Re: [MBZ] I'm lazy

2018-12-06 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes

all mine (pre 1990) are M5

Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote on 12/6/18 12:02 PM:
Anyone know what size the little machine screws are to hold the 
license plate on the SL600?  Like M5 or M6 I am thinking.  I am too 
lazy to go dig around the garage and find some to try.


I took it out to drive it last evening to a meeting, was showing it to 
a guy and realized I had not put the temp tag on, so was driving 
around with no tag at all.  I meant to do that and got busy and just 
took off. Later I stopped to get some gas (PREMIUM!!! ugh) and it 
squatted right down like some mex lowrider.  Guy at the next pump 
asked me if I had lowered it, so I explained the hydraulic suspension 
and I had the parts to fix it but just wanted to take it out for a 
spin.  Started it up and it raised back up, the guy looked kinda 
disappointed it wasn't slammed.





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Re: [MBZ] I'm lazy

2018-12-06 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Looks like the E300 has the same size but it needs 2 more as well.  I 
can use that one to find some more at the hardware store.  Looks like 
maybe M5 fine thread.


--FT


On 12/6/18 1:15 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote:

I'll bet you can rob some from another cruiser in your fleet?
-
Max
Charleston SC


On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 1:03 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:


Anyone know what size the little machine screws are to hold the license
plate on the SL600?  Like M5 or M6 I am thinking.  I am too lazy to go
dig around the garage and find some to try.

I took it out to drive it last evening to a meeting, was showing it to a
guy and realized I had not put the temp tag on, so was driving around
with no tag at all.  I meant to do that and got busy and just took off.
Later I stopped to get some gas (PREMIUM!!! ugh) and it squatted
right down like some mex lowrider.  Guy at the next pump asked me if I
had lowered it, so I explained the hydraulic suspension and I had the
parts to fix it but just wanted to take it out for a spin.  Started it
up and it raised back up, the guy looked kinda disappointed it wasn't
slammed.

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--FT


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Re: [MBZ] I'm lazy

2018-12-06 Thread Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
Some models are M5, some M6.

Greg

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Subject: [MBZ] I'm lazy

Anyone know what size the little machine screws are to hold the license 
plate on the SL600?  Like M5 or M6 I am thinking.  I am too lazy to go 
dig around the garage and find some to try.

I took it out to drive it last evening to a meeting, was showing it to a 
guy and realized I had not put the temp tag on, so was driving around 
with no tag at all.  I meant to do that and got busy and just took off.  
Later I stopped to get some gas (PREMIUM!!! ugh) and it squatted 
right down like some mex lowrider.  Guy at the next pump asked me if I 
had lowered it, so I explained the hydraulic suspension and I had the 
parts to fix it but just wanted to take it out for a spin.  Started it 
up and it raised back up, the guy looked kinda disappointed it wasn't 
slammed.

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Re: [MBZ] I'm lazy

2018-12-06 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I'll bet you can rob some from another cruiser in your fleet?
-
Max
Charleston SC


On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 1:03 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Anyone know what size the little machine screws are to hold the license
> plate on the SL600?  Like M5 or M6 I am thinking.  I am too lazy to go
> dig around the garage and find some to try.
>
> I took it out to drive it last evening to a meeting, was showing it to a
> guy and realized I had not put the temp tag on, so was driving around
> with no tag at all.  I meant to do that and got busy and just took off.
> Later I stopped to get some gas (PREMIUM!!! ugh) and it squatted
> right down like some mex lowrider.  Guy at the next pump asked me if I
> had lowered it, so I explained the hydraulic suspension and I had the
> parts to fix it but just wanted to take it out for a spin.  Started it
> up and it raised back up, the guy looked kinda disappointed it wasn't
> slammed.
>
> --
> --FT
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[MBZ] I'm lazy

2018-12-06 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Anyone know what size the little machine screws are to hold the license 
plate on the SL600?  Like M5 or M6 I am thinking.  I am too lazy to go 
dig around the garage and find some to try.


I took it out to drive it last evening to a meeting, was showing it to a 
guy and realized I had not put the temp tag on, so was driving around 
with no tag at all.  I meant to do that and got busy and just took off.  
Later I stopped to get some gas (PREMIUM!!! ugh) and it squatted 
right down like some mex lowrider.  Guy at the next pump asked me if I 
had lowered it, so I explained the hydraulic suspension and I had the 
parts to fix it but just wanted to take it out for a spin.  Started it 
up and it raised back up, the guy looked kinda disappointed it wasn't 
slammed.


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--FT


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