[MBZ] Happy Moose day
Video shows Anchorage woman shooing moose from grocery cart https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2024/02/15/video-shows-anchorage-woman-shooing-moose-grocery-cart/ <https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2024/02/15/video-shows-anchorage-woman-shooing-moose-grocery-cart/> Clay ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Happy Moose day
Another example of urban living in Great White North Viral photo of frozen moose explained by man who snapped it https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2024/02/09/viral-photo-frozen-moose-explained-by-man-who-snapped-it/ <https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2024/02/09/viral-photo-frozen-moose-explained-by-man-who-snapped-it/> Clay ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Last Moose day of 2023
"He just stopped, turned and looked at us to say, ‘Please tell me you didn’t record that.’” https://fox13news.com/news/watch-moose-deadpans-to-camera-after-getting-pied-in-the-face-with-snow <https://fox13news.com/news/watch-moose-deadpans-to-camera-after-getting-pied-in-the-face-with-snow> Clay ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Brake/wallet check
Had Les Schwab do brakes on Mom’s car in April. Charged $495 for the pleasure of new pads and look at the rotors, check alignment. Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On Dec 6, 2023, at 9:26 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes > wrote: > > My son's 2wd W210 has been flashing the brake pad warning. > He has actually helped me do the wife's W210, so he knows what > is involved. Apparently he doesn't want to do it himself, and as > he's due in for an alignment he's planning to have them do it too, > at the brake/alignment hut next to his work. (Tres convenient.) > > He mentioned he thought it would be $100 or so. As I do not > want to embarrass him I kept the laughter inside, and I figured > he's up for his very first lesson on why a minimum-wage slave > might wish to do much of his own car work DIY. Especially the > easier stuff, like brakes. > > Does anybody have a rough idea of what they're going to charge > him to 'do the brakes?' I'm guessing $600, but that's a pure WAG > on my part, based on the idea that these places always do the > rotors too. > > -- Jim > > > ___ > 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 > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Late Moose Day
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/moose-rescue-fort-st-john-halloween-1.7008252 <https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/moose-rescue-fort-st-john-halloween-1.7008252> Clay ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Long, But Entertaining
That would be a violation of the Jones Act, so it could not fly to another domestic port, only to another nation, maybe UK/Kanada Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On Sep 15, 2023, at 2:13 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > wrote: > > There’s a Qatar flight out of Phoenix I see on our ADSB receiver on a regular > basis. I think it’s a domestic flight, like to Chicago or NYC. > > -D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Flying A class
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vdHvo3E7XDQ?si=Lk787yZ9Uadzlznw Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Tires for old cars
For r107 I went with General Altimax H rated as alternative to Vredstein V rated. Same works well for w115 as well as the w126 SDL/SD. I did one SDL in cheep cheep chinee rubber that was AMAZING in Montana blizzard at midnight coming and going a few years back. Probably anomalous in extreme, but good in wet/dry/slick snow at speed for 20k miles Clay > On Jul 24, 2023, at 5:51 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > What tires does everyone like these days for older 107/116/123/126 cars? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] No More VT Tittle scrub
VT is shutting down the ability to wash title for your car. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crcU7lHfQTo Clay ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Happy Moose Day
Looks as if a woke progressive got out and bit a wild ungulate. First rabid moose in state history discovered in Western Alaska https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/06/08/first-rabid-moose-state-history-discovered-western-alaska/ <https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/06/08/first-rabid-moose-state-history-discovered-western-alaska/> I think this is a turned worm to Poos' (?) assertion that his sibling was masticated by a moose --- clay I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm looking for didn't fall out. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: USAA
I think USAA opened it up to spawn of spawn a number of years back. #1 boy has USAA CIC on his car and abode. Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On May 13, 2023, at 8:31 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes > wrote: > >> not made available to anyone outside of the military or their dependents. > > Well, and _former_ dependents. At age 62, I'm not really dependent upon > anyone now... > > But, my son will have to find his own insurance I guess. > > -- Jim > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Northern lights
KP 8+ last night. Lit up the sky with green and blue that occluded the moon and stars in GWN. In the less light polluted villages the red and violets were very vibrant. Had a few electronics misbehave. Transient spikes? clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. > On Apr 24, 2023, at 12:18 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > Anyone see any? I hear there's a lot of solar activity right now and northern > lights visible much farther south than normal. I looked last night and saw > nothing. Sky was not totally clear but I could see stars, no pretty colors > though. > ___ > 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 > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] CBC News : '3 Old Guys' — aged 65 and up — complete epic 8,000-km snowmobile ride from Minnesota to Alaska
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/3-old-guys-snowmobile-1.6809929 The sort of thing this august group would do Sent from my iPad ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Good "Moose" Friday
‘What’s the code for this?’ Moose wanders into Providence hospital lobby in Anchorage https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/04/07/whats-code-this-moose-wanders-into-providence-hospital-lobby-anchorage/ <https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/04/07/whats-code-this-moose-wanders-into-providence-hospital-lobby-anchorage/> Clay ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Happy moose day
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64725512 <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64725512> Local Dog walker assaulted Clay ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Happy Moose Day
Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Flagstaff Poos car
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/cto/d/los-angeles-mercedes/7581660334.html <https://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/cto/d/los-angeles-mercedes/7581660334.html> Something to keep busy while out west Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Happy Moose Day
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64417733 <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64417733> Hand Rescue of moose Clay ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Happy Moose Day
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/wildlife/2023/01/17/rare-ghost-moose-seen-by-fish-and-game-team-surveying-interior-alaska-from-plane/ <https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/wildlife/2023/01/17/rare-ghost-moose-seen-by-fish-and-game-team-surveying-interior-alaska-from-plane/> Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Moose day
Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Happy Moose Day
https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/08/31/wasilla-man-killed-collision-with-moose-while-fleeing-police/ <https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/08/31/wasilla-man-killed-collision-with-moose-while-fleeing-police/> Clay ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Happy Moose Day
https://youtu.be/n6Q_Ydkqltg <https://youtu.be/n6Q_Ydkqltg> Best to catch a mousse Clay ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] moose day
Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Diesel prices going back up
#1 boy reports he just paid $6.0199/gal for #2 in the work truck in ND. This from the oil fields area of NW ND. Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On May 3, 2022, at 4:25 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > Why? We are out of heating oil season. This time of year if should be > dropping. If it’s this bad now would hate to see what it’s going to be like > this winter. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Happy Moose Day
https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/app/2022/04/20/after-4-years-moose-counts-biologists-put-number-how-many-live-anchorage-bowl/?outputType=apps <https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/app/2022/04/20/after-4-years-moose-counts-biologists-put-number-how-many-live-anchorage-bowl/?outputType=apps> More moose opportunity to bite your neighbors than any other US town Clay ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Happy Moose Day
https://i.imgur.com/nVnIfvc.mp4 Look both ways before going outside Clay ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] WAY OT: "The Repair Shop"
That is a gem of a show! Makes me misty eyed most episodes Clay > On Mar 11, 2022, at 10:05 AM, greg via Mercedes wrote: > > In a desperate attempt to avoid news media, I have been searching for more > emotionally neutral TV material. I stumbled across a British series that I > believe many of you will enjoy. > > In a thatched barn in rural England a bunch of talented restorers have set > up shop to rebuild and restore peoples' old treasures and junk. > > It's on Discovery. After watching a few episodes I'm hooked. > > Greg ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] FB Rant
Same sort of thing with a bike that was abandoned in my driveway. Tried to CL and Freecycle the thing for weeks. Kept it in the parking strip and nobody would molest it. Put a $5 sign on it one morning and it was gone before I could finish my cup of coffee. --- clay I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm looking for didn't fall out. > On Feb 6, 2022, at 6:07 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > > I've done better putting a $50 sign on it and waiting for somebody to steal > it. > > I put out an old riding lawnmower at my parent's house one time, $50 sign on > it. I didn't even get back to the house, truck pulled up, 2 guys jumped out, > grabbed it and tossed it in the back and burned rubber out of there. I don't > think they even noticed that it didn't have an engine... > > -Curt ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Speed cameras
The Pittsburgh bus on the tumbled down bridge was riddled with nine cameras. It will be used to see why the recent infrastructure boondoggle caused the bridge to collapse as a photo op for the current resident. Clay > On Jan 30, 2022, at 10:25 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > wrote: > > Very unpopular in the UK and have been for years. > > One time when I was there in the 90s I saw a traffic/speed camera that > someone had tossed a tyre filled with something flammable over it. It was > burning like a huge torch. The guy I was riding with said he saw things like > this on a fairly regular basis. A lot of people were pissed off about them. > > -D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Curt will need all his snow machines
The girls move out of the way of feet, and the fertilizer they expel is quickly scratched back into he dirt. Clay > On Jan 29, 2022, at 5:02 PM, Michael Esh via Mercedes > wrote: > > Watch you step! > > Michael E. Esh ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Curt will need all his snow machines
I found chickens were a great solution. I used a push mower on the tiny patch of grass and found it exceedingly swift job done. The chickens roamed the yard and kept weeds and bugs in check in my fevered mind. Had the push mower out once a month at most. Then, I went a season without hens. I was out there all spring and autumn and much of summer until the grass went to sleep. I got the first few sets of chicks the next spring and reduced lawn care and weeding to a few hours a month. Better than a herd of goats Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On Jan 29, 2022, at 10:15 AM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes > wrote: > > If you truly cared about the environment you’d use a manual push mower! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Curt will need all his snow machines
In GWN the kids are too pampered to bother with shoveling. Could be due to parents having power tools. SWMBA got a 300cc, 30inch two stage monster Troy Bilt for the property when she moved up. Many of the neighbors are now sporting puny battery powered 21inch machines. Quiet, but not that good for accumulations. I will run the big thing down the sidewalks and clear the mass mailbox station. Also hit a few of the driveways of the older gals who have not contracted with plow operators. clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. > On Jan 28, 2022, at 9:35 AM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes > wrote: > > Is that a thing still? Kids shoveling drives and walks for money? > We always had money as kids; mow in summer, shovel in winter. But, of course, > never charge the elderly neighbors. > > AZBob ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Mercedes is selling vaporware
I used to work along the tracks by the Amtrak office. There were a number of trains sitting on side rails chugging away day and night with nobody onboard. Upon occasion one would be sitting and not running. It was entertaining when they tried to light it off. Always a summer event. Massive Delta engines would sound as if somehow they used a howitzer shell to kickstart rotation. Must have had APU that slowly spun the shafts up, compressing air and injecting fuel and all the while this thing is farting like a mexican giant with belching black clouds out the stack until it would light, but still had the shaking and belch/fart staccato for five minutes until the engine was warmed up. Then it sat puffing/purring along for a few days. At least I thought it was the same engine/train when I showed up to work the next day. Clay > On Jan 6, 2022, at 3:56 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > > Jet A is very nearly kerosene which is similar to diesel fuel > anyway.Locomotives use bunker fuel, like big ships do.When I was just out of > high school I worked land surveying along the railroad between Boston and > Portland, Maine. I noticed that the locos stayed running all the time. I > asked once if the loco got shut down and completely cooled down how long it > would take to get it running again. The answer was "It'd start again in May" > this was in November... > -Curt ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Mercedes is selling vaporware
I seem to recall that Standard Oil needed to find a use for all the left over product after making the main product Kerosene back in the day. IIRC that led to the battle over what would fuel the automobiles of the future where steam and batteries lost to petrol. Clay > On Jan 6, 2022, at 12:13 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > That breakdown of a barrel of oil is interesting. So how did we arrive at > that perfect balance of what oil provides and what we do with it? Did we > develop technology to use the oil products available, or did we develop > refining techniques to produce the refined product the market wanted? > > For example, before jet airplanes, where did the 10% Jet A component go? > > When the railroads all switched from coal-fired steam to diesel-electric, how > did we supply that increased demand for diesel fuel? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Mercedes is selling vaporware
There is one shipper in AK that retrofit their fleet with massive LNG tanks. They shuttle between WA and AK, as well as head out to HI in these boats. It is the Green thing to do. I wonder if they could swap over to H fuel at a later date. Euro rail is electric. Not a small enough area to allow USA to do that. Take too much copper, and the miscreants would be constantly ripping the wires out. I was reading up on the energy disaster in UK this morning. Big huzzahs for the increase in plug in cars, while much rending of tunic over the increase in home heating and electric costs. Many energy companies went into receivership when cost to get fuel outpaced revenues and customers got tossed into another provider with jacked up pricing. Elected leadership is pondering giving away more money as well as reducing tax on energy in an attempt to lower the curve of inflationary costs. I tried to reconcile the mass increase in energy cost (electric) with forcing plug in cars and inability to provide power when consumers reduce NG use and increase plug in heaters to balance their bills Clay > On Jan 6, 2022, at 11:56 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes > wrote: > > Thorium reactors and upgrade (and hardening) of the US electric grid would be > an answer. However, they don't produce byproducts used in nuclear weapons, so > there is no interest. > > The elephant in the room is this. A barrel of oil produces 40-46% gasoline, > 25-28% diesel fuel, 10-12% jet A, and miscellaneous other stuff, asphalt, > ship fuel, etc. If you eliminate the internal combustion automobile that > operates on gasoline, but do NOT eliminate diesel powered semi tractor > trailers, farm tractors, combines, diesel electric locomotives*, cargo > container ships, asphalt roads, and other stuff I don't care to mention, > there will be a glut of gasoline byproduct that will need to be disposed of. > This occured early in the pandemic, when trucks were on the road, and cars > weren't. Refineries were facing shut downs because of lack of gasoline > storage, and diesel was facing shortages. Crude oil was negative for a while, > because there was a lack of storage. > > No one thinks this stuff through. Decisions and actions have consequences. > Electric cars make little sense for the majority. In urban areas, where > travel is limited to a few miles each way, sure. Visitors from other > countries are amazed at the wide open spaces in the heartland and out west. > In rural America they make no sense. > > So unless you eliminate a good deal of the population, and colonize the > remainder of folks into urban areas, mass electrification of personal > transportation is __ (fill in the blank). > > *Locomotives are a diesel electric hybrid. > > > 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
Re: [MBZ] Mercedes is selling vaporware
5-20 rings a bell. It was changed past summer with generic tire shop goo that #2 boy handled since he was driving it Clay > On Jan 5, 2022, at 6:48 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes > wrote: > > OIL SAE viscosity? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Mercedes is selling vaporware
I got off the phone with #1 boy in ND. He was wanting advice on why the fob for the car was not allowing touch unlock and keyless start. The separate auto start fob does its job fine. He keeps his keys in the work truck at -28C today with -49C windchill. I told him to keep his fob in his trouser pocket for the battery to be happier. Or, just pop new battery in. Being a sparky, he tells me there is just so much electrons and there should be no fresh juice in them if they are dead. This related to poking and stabbing the start button until he got the car to finally start. Clay > On Jan 5, 2022, at 2:03 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > wrote: > > I thought they might even work down to about -20C but we get colder than that > here in the GWN. It is -25C right now at 5:00 PM. > The coldest that I have seen lately is about -33C but we sometimes exceed > that. > > Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Mercedes is selling vaporware
The cars live in the garage religiously. I did point out things to make these more useful in GWN winters, but SWMBA poo-poos that kind of thing. She does swap out tires for winter, but no winter oil or upgrades. Heated seat and steering wheel are her idea of winter prep. I stopped talking about it after I figured out nobody was listening. clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. > On Jan 5, 2022, at 1:04 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > > Do you have block heaters in your vehicles? If not, get them installed. Not > expensive and if plugged in and kept warm, the vehicle will start. You can > also get battery blankets that are electric heaters to keep the battery warm. > > Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Mercedes is selling vaporware
Temps this week hover around 0*F in ANC. The carpet installers are using the garage to prep so the cars are out on the street. I tried to move one that had sat overnight to put it in the driveway. Maybe 30 hour cold soaked and that poor battery was nearly incapable of spinning it over. Like a no glow start on an OM615. Did get it lit off after a few tries and hooked it to the charger once the engine was up to temp and battery warmed. Tried to move it this morning and it was not happy. Maybe it wants a real winter battery. Clay > On Jan 5, 2022, at 11:39 AM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > Ask the folks in Teslas who were stranded on the interstate in Virginia. > > I think at least the newer EV cars do not use resistance heating, which would > be a heavy drain on the batteries, but use a heat pump system which should be > more efficient, at least as long as it's not *too* cold outside. > > I don't know how a half-charged EV vs. a car with a half-tank of gas would > compare as far as keeping warm enough to prevent hypothermia in a "stranded > in a blizzard" scenario. > > Allan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Mercedes is selling vaporware
Vegan leather = Mango fruit leather Clay > On Jan 3, 2022, at 2:57 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > > https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a38651341/mercedes-benz-vision-eqxx-concept-revealed/ > > -- > OK Don > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > pause 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! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Happy Moose Day
and New Year’s Eve Clay ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Why Do I Bother?
Their opinions do not conform to my experience. I had the OM603 SDL running at 80 mph through MT on I-90 and I-94 to cross the state with no issue, other than a 3am blizzard that was tossing other cars into the median and ditches. The OM617 in the SD only got lead footed to 80 for long stretches on I-5 for about 3 hours. Steady and no runaway. The OM606na would run at those speeds for 10 hours at a stretch, tank to tank. Even the W220 on 24 slogs at 85pmh had no issues… only gasser benz I can speak to. The OM615 was ok blasting along at 70mph all day long and held 84mph for many minutes (floored) until I chickened out and let up. None unstable at top speeds. Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On Dec 30, 2021, at 11:49 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes > wrote: > > My favorite > > "The S class gassers (think Euro 500SEL) etc we're designed for the autobahn, > but not in their US form, as they are too unstable at speed. Foot to the > floor for hours on end will buy you a runaway on most diesels." > > A 560SEC. Unstable at speed. > A 560SE. Unstable at speed. > A 300D turbo will runaway if driven above legal speeds for any length of time. > > A. Marshall Booth is rolling over in his grave. > > The misinformation and outright stupidity is astounding. > > 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
[MBZ] Engine shake when frozen
Russia, of course. Fellow does follow up on a previous video of the impact on engine oil while attempting to light off a Lada(?) at -30C. A very good example of why using a block heater is smart. https://youtu.be/fNzSQxd4mzU <https://youtu.be/fNzSQxd4mzU> Clear oil pan and valve cover. GWN has been sitting at -12C to -21C the past seven weeks. Lots of cars sitting out not hooked to power. clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] At last - a proper use for a Tesla
Realtor guy who sold my home was full pitcher kool-aid on Tesla. Had their roof system, an early S and a later S. He kept going on about how the early S was going to get free charges for life, unlike the newer models. Guess it will not be sooo free when the battery pack goes dead, just delayed payment clay > On Dec 26, 2021, at 6:08 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > > Elon will NOT be pleased. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 1974 450SL - 222k miles - $4,950
looks like pass headlamp is minus glass lens. Those are close to unobtanium this side of the pond. Would need an in person review to see if rust is extensive, the Djet is sorted and all those niggling bits Clay > On Dec 25, 2021, at 12:53 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > Euro headlights. Salvage title. > > https://cincinnati.craigslist.org/cto/d/cincinnati-mercedes-450sl/7424755747.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] SkiDoo Alpine - somebody needs
https://anchorage.craigslist.org/snw/d/talkeetna-ski-doo-alpine-national-guard/7421688282.html Low hours National Guard edition. Not mine, no interest, etc Clay ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Stupid E320
Lots of luck. I have done that drive enough to know just how big of a bullet you dodged Clay > On Dec 20, 2021, at 1:27 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes > wrote: > > Saturday I went to pick up my son from college in Missoula, and > halfway back home the car threw the belt. No alternator, water pump, > or power steering---awkward! There is almost no reserve capacity in > this car, the dash lights started dimming after only a few minutes. Temp > gauge never got very high. Lots of warning lights started coming on as > the voltage dropped. The car started misfiring, and puking along barely > above idle, but it was still pushing. Blizzard conditions, very hazardous > driving. No hazard lights, they didn't work on low voltage. We were able > to limp to the next exit and get off. Even parked safely under its own power. > > We were at the last services exit before the mountain pass. We ended up > staying the night at the motel, until friends could come get us the next day. > The car's still there. > > The tensioner idler pulley had seized, and burned up the belt. Today I robbed > that pulley off of Barney, another E320, and we're planning to go back > tomorrow > to put it (and a new belt) on the car and ferry it home. Bringing jumper > cables along. > Wish me luck! > > -- Jim > > > ___ > 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 > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Trio of haulers
A handful of useful replacements for that TD https://houston.craigslist.org/cto/d/houston-rolls-royce-hearse-silver/7417332383.html https://houston.craigslist.org/cto/d/cypress-1995-cadillac-fleetwood-hearse/7416756643.html - UBER? https://sanantonio.craigslist.org/cto/d/san-antonio-cadillac-limosine/7419443851.html Oddly, not that many Benz to be found in TX at the moment. Except this Kaleb pair https://sanantonio.craigslist.org/cto/d/san-antonio-mercedes-benz-e300d/7415672644.html Clay ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] What became of Casey...
or Zeitgeist? All the old frog cars seem to have rotted away in PNW, but I am finding his favored flavor of diesel in the south. https://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/d/addison-1982-peugeot-505-23-turbodiesel/7421397569.html Clay ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Psycho Hose Beast
It seems to have made a number of annual round trips to NY to rack up that mileage. Maybe it got all the services to keep it in good fettle. I know the M117 in Frosch (73SL) was well behaved once it got the fuel issues dealt with and was actually driven. The transmission was also in very good condition once the shift bushings were replaced. Sold her this past June with 215k on the clock. clay monroe 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 2014 ‘yota Highlander - Haggis Retired- 1986 SDL- Polei 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1982 SD - Allen 1976 300D - Das Blei - Lead Sled 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran and ran 1995 E300D - Gave her life against a dame in a SUV POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers > On Dec 18, 2021, at 11:57 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > wrote: > > $11,000 for a 1988 560SEL with 280k on the clock: > > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/236642721806070/ > > Not far away at all. I reached out to the owner and asked some hard questions > regarding service. I can’t imagine an M117 with 280k not being in need of > some serious work. And a transmission. > > -D > ___ > 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 > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] "Mostly original" 1972 350SL - $14,500
Jack Mexi-fried that collectable. Nice that “updating” took place, but no way worth $14k, as it devalued it by at least that much to put it all into proper trim again clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. > On Dec 17, 2021, at 7:33 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > 10 million miles! A record! > > https://knoxville.craigslist.org/cto/d/irvine-1972-mercedes-350/7422202696.html > > ___ > 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 > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Looks Interesting
The w220 rivals a high end Hyundai in fit, finish and quality. When it was functional, it was a joy to drive and I was displeased with how it developed a cascade failure of major systems after a dozen years. Transmission failures, cats died, Media center kacked, suspension dropped, computers crashed, cluster (third one, two prior were under warrantee) went blank. By the time I got rid of it the only thing still working were the tires clay monroe 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 2014 ‘yota Highlander - Haggis Retired- 1986 SDL- Polei 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1982 SD - Allen 1976 300D - Das Blei - Lead Sled 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran and ran 1995 E300D - Gave her life against a dame in a SUV POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers > On Dec 15, 2021, at 4:16 PM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes > wrote: > > W220. The air suspension on this car when it works well gives an amazing > ride. The car handles like it’s on rails which again is amazing for such a > large car. Sam Peterson who was/is (?) on this list has one and I drove it > and wow! And he claims that the air suspension issues are fairly easy to fix > when broken and parts and rebuild kits no longer expensive. The real issue > with this chassis is rust but if kept off salty roads it’s not an issue. > People claim that the interior feels cheap but I can’t really agree with that > either. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 14, 2021, at 9:49 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> But pricey, again. Maybe why it’s been up for nearly 30 days. Is there >> anything of significance to watch out for on one of these? 4Matic would be >> nice… >> >> https://tampa.craigslist.org/psc/cto/d/wesley-chapel-2006-mercedes-benz-s500/7409080638.html >> >> -D >> ___ >> 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 >> > > > ___ > 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 > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT - Home Interior Finish Issue
I purchased a home with sheet panels over unfinished drywall. No adhesive used, not much beyond mud over drywall nail heads. We pulled it all off/down (ceiling got paneled) removed trim (it was unfinished and low grade) and unhooked the baseboard heaters, as well as the odd partitioning wall that divided the space into a pair of 8x10 alcoves (it pretended to be closets). The floor was asbestos tile. The solutions was to mud and tape all the old sheetrock to seal it from air leakage, then to hang ¼ inch on the walls and ½ inch on the ceiling using screws. Mud and tape with a full skim finish coat over all the wallboard. We kept the electric boxes, replaced the sockets and used longer screws to secure them. The ceiling got an extender to the box and hung a new fixture. The floor we laid parquet over asbestos (GIANT PITA) after rolling paint on the ceiling and walls. I prepainted the trim bits and FiL played finish carpenter since he had tools. The room was neither plumb nor square but the molding hid the worst of it. Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On Dec 15, 2021, at 2:24 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > wrote: > > The house I bought in Flagstaff is a typical 1970s brick ranch, 3/2, 2300 SF > or so. There were two owners prior to us. > > At some point in the past, one of the previous owners put wood paneling on > the walls in the hallway and several bedrooms. They did this with a > combination of finish nails and construction adhesive over the original > drywall. Ugh. I have removed some of the paneling, exposing the remains of > the construction adhesive and the holes from the ring shank finish nails they > used. > > I would add, not that it matters, that one of the previous owners also > painted the paneling. Yellow. Double ugh. > > So I’m wondering what the best approach to remediating this awful paneling > might be. My thoughts: > > Remove the paneling and adhesive as best as possible. A lot of the adhesive > remains are brittle and will come off the drywall, but in some cases it won’t > or if it does it pulls the paper off with it. I figure I can skim coat the > drywall and use some spray texture to cover these areas. It won’t look great, > but it will be far better than painted paneling in our opinion. > > The only other possibility I can think of would be to put more drywall over > the existing drywall to have a consistent surface. Either way I’ve got to > pull things like door casing and base molding and reinstall or install new. I > haven’t looked into it, but I'm wondering if there is some sort of thin > drywall or panel material I could use. This would be a lot less labor > intensive, for sure. > > I’m curious as to anyone’s experience with similar situations and how you > dealt with it. > > Thanks! > > -D > ___ > 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 > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] catilac converter gone ... 2003 Mercedes-Benz E-Class E 320 Sedan 4D, $1, 300
There were two reported self terminations related to CC this week. The one where the benz squished a thief at the car repair shop. The other was a priapus that fell off its stand and mushed the thief. Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On Dec 14, 2021, at 7:59 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > Another thief didn't realize the owner was sleeping in the van. Caught in > the act and then was shot and dragged into the woods by the mentally > deranged owner. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] [Daveslist] USPS
In the early 80’s I stood the test to be a carrier. At the time pay would have been great ($10.hr) and the test simple. My fellows in the room were a motley crew of ESL and high school grads, along with a few veterans. I opted to continue higher education over putting in marathon strolls in rain. At the time the postmaster at the local had high volume and competent crew. By the time I returned to the zip code a few years later it was bedlam and equal opportunity hires behind the counter. My carrier was one of the guys I took the test with, who became the postmaster around 2012. Went from a nice guy to a power hungry jerk who yelled at me when I had issues with the replacement carriers who no longer spoke english or knew how to deliver or pick up mail. The job is not an easy one. There was a neighbor a few blocks over who transitioned from working the state liquor store to carrier when the citizens voted to disband the bottle shoppes. He dropped 60 pounds and worked himself to the bones. Finally got a decent route after five years of busting his backend. Last I talked to him he was not the happy fellow I had known. Stressed out, hitting the bottle and pretty much screaming about Amazon having screwed over USPS because he had to get their junk delivered even if it meant he had to skip the people at end of his route and hope to get their mail delivered in the next day or three. GWN seems to run a dedicated Amazon route for boxes, while the carrier has to handle anything that fits in the mailbox. I have not met the carrier, but the way he plays at Mario Andretti, I doubt I will. Clay ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] [Daveslist] USPS
It has been broken for at least 40 years. Going Postal was not something that took place back in the day. Postal workers were intelligible, hard working, pleasant, and on the main less error prone. Sometime in the late ’70’s things took a turn, be it for EEOC candidates, PTSD veterans, or cramming unrealistic expectations for production through the system. clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. > On Dec 12, 2021, at 7:50 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > The USPS would benefit from more union workers and more union rules and more > union benefits, and of course spending more money on it. It's really the > only way to fix it. > > --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] S Classe recall over videos
https://www.engadget.com/mercedes-benz-mbux-server-side-configuration-error-224912962.html <https://www.engadget.com/mercedes-benz-mbux-server-side-configuration-error-224912962.html> Mercedes-Benz recalls EQS over error that allowed dashboard video playing. Looks like people would use the 56in screens to play games while in motion. clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Clay, did you see this?
There was no time to lower them. He got up, made most of two miles as the crow flies, before having to come back down. I am sure all was going well when wheels went up, and went wrong in time to slide on the tarmac of the old airport. Clay > On Dec 10, 2021, at 1:03 PM, mitch--- via Mercedes > wrote: > > Wheels-up in a DC3? > That won't buff out, even if he landed in snow. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Clay, did you see this?
I did not witness it, but read about it in the morning news dump. I do recognize the plane. Parked out in the open a few blocks from the hacienda. Drive past when I venture beyond the confines of the ‘hood. clay > On Dec 10, 2021, at 11:23 AM, dan penoff.com <http://penoff.com/> via > Mercedes mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > > https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2021/12/08/transnorthern-plane-makes-emergency-landing-merrill-field-no-injuries-reported/ > > <https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2021/12/08/transnorthern-plane-makes-emergency-landing-merrill-field-no-injuries-reported/> ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] What Could Possibly Be Wrong With This?
Grand touring, so not a sports car, but a joy to drive. I compare it to the OM606 w124, an almost sporty sedan with restrained power. New seats makes for easy two tank trips (450-500 mile) with no saddle soreness. Soft top is expensive to renew, so that is a large plus. Both indicate to me care has been taken to keep the car in good fettle. Paint/clear is a pain, but a good shop could do spot remedy, as the hood and trunk could be removed to get the work done. The probability of coming out with a great roadster with minimal outlay is good. Downside is that R107 values peaked around the end of 2019. Seller may have priced this taking into account the market for them is shrinking and he needs dental work over finding the “right” buyer. I sold my SL this past June for over $7k. 1973 with 215k on the clock, factory two tone green on green, returned to mostly factory spec. but needing more than this fellow is selling his SL. I would be a serious buyer if I had opportunity and wanted a top down cruising toy. They have great cabin heat for winter trips and you can go top down for spring and autumn. Not sure about summers, as you need loads of sunblock and high speeds to keep cool. AC would not overcome heat and it is overly expensive to rebuild the system to bother. Jim outlined the salient issues with this model. Give it the same level of scrutiny you would any other 35 year old car. Battery is cheap, tires, if those are 15” bundts are reasonable. Getting V rated 14in are not cheap (vredstein $280). I think I went with H rated General Altimax for around $110, thought the BF Goodrich were on the list. My $0.02 clay monroe 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 2014 ‘yota Highlander - Haggis Retired- 1986 SDL- Polei 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1982 SD - Allen 1976 300D - Das Blei - Lead Sled 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran and ran 1995 E300D - Gave her life against a dame in a SUV POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers > On Dec 9, 2021, at 4:30 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes > wrote: > > Here is what the owner texted me: > > For over a year. I did get a three day permit last month and drove it from > Prescott to Spring Valley. I just have too many vehicles and can't afford to > keep them all registered and insured. I had a shop before the pandemic began. > Not a good time to have started a business. So I am paying storage on them. I > really don't want to sell it. The clear coat is peeling on the hood and > trunk. But it's very straight and rust free. It has all of the trim, new > leather interior and soft top. > I need some dental work that I put off due to the pandemic, which only made > things worse. Otherwise I wouldn't be selling it. It's fun to drive, though > it's not really a sports car. In spite of its small size it still weighs > about 4000 lbs. It's a very well built and solid car. It's a Mercedes, needs > some TLC. The 3.80liter V8 starts right up first time the key is turned with > a jump. The 1984 and 85s are supposed to be the best years because of the > engine having a double steel timing chain. And it is pretty good on gas. But > it has been sitting and I would change the fluids. > One other thing, the car is not made for a large person. > > So much for sparse texts. He has a story for sure. > > Wha choo think? > > AZBob ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] What Could Possibly Be Wrong With This?
Do the same in depth scrutiny you would give any other benz of that age. There could be rust in footwells below carpet and under the parcel shelf. The cars are an amalgamation of w114/116 for the most part, but the 380 might have upgrades out of the 126 bin. An 85 should be pretty bullet proof as to issues, not as desirable as a 560SL, but minus the electronic bells and whistles that make for expensive updates. I would get this if I had a place to keep it and time to drive it in AK. Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On Dec 9, 2021, at 7:37 AM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes > wrote: > > I am not familiar enough with R107 to know what to ask. > > AZBob ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Pandemic cravings
No order for take away in over two years, somebody may have done delivery prior to that. I think last one I did myself was for a pizza in 2011. The plague hit while in GWN. Still no delivered food, but SWMBA wanted to assist the local small business early in the event, so sat in the car outside a few venues one weekend, while the employee carefully deposited the bagged meal on a chair outside the place. In single digit temps. Just to make sure the food became inedible unless you bolted for the grub immediately, then wolfed it down in the car while watching others scamper to grab their bag of chow. Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On Dec 6, 2021, at 4:14 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > I have ordered almost no take out food or delivery since the pandemic began. > I live out in the far unlit unknown so the likes of Uber Eats and others > don't bother with me. > > I cook at home, as I pretty much always have. The only change as been since I > haven't been going to the office, I don't eat lunch in town. > > Allan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT - Reboot Your Aircraft
Amtrak Empire Builder seems to run on windows software. The stop in Spokane WA is where the cars decouple, with the observation car going through the Columbia River Gorge (in the DARK) scenic area to PDX, while the rest of the train continues to SEA. Except, most of the time the engine, at midnight, have to be rebooted endlessly. Used to have a “spare” engine on hand that could swap out, but now the two step is to keep on rebooting until the BNSF locomotive and engineer can be roused from sleep and made to haul the thing the rest of the way, four or more hours late. I would not be entertained to find something that would fall out of the sky needing reboot mid-flight. At least a train has rails to either remain on or fall off at a meager 60mph, not hundreds of knots and tens of thousands of feet. --- clay I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm looking for didn't fall out. > On Dec 4, 2021, at 10:12 AM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > Had the reboot delays on a regional Embraer a few years ago. After the third > or fourth attempt to get the systems up, running, and happy, they gave up and > called maintenance. All these electronic systems are modular so they just > swapped a module and we were finally on our way after about a 45 minute > delay. I guess we should be thankful it happened at an airport where they had > maintenance staff and parts on hand. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 2006 R350 - 79k miles - $6,400
IF you donate the car and it ends up at PnP, or other event that tarnished title. We had to rebuild the title to the 300SE w140 picked up from PnP. The transmission was on its last legs, too expensive for donor to repair, so became for sale instead of for scrap. Got branded title. No wreckage at all. clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. > On Dec 2, 2021, at 11:32 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > > If a car has a "rebuilt title" does that always mean it has been in a wreck? > > On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 3:28 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > >> Lower miles, but has rebuilt title, and probably has balance shaft >> concerns? >> >> >> https://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/d/columbus-2006-mercedes-benz-r350/7415485843.html >> >> <https://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/d/columbus-2006-mercedes-benz-r350/7415485843.html> >> >> Would be nice if sellers of rebuilt cars would at least address WHY the >> car has a rebuilt title, i.e. what was damaged and repaired. >> ___ >> 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 >> >> > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com <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 > Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] been parked in garage for fifteen years 1972 Mercedes-Benz 220d 4 door, $10, 000
The Odo rolled over six times? The horn pad is toast. Long time usage toast. At least the car was put up prior to Kash for Klunkers claimed it. Now it could be placed back into circulation Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On Nov 29, 2021, at 6:04 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > No indication why it was parked in the garage 15yr ago > > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1071893290298599 > > -- ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] This looks really nice -- 1973 Mercedes Benz 450SL Coupe Roadster - $12, 000
It reminded me of the long laundry list of needs Frosch had when I brought her home. The rust is most likely in the footwells, trunk, and under the hood. Also door lowers if the weep holes are plugged. Sitting outside, there could be rust under where the dew settled overnights. There is a BUNCH of rubber parts/hoses to swap out, along with cooling system services, fan, water pump, and fiddling with the Djet once the injectors are fixed. I was ticking off all the parts I had on hand that went with Froggy when she sold that would have replaced the wear items in the pix here. Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On Nov 27, 2021, at 9:00 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > wrote: > > Hard to say about the soft top, as no mention is made of it nor are there > pictures. They mention rust, but I don’t see any on the outside. For maybe > $4k it’s probably a good deal, but would need freshening. A lot of hoses in > the injection system, for sure. No telling about things like oiler tubes or > timing chain. > > -D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: How long have you been here? Csn you remember?
I came on to the hitler list back in y2k I think. Got banned from there and others and ended up on the dickarde list at some point. Just kept following the crumbs to end up here. Clay ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Dear Santa
Not sure it has enough fuel to tackle the driveway snow removal. clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. > On Nov 25, 2021, at 7:46 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > For clearing weeds and other manly stuff > > https://palmettostatearmory.com/exothermic-technologies-pulsefire-lrt-flamethrower-od-green-pf-lrt.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Hatch struts from Romania
BBC ran a story about the enslaved vietnamese workers sent to the Balkans to build a chineee tire factory. I could only find this https://news.yahoo.com/vietnamese-workers-chinese-factory-serbia-075504353.html Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On Nov 23, 2021, at 9:39 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > What if substandard (e.g., fired) Chinese workers were de/ex-ported to work > in Romanian factories? How would I know? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Hirschmann antenna
The Bay of Fleas has posting from Becker Auto Sound. Their website also has some. Very expensive if you want concourse quality. I think the stealership will toss one of the lame chinee re-thought examples as a solution, since they are wired to function the same. clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. > On Nov 23, 2021, at 9:02 AM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes > wrote: > > Wondering where I can buy a reconditioned antenna na for my nephew's 1989 > 560 SL? > Thanks. > > Dwight > Dwight E. Giles Jr. > 1982 300CD > 2005 E320 4matic > Wickford RI > ___ > 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 > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Orange Tucker - Somebody needs
Not mine, no interest. Could be useful if the weather gets squirrelly https://anchorage.craigslist.org/hvo/d/wasilla-tucker-snowcat/7398337248.html clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Prolonged pain at the pump
Californians are paying an average of $4.89/gal this week. The petroleum industry is slowly gathering and lining up ducks with an eye to keeping fuel prices filling coffers. I found the figure of how much oil has not been produced out of the Bakken interesting. Almost the production of Alaska or Oklahoma ceased there. But the US is still exporting petrol. And the taxes paid on production are increased, since they are pegged at barrel prices. https://www.alaskajournal.com/2021-11-17/lean-opec-coffers-tenuous-market-conditions-buoy-oil Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] A car for those in the great white north
Based on the ice in the cabin, I am thinking the seals are shot, at least on the sunroof. The better reason for it sitting, is that there are NO benz mechanics to work on it. Stealership here began selling ML type rides and goes through service personnel like bark in a moose. Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On Nov 15, 2021, at 4:08 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > The car "sat for 2 years" because it was too perfect to risk getting dirty > from driving. > > On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 7:21 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> >> https://www.facebook.com/groups/mbfanaticsfsft/permalink/4472113902842034/?sale_post_id=4472113902842034 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT - Master bathtub
For the upper story remodel done two decades ago, the shower was 48x72, 4” lip, no door, slate wall, hex floor (to match the flavor of original main bath of 1927). Heated floor and second drain in the main part of the room, in case a corpse happened to cover the shower drain and water overflow the lip. Not airplane part cost. Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On Nov 13, 2021, at 8:22 AM, OK Don via Mercedes > wrote: > It was so expensive that I've blocked the price from my memory - think > airplane parts. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT - Master bathtub
Another great point! The homes I have come across are all lacking in meeting gerontologic needs. Make transit spaces wide enough for walkers/wheeled things. Easier access to shower/tub/sinks as well as including a personal lift instead of clobbering up a stairway with aftermarket funicular. And BRIGHT lighting, better it be natural, but provide for nocturnal illumination as well. clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. > On Nov 13, 2021, at 3:19 AM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > wrote: > > The walk-in shower has a 2” threshold and glass door. If building again I > would make it a sloped up/down sort of thing, no stepped threshold under the > door, for easier entrance/exit in geezerdom, and big enough for a wheelie. > This would have been better too when I broke my leg 3yr ago as I had to use a > walker (!!!) for maybe 3wk and it was a bit awkward getting In/out of the > shower. And that first shower after a week of denial and pain was heavenly > sitting on a warm seat and draining that 90gal HW tank! > —FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT - Master bathtub
The forever home will not be in GWN, as none of the kids would move here. SWMBA thinks we will reside near her grand children. I do not see those being procured from either offspring. For my taste, I want the Goldilocks/baby bear tropical highlands climate. A winter where a cardigan suffices, while summer heat is soothed with pitchers of sweet tea and hand fans. Lower 48 gets me closer to owning a reasonably classic W126 coupe, if not an SDL. I am pretty sure I can skim construction funds over the project as payment for playing general contract overlord. clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. > On Nov 13, 2021, at 2:32 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > wrote: > > Clay, will your retirement abode be in the lower 48? > > -D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT - Master bathtub
The same sort of issues I had when I did a jetted tub install in a 90 year old house. It had the original tub on the main floor which was good for small kids, but cramped for me. I thought a jetted tub to make two bathrooms in the house would have seen more usage. Turned out the shower got daily use, the tub portion got regular car carpet cleanings, and I got around one bath each year. Figured I would not be using a big tub much more than that going forward. Hard to rig them up for gerontologic use, since showers work better for washing anyway. Also reduces the need for large or many water heaters. Clay This e-mail from Clay Monroe and any attachments to it are confidential to the intended recipient and may also be uncensored. If you have received it in error please consult your religious adviser. If you are not the intended recipient, why have you read this far? Please do not staple, spindle or otherwise mutilate this document, doing so may damage your screen. All communications may be subject to interception or monitoring by the men in black helicopters for security purposes. Please rely on your own swine flu virus checking as the sender cannot accept any liability for any damage arising from any bug or virus infection. > On Nov 12, 2021, at 5:56 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > I have one of the large tubs in the master bath. A Jacuzzi, with water jets. > When the kids were small they had immense fun dumping shampoo into the water > and turning on the jets, causing a massive amount of foam. > > Now, it gets used maybe once a year. > > Another drawback to a large tub is you need a large water heater if you want > to actually fill the thing and have it be more than lukewarm. > > Allan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I wonder how much of a turd this is?
Those white wheels used to command large sums on the Bay of Fleas back in the day. Even a cracked one would fetch me a few hundred bux. The hunt for a near perfect steering wheel for Gump saw many PnP collecting days. That vintage vehicle is not in yards, must be getting scarce enough to make into classic cars. I suspect the white bakelite wheels were being installed in w111 Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On Nov 12, 2021, at 6:27 AM, OK Don via Mercedes > wrote: > > That's the same steering wheel that my '70 220D had - love that look. > > O ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] OT - Master bathtub
I am taking a very slow train to learning residential architecture the autodidact way. This is part of the plan to be able to design/build our retirement abode. I have been looking over/researching home plans, homes currently for sale nationwide, and other means of idea gathering. What strikes me is that at a certain market level, the massive master bathtub shows up. Intrusively in most cases, taking up large portions of the space, as if these things should be the center of attention. I am old school and a bathtub has something a home needed, but was not a form of trophy to be put on display, nor was it used regularly, unless it were to drown children, or at least wash them. Showers were for real people. This being said, I do enjoy the occasional deep soak with an engaging tome and tumbler of aged whiskey. My inquiry of the group — does this position of prominence in a bathroom need to be followed? If you have said trophy tub in your home, does it get used with such regularity that it continues to earn it’s place of prominence? I am thinking were I to be required to have a tub installed, that it would be tucked out of the way so that other things could profit more from the space thus vacated. I am also confused as to just how much usage the sit down vanity space for enhancement of the female occupant takes place. I see them abundantly in more prosperous homes. It just seems that this is an appurtenance of long ago Hollywood dreams. The thing that my grandmothers would have actually put to use to apply make up, brush and set hair styling, and to deconstruct themselves at the end of the day, prior to installing the face putty for sleeping time and filling their head with giant curlers. If you have one, is anybody sitting there using it, or does it gather stray clothing, terry cloth, and schmutz? Neither my mother, aunt, sisters or in-lawed, wife, nor cousins have or used these things. Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Retirement Ride
Not sure about mobile coverage. It had been being promoted for usage by geologist for use out in the field back in 2019 at the mining conference that year. May have been spin, as there was yet to be coverage at the time. clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. > On Nov 9, 2021, at 6:53 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > Is StarLink usable by travelers now? Last I heard it was still for fixed > addresses and would refuse to connect if you were too far from the registered > home base. > > Allan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Retirement Ride
Get a StarLink account (Elon’s sat. network) that covers the far north. Should have it well built out in a year or two. Subscription is supposed to be around $99/mo for something a tad bit quicker than DSL. Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On Nov 9, 2021, at 6:35 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > Now that would be interesting. Of course I work remote so theoretically as > long as I have phone and internet access I could be working from anywhere, > even on the road. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] With all this talk of retirement vehicles...
Seven to ten days if you do the border crossing into Regina. Depends on your lead foot how long it takes to hit the border. Road is well paved in Canada until you get north in the boonies. SWMBA drives speed limits, Canada has top speed around 62mph, gravel roads drop it to 50 or less. Mounties do enjoy enforcing speeds. Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On Nov 9, 2021, at 6:18 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > I will say I am 3666 miles away from ANC. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Retirement Ride
Another option for getting up to AK is to sign up to drive a brand new RV up from the factory. You do pay for the pleasure of having virgin Class C or A accommodations, as well as normal fuel cost. Prior to Couf there were massive fleets of these making the voyage every May to resupply the rentals that got worn out. Cruise America rate is around $100 day. Horizon Transport pays you $0.99/mile. Some even offer the option to tow a wee car behind, so you have other means of getting around once you drop off. clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] With all this talk of retirement vehicles...
Depends on how fast you want to drive. SWMBA made the trip up from SEA with #1 boy as co-driver. I think they stopped every night. August, so still some late light, but not much past 8pm. Took them five days one way. She made another transit down AlCan with her mutt. A week with camping along the roadway in June, so left with around 20 hours of daylight, arriving to 18 hours. Heading south took a week. Driving back, she took five days to Prince Rupert, took the AK ferry to Skagway, then along the Klondike Hwy to Whitehorse and back onto AlCan, for another two days before getting back to ANC. The drive from ANC to FAI is around 800 miles round trip. From FAI to Deadhorse is another 400, oneway. Roundtrip in a day seems reasonable. Were I driving up from the lower 48, I would go with a well suspended 126 LWB, or a W140 for real lux accommodations. The SDL would handle to unpaved sections of the AlCan without giving you massive back trouble or rump rictus. Not sure how well the W124 would take the beating of pocked gravel road at 50mph for long long stretches. Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On Nov 9, 2021, at 5:40 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > The other day I saw a post from some guy on fakebook who drove a 560SEL from > Anchorage to the arctic circle in back within 24 hours. That got me to > thinking it would be a great monumental road trip to drive to Anchorage and > back from here in some sort of diesel Mercedes. Perhaps my 210. Maybe the > GL but it being much more complicated it would be harder to try to repair it > on the road. Maybe get an older 124 or 126 diesel ready for it. My brother > drove down here in a uhaul once when he moved down here from there. Might > have to wait until I retire or until i can manage to get 3+ weeks off at a > time. Not sure how much time it would take to do such a trip. > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] The joys of life with a W115
Same process for doing the oil in the SL. Makes me happy and less pleased when I did it. Reminded me of Gump (115) for happy memories, but still got the slimy arm clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. > On Nov 8, 2021, at 12:43 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > It’s been many years since I have changed the oil in a 115 but I usually end > up with oil all down my arm. Not fun. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Movie influences
Sir Terry was a master. He could punish the reader mercilessly. It is too bad his Discworld novels did not get better representation on TV. The treatments that have surfaced just do not capture the magic well. He saw into the future as well In a 1995 interview with Microsoft <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft> co-founder Bill Gates <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates>, Pratchett expressed concern about the potential spread of misinformation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misinformation>online. He felt that there was a "kind of parity of esteem of information" on the internet, and gave the example of holocaust denial <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust_denial> being presented on the same terms as peer-reviewed <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer_review> research, with no easy way to gauge reliability. Gates disagreed, saying that online authorities would index and check facts and sources in a much more sophisticated way than in print. The interview was rediscovered in 2019, and seen by Pratchett's biographer as prescient of fake news <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fake_news>.[77] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Pratchett#cite_note-77> Clay > On Nov 7, 2021, at 5:17 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > > Adams was heavily influenced by Sir Terry Pratchett, apparently they were > well aquatinted. > Adams had at least two infocomm games. > Curt ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Movie influences
Adams was quite well regarded in his native England, producing both multiple radio and TV renditions of his writings, as well as two motion pictures of the Hitchhikers guide. Clay “A towel, [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy] says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value. You can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapors; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a miniraft down the slow heavy River Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (such a mind-boggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough.” > On Nov 6, 2021, at 5:16 PM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes > wrote: > > Douglas Adams seems to have had outsize impact despite books that never > really made any popular movies and dying early. > > On Thu, Nov 4, 2021, 3:36 PM Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> I agree that he did not have a major impact on film. But he has had a >> lasting cultural influence. Was the Webb song named for his novel? And he >> certainly gave us the TANSTAAFL acronym. >> >> Greg >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Jim >> Cathey via Mercedes >> Sent: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 12:36 PM >> To: Mercedes Discussion List >> Cc: Jim Cathey >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Movie influences >> >> As much as I like and respect RAH's work, I don't see much of his influence >> in current (pop) culture _via_ the movies that were made. (My original >> thesis.) >> >> I'm waffling on Burroughs. The ripples are dying out. >> >> -- Jim >> >> >> ___ >> 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 >> >> >> ___ >> 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 >> >> > ___ > 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 > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Happy Moose Day - delayed
I was perusing the farm and garden CL listings in TX the other day. Lots of exotic dinner on the hoof. Zebra, Ibex, Kangaroo (I really wanted to get a pair) and more. No mooses --- clay I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm looking for didn't fall out. > On Nov 6, 2021, at 1:52 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > > I'm shocked with the huge increase in the price of meat that the moose > was released... > Another couple months of "Let's go Brandon" administration and it will be > like Cuba and Venezuela where all the pets and zoo animals are "gone" > "Zebra again tonight for dinner dear?" > > On Sat, Nov 6, 2021 at 2:45 PM Clay via Mercedes > wrote: > >> >> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/moose-crash-sylvia-fedoruk-school-1.6237194 >> < >> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/moose-crash-sylvia-fedoruk-school-1.6237194 >>> >> >> >> clay >> >> I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. >> >> >> >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To 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 >> >> > ___ > 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 > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Happy Moose Day - delayed
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/moose-crash-sylvia-fedoruk-school-1.6237194 <https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/moose-crash-sylvia-fedoruk-school-1.6237194> clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Dune
I really like his Bureau of Sabotage short stories. Premised upon government having become too efficient and steamrolling the rights and needs of the common person for the greater good. The Bureau was tasked with implementing speed bumps or eliminations at an inflection point that would cause the least damage to society clay If they keep feeding you Kool Aid, you begin to think it is the only beverage available > On Nov 4, 2021, at 2:43 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes > wrote: > > Frank Herbert was ahead of his time with that. > > I'm not a "believer" in computers or AI -- which is really a fast computer > and an ever-growing lookup table programmed to pattern match. No > intelligence implied or intended, and it can go VERY wrong. Facial > recognition and self driving vehicles are a case in point. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Dune
I found it only really begins to make sense after you get through God Emperor, as that tome lays out all the missing background of how the worms work. Dune is pretty much a comment on Iran/Iraq and big oil from 1919-1965 and exploitation by the west. The next books in the series delve into the mystical nature, with God Emperor and the next two trying to tie it up in a neat bow. The Brian Herbert books REALLY delve into the nuts and bolt and expand the universe filling in nooks and crannies you can only guess at their import in his father’s writing. clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. > On Nov 2, 2021, at 7:14 PM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes > wrote: > > I think I will have to read the book now. It seems intriguing. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Renting a Car Trailer from Uhaul.
We ran into the same troubles in SEA this year. All the trailers were sitting in MT or at least 500 miles east of town. In April the reservations from Feb had still not been filled. One shop told me it would be less expensive to rent a truck and trailer out of Billings and drive back to SEA, then go back east to ND, than it would to find a trailer or truck on the ground for a one way SEA to ND. All the shops were offering only local rentals Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On Nov 2, 2021, at 8:47 AM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > Probably would be cheaper going the other way. Might even be worth looking at > renting in Phoeniz and pulling it empty to where you need it. > > All the people who have decided to abandon living in California have created > a shortage of rental moving trucks and accessories so the one-way rental > rates for out-of-state destinations are insane. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Green on Green W115 for Kaleb
https://seattle.craigslist.org/skc/cto/d/federal-way-1976-mercedes-240d/7398563731.html A bit of a crack price, but may really be in as good condition as seller thinks Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Canine lending library [zero Mercedes content]
Love It! Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On Oct 23, 2021, at 10:10 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > [image: image.png] > _ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 1996 W140 S420 - 90k miles - $10,000
My spawn has not reproduced clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. > On Oct 20, 2021, at 8:20 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > wrote: > > How many of us on this list are NOT grandfathers? > > I have 3 granddaughters. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT - Sonic fibre internet
#1 boy is looking at Cooperstown ND which has fiber. His buddy works for M$ and speed came back at 186,443 mbps clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. > On Oct 19, 2021, at 7:33 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes > wrote: > > If the 'last mile' actually made it to your house, and the terms are > reasonable, I'd say jump on it. I've worked for several companies > that were focused on making equipment for that, starting in 1996. > > Fiber here is still about a mile away. > > -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Kaleb Parts hauler
https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/d/friday-harbor-1979-mercedes-l409/7394741037.html If nothing else, it could move what does not fit on the shelving or drag some stuff home --- clay I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm looking for didn't fall out. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Okie shop
I posted my horde of benz bits on CL for pennies on the dollar. Got a few hundred bucks for a box truck full of goodies. And that was for parts I had no car they fit on. clay “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive…those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” - CS Lewis > On Oct 14, 2021, at 3:47 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 14, 2021, at 7:41 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: >> The hardest part is figuring out what to do with all the crap. > > Get a big roll-off dumpster delivered and start filling it. > > Did that about 5 years ago at the house and need to do it again. > > Allan > ___ > 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 > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Rare car great color 1974 Mercedes Benz 450 SLC - $15, 000
I like it. Good option for GNW where it has been snowing all day. Head liner is probably less to make good than soft top. Carpet and leather are NLA, but a good upholstery shop can fab close enough. The asking price is on the VERY high side if there are issues. I would expect fully sorted Djet, new injectors, all new rubber bits in drive line and seals. Absolutely no rust at all anywhere. Suspension updated in the past five years with new tires. Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On Oct 14, 2021, at 11:10 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > Moss green. "Only cosmetics" can mean $$000s. > > On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 10:46 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> green Only 53,000 original mi. >> >> >> https://myrtlebeach.craigslist.org/cto/d/little-river-1974-mercedes-benz-450-slc/7393534257.html >> >> -- >> --FT >> >> >> ___ >> 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 >> >> > ___ > 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 > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Okay Deal
Having owned that vintage SL, there are too few photos to be able to give a yea or nay. Priced as if there is a long list of issues to address. Specially with low miles that tell me it does not get out enough to have been cared for over the past 48 years. Though I barely got above 2k miles per annum on Froggy during my ownership. Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On Oct 13, 2021, at 8:06 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes > wrote: > > Kind of blah colors, but looks like an okay deal. > > https://norfolk.craigslist.org/cto/d/windsor-antique-1973-mercedes-450-sl/7393841720.html > > > 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
