> 
> This happened last week, and it's unclear if she's still lazing around the
> guy's apartment. No word on whether she's giving him money for groceries.
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[MBZ] FedEx

[Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes]

I ordered a bunch of parts from Naperville a couple of weeks ago. Finally got 
notice it shipped. FedEx shows it delivered by today. Yesterday I check 
tracking and it shows in Lenexa KS. Makes sense. Just now sitting here in my 
office I see the FedEx truck coming down the road. I figured I could now head 
out to that shop and finish up the car that is on the lift. FedEx truck rolls 
on by but doesn’t stop. I check tracking. Still says expected delivery today 
but now it’s in Sioux City Iowa. Wtf? 


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[MBZ] OT: Disastrous blind date

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

*We've all heard a lot of disastrous blind-date stories,* but this one has
got to take the cake.

A woman in Zhengzhou, China, went on a blind date arranged by her family,
agreeing to meet the man at his apartment because he wanted to show off his
cooking skills by making dinner for them.

When she was leaving the compound where his apartment is located, a
security guard told her she couldn't leave because the government had
imposed a sudden lockdown on all of Henan province because of the rapid
spread of the omicron variant. She had no choice but to return to her blind
date's apartment.

Now, before you start to feel sorry for her, she said on social media that
the man has continued to cook for her, and admitted that she doesn't do
anything to help out by cooking or cleaning up. Instead, she sleeps late
and has been complaining that he's a very quiet guy who doesn't talk to her
much.

This happened last week, and it's unclear if she's still lazing around the
guy's apartment. No word on whether she's giving him money for groceries.
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[MBZ] Fwd: Supplemental Notice of MB BlueTEC Class Action Settlements

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

Yet another notification about the Bluetec settlement.  I'm still waiting
for my trip to Hawaii.

-- Forwarded message -
From: MB Blue Tec Settlement Administrator 
Date: Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 12:53 PM
Subject: Supplemental Notice of MB BlueTEC Class Action Settlements
To: 



*United States District Court for the District of New Jersey In re
Mercedes-Benz Emissions Litigation, 16-cv-881 (KM) (ESK)*
* If You Are a Current Owner or Lessee of a Mercedes-Benz or Sprinter
BlueTEC II Diesel Vehicle, You May Be Eligible for a CASH PAYMENT of up to
$3,515 or more from Class Action Settlements *
You are receiving this Notice because you registered to receive updates
relating to the MB BlueTEC Settlements. This Notice is being sent to
everyone who has registered for updates. To find out whether your vehicle
has an AEM available, please visit the Settlement Website,
mbbluetecsettlement.com
,
where you can type in your VIN or review a list of all Subject Vehicle
models that are ready for the AEM installation.
--
* An Approved Emission Modification (“AEM”) is Now Available for
Installation *
* An AEM is available at no charge to you for a Mercedes-Benz or Sprinter
diesel vehicle (including both Mercedes-Benz and Freightliner-branded
Sprinter diesel vehicles) that you may currently own or lease, as part of
Daimler AG’s and Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC’s settlement with federal
regulators and the State of California. *

AEMs are available *now* for the Subject Vehicles listed on the Settlement
Website, *mbbluetecsettlement.com
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Re: [MBZ] hmmmm 2008 Mercedes-Benz E-Class E 320 BLUETEC Sedan 4D, $1, 400

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

Uber car rode hard and abandoned.

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> I wonder what the story is with this
>
> https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/648220056368234
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Re: [MBZ] What do y’all think about this?

[Floyd Thursby via Mercedes]

A little high but it could be something other than the bags.  A scanner 
would show the issues.  Could be air lines or the block/regulator in the 
rear.  Take a scanner along and see what codes it is throwing.  If 
indeed the bags they are not that expensive and not hard to replace so 
you wouldn't be underwater on it.  I wouldn't go more than $3k if you 
really wanted one.  Plus it is boring white/gray but no interior pics.


"no offers will be accepted...thanks."

--FT

On 1/14/22 1:42 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1053502278825635/


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Re: [MBZ] OT: 180 mph Seaglider

[Floyd Thursby via Mercedes]

Nantucket Steamship Authority and HyLine canceled ferry service today 
due to high winds (65-70mph max gusts).  I think the HyLine runs a 
catamaran now for their fast boat.


I wonder how a WIG of the size of this seaglider thing would work in 
high winds and seas.  I doubt if it would handle much.  That Russian 
plane was huge so it probably would do OK up to some sea state


--FT

On 1/14/22 12:23 PM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes wrote:

I used to sail canoes with Oliver and Sam Moore, who are building the
thing. These ekranoplan WIG vehicles are always supposed to revolutionize
transportation, but none of the countries with the largest incentives to
use them seem to do so. They always use high speed catamaran ferries with
jet drives along with bridge building and roads. In Norway outside of
Trondheim my friends will not take the Catamaran in rough weather
conditions, because the regular slow boat is safer. So both still operate.
It would be great to see these WIG things take off (haha) but it would take
a lot of development and safety protocols for them to establish a good
track record and garner public acceptance.

On Thu, Jan 13, 2022, 11:37 AM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:


This is too cool for words.


https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/01/13/metro/cutting-edge-seagliders-will-be-built-rhode-island/
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Re: [MBZ] What do y’all think about this?

[Allan Streib via Mercedes]

$3,500 for a boring white sedan that gets 15 mpg? Pass.


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[MBZ] What do y’all think about this?

[Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes]

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1053502278825635/


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[MBZ] hmmmm 2008 Mercedes-Benz E-Class E 320 BLUETEC Sedan 4D, $1, 400

[Floyd Thursby via Mercedes]

I wonder what the story is with this

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/648220056368234

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[MBZ] Need windshield, driver seat motor. 2005 Mercedes-Benz E-Class E 320 Sedan 4D, $2, 600

[Floyd Thursby via Mercedes]

Rode hard put up wet?  Could be a reasonable beater, doesn't look too bad

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/451447713185365

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Re: [MBZ] OT: 180 mph Seaglider

[Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes]

I used to sail canoes with Oliver and Sam Moore, who are building the
thing. These ekranoplan WIG vehicles are always supposed to revolutionize
transportation, but none of the countries with the largest incentives to
use them seem to do so. They always use high speed catamaran ferries with
jet drives along with bridge building and roads. In Norway outside of
Trondheim my friends will not take the Catamaran in rough weather
conditions, because the regular slow boat is safer. So both still operate.
It would be great to see these WIG things take off (haha) but it would take
a lot of development and safety protocols for them to establish a good
track record and garner public acceptance.

On Thu, Jan 13, 2022, 11:37 AM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> This is too cool for words.
>
>
> https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/01/13/metro/cutting-edge-seagliders-will-be-built-rhode-island/
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Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** Re: Benz and Buick - $850 (Blue clay)

[Jim Cathey via Mercedes]

> Hello Darkness My Old Friend
> I've Come to Talk With You Again
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCtouot15cA 
> 

The original is classic, for a reason.  But this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4 


a somewhat, ahem, _disturbed_ cover, is excellent.  Perhaps even better.

-- Jim

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Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** Re: Benz and Buick - $850 (Blue clay)

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

I would rather invest in lottery tickets

On Fri, Jan 14, 2022, 10:23 AM mitch--- via Mercedes 
wrote:

> On 2022-01-14 10:13, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote:
> > Great pics
> >
> >
> https://wilmington.craigslist.org/cto/d/hampstead-benz-and-buick/7432611361.html
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[MBZ] ***SPAM*** Re: Benz and Buick - $850 (Blue clay)

[mitch--- via Mercedes]

On 2022-01-14 10:13, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote:

Great pics

https://wilmington.craigslist.org/cto/d/hampstead-benz-and-buick/7432611361.html


Hello Darkness My Old Friend
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[MBZ] Benz and Buick - $850 (Blue clay)

[Floyd Thursby via Mercedes]

Great pics

https://wilmington.craigslist.org/cto/d/hampstead-benz-and-buick/7432611361.html

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Re: [MBZ] 1991 300TE 4Matic W124 - 131k miles - $7,200

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

Agree. It's not a classic quite yet...

On Thu, Jan 13, 2022, 11:02 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes <
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> They made the effort with polish and Armor-All but that's too much for a
> car with visible rust IMO.
>
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Re: [MBZ] Looking for My next Mercedes

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Robert, please monitor your fuel economy and post it.

On Thu, Jan 13, 2022, 10:28 PM Robert Massmann via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> I will be picking up the 2012 Mercedes ML350 diesel tomorrow. So it should
> be interesting learning with the new car. It has many new features that
> the
> X3 or my previous 1995 Mercedes E300D didn't have, so it will be a bit of
> a
> learning curve. I will get a nice initial drive in it, with a 120 mile
> trip
> North this coming Sunday to visit with my mother in law.
>
> Bob Massmann
> Oregonia, Ohio
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Robert Massmann via Mercedes
> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2022 2:30 PM
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> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Looking for My next Mercedes
>
> I am not sure, prices ranged were from 18K - 23K. There also weren't as
> many
> diesel version to choose from. Diesels may not have been as desirable and
> were a little lower price. It is strange when looking at the cargurus web
> page itwas listing at 18.5K,  but when I went to the dealer it was list at
> 24.5K with a heavy discount. There was a 2014 ML350 Bluetec that I was also
> considering. It was listed at 21K with 119,000 miles on it. It was white
> and
> I really do not like white.
>
> Bob Massmann
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
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> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Looking for My next Mercedes
>
> Geez that seems like crack pricing but what do I know?
>
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> > On Jan 11, 2022, at 8:59 AM, Robert Massmann via Mercedes
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> > Well I purchased the 2012 ML350 Blue that I went to look at on Sunday.
> > Market is not in favor of the buyer. I paid 20,000 for it which included
> > all of the taxes, title, and plate fees. The good news the car only has
> > 86,000 miles. The last Mercedes I purchased had 240K. We will see how it
> > goes will picking the car up this Friday or next Monday. Depending on my
> > funds transfer for purchase this week.
> >
> > Wish me luck with my newer Mercedes. I hope all goes well? Will be a
> whole
> > new learning experience.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Robert Massmann
> >
> >
> > I now what the tires may be as I just put tires on the X3 a year or so
> ago
> > and it was 800 for the tires and another for mounting, balance, and
> > alignment. More option for bargaining I would hope
> >
> > From: Andrew Strasfogel
> > Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2022 10:46 AM
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> > Cc: Robert Massmann
> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Looking for My next Mercedes
> >
> > Looks nice, but for that price on a 10 y.o. SUV way out of warranty the
> > dealer should include new tires and brakes.
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 9, 2022 at 10:35 AM Robert Massmann via Mercedes
> >  wrote:
> >
> >  I have a 2012 Diesel version about 50 miles from me. May try to go down
> > and
> >  look and drive it today if they are open. Seems like a nice looking car
> > from
> >  the photos, but the tires and brakes may need to be addressed.
> >
> >
> >
> https://jeffwylerflorencehonda.com/used/Mercedes-Benz/2012-Mercedes-Benz-M-Class-04360aaa0a0e09af26b5cff9870c3e59.htm
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Re: [MBZ] ML for somebody

[Bob Rentfro via Mercedes]

I wonder why it’s $1700? Better reach out. 

AZBob

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> On Jan 13, 2022, at 6:42 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes 
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> Honestly, this is the Golden Age for used Mercedes bargains.  I don't
> recall there ever being so many solid, dependable Mercedes models available
> for under $3k that still had years of life ahead.
> 
>> On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 8:02 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <
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>> 
>> 2000 Mercedes ML430
>> 
>> 
>> https://shreveport.craigslist.org/cto/d/shreveport-2000-mercedes-ml430/7432253679.html
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