Re: [MBZ] Might be a buy!
It drives but can you get it rthrough State inspection? On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Low buck driver? Some of us drive more than others, I put 20,000 miles on the Jetta in a year... Cheapest driver I ever had was the second time I owned my '83 240D, I drove it 25,000 for $2500 which includes buying the car and doing oil changes. Toward the end it was leaking/consuming oil so bad I was using the cheapest 15w40 I could find and putting the change out oil back in as makeup oil (plus some new). It finally died, some of you might remember, due to a failed oil cooler bypass hose which was totally my fault. If the car in question wasn't so far away I'd seriously consider it. My '84 190D is still not starting right even with cleaned/rebuilt injectors and the tinworm is quite serious on it... -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Curly McLain 126die...@gmail.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2014 9:30 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Might be a buy! So why would anyone want to mess with a non aspirated old diesel that has no collector value? On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 7:08 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: So what? $500 and a engine from a $500 rustbucket and you have a nice car for cheap. Aside from that, it sounds more like a $5 pushbutton starter switch bypassing the lockout and or the ign switch would cure it.Nothing i read indicates the engine is worn out, but it could be. Whatcha expect for $500? Its worth $300 as a crusher. Might not! The beast has a tired engine. On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 7:41 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mailto: mercedes@okiebenz.commercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: http://neworleans.craigslist.org/cto/4728572390.htmlhttp:/ /neworleans.craigslist.org/cto/4728572390.html 79 300D. no rust apparent _ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Might be a buy!
Why not? MA cares that the wheel bearings aren't all loose, the exhaust exists and the lights and wipers work. Believe it or not some states don't even have inspection. I feel like its very easy to forget that we live in a big country thats not the same everywhere... -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com To: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 12:32 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Might be a buy! It drives but can you get it rthrough State inspection? On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Low buck driver? Some of us drive more than others, I put 20,000 miles on the Jetta in a year... Cheapest driver I ever had was the second time I owned my '83 240D, I drove it 25,000 for $2500 which includes buying the car and doing oil changes. Toward the end it was leaking/consuming oil so bad I was using the cheapest 15w40 I could find and putting the change out oil back in as makeup oil (plus some new). It finally died, some of you might remember, due to a failed oil cooler bypass hose which was totally my fault. If the car in question wasn't so far away I'd seriously consider it. My '84 190D is still not starting right even with cleaned/rebuilt injectors and the tinworm is quite serious on it... -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Curly McLain 126die...@gmail.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2014 9:30 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Might be a buy! So why would anyone want to mess with a non aspirated old diesel that has no collector value? On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 7:08 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: So what? $500 and a engine from a $500 rustbucket and you have a nice car for cheap. Aside from that, it sounds more like a $5 pushbutton starter switch bypassing the lockout and or the ign switch would cure it. Nothing i read indicates the engine is worn out, but it could be. Whatcha expect for $500? Its worth $300 as a crusher. Might not! The beast has a tired engine. On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 7:41 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mailto: mercedes@okiebenz.commercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: http://neworleans.craigslist.org/cto/4728572390.htmlhttp:/ /neworleans.craigslist.org/cto/4728572390.html 79 300D. no rust apparent _ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Might be a buy!
It drives but can you get it rthrough State inspection? On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Low buck driver? Some of us drive more than others, I put 20,000 miles on the Jetta in a year... Cheapest driver I ever had was the second time I owned my '83 240D, I drove it 25,000 for $2500 which includes buying the car and doing oil changes. Toward the end it was leaking/consuming oil so bad I was using the cheapest 15w40 I could find and putting the change out oil back in as makeup oil (plus some new). It finally died, some of you might remember, due to a failed oil cooler bypass hose which was totally my fault. If the car in question wasn't so far away I'd seriously consider it. My '84 190D is still not starting right even with cleaned/rebuilt injectors and the tinworm is quite serious on it... -Curt Most states don't have inspection. An honest state inspector will pass a decent car, if it is ok. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
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MD inspection is brutal. It costs $75.00, takes a full hour incouding a road test and NOBODY passes the first time around - even new cars. There is no point in buying a used car here unless the owner agrees to take it through and PASS inspection. On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: It drives but can you get it rthrough State inspection? On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Low buck driver? Some of us drive more than others, I put 20,000 miles on the Jetta in a year... Cheapest driver I ever had was the second time I owned my '83 240D, I drove it 25,000 for $2500 which includes buying the car and doing oil changes. Toward the end it was leaking/consuming oil so bad I was using the cheapest 15w40 I could find and putting the change out oil back in as makeup oil (plus some new). It finally died, some of you might remember, due to a failed oil cooler bypass hose which was totally my fault. If the car in question wasn't so far away I'd seriously consider it. My '84 190D is still not starting right even with cleaned/rebuilt injectors and the tinworm is quite serious on it... -Curt Most states don't have inspection. An honest state inspector will pass a decent car, if it is ok. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
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Why wouldn't a new car pass? What could possibly be unsafe in a new car that would make this inspection worth it? I find there very little redeeming about Maryland and you're not helping the case any. -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Curly McLain 126die...@gmail.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 1:06 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Might be a buy! MD inspection is brutal. It costs $75.00, takes a full hour incouding a road test and NOBODY passes the first time around - even new cars. There is no point in buying a used car here unless the owner agrees to take it through and PASS inspection. On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: It drives but can you get it rthrough State inspection? On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Low buck driver? Some of us drive more than others, I put 20,000 miles on the Jetta in a year... Cheapest driver I ever had was the second time I owned my '83 240D, I drove it 25,000 for $2500 which includes buying the car and doing oil changes. Toward the end it was leaking/consuming oil so bad I was using the cheapest 15w40 I could find and putting the change out oil back in as makeup oil (plus some new). It finally died, some of you might remember, due to a failed oil cooler bypass hose which was totally my fault. If the car in question wasn't so far away I'd seriously consider it. My '84 190D is still not starting right even with cleaned/rebuilt injectors and the tinworm is quite serious on it... -Curt Most states don't have inspection. An honest state inspector will pass a decent car, if it is ok. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Might be a buy!
The headlights are out of alignment. On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Why wouldn't a new car pass? What could possibly be unsafe in a new car that would make this inspection worth it? I find there very little redeeming about Maryland and you're not helping the case any. -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Curly McLain 126die...@gmail.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 1:06 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Might be a buy! MD inspection is brutal. It costs $75.00, takes a full hour incouding a road test and NOBODY passes the first time around - even new cars. There is no point in buying a used car here unless the owner agrees to take it through and PASS inspection. On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: It drives but can you get it rthrough State inspection? On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Low buck driver? Some of us drive more than others, I put 20,000 miles on the Jetta in a year... Cheapest driver I ever had was the second time I owned my '83 240D, I drove it 25,000 for $2500 which includes buying the car and doing oil changes. Toward the end it was leaking/consuming oil so bad I was using the cheapest 15w40 I could find and putting the change out oil back in as makeup oil (plus some new). It finally died, some of you might remember, due to a failed oil cooler bypass hose which was totally my fault. If the car in question wasn't so far away I'd seriously consider it. My '84 190D is still not starting right even with cleaned/rebuilt injectors and the tinworm is quite serious on it... -Curt Most states don't have inspection. An honest state inspector will pass a decent car, if it is ok. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
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No inspection in Florida. I've heard that Virginia inspection is a real ball buster, too. I agree about the convenience factor as far as repairs. The S420 needed a new window regulator on the right rear window. Only reason I replaced it was because my tint guys needed the window to work or they wouldn't tint the car. I don't know how long it had been that way when Tom owned it, but it appears to have been out of commission for some time. I will say that W140 window regulators are a piece of cake to replace, despite having to drill out rivets to remove them. Dan Sent from my iPad On Dec 22, 2014, at 1:13 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Why wouldn't a new car pass? What could possibly be unsafe in a new car that would make this inspection worth it? I find there very little redeeming about Maryland and you're not helping the case any. -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Curly McLain 126die...@gmail.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 1:06 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Might be a buy! MD inspection is brutal. It costs $75.00, takes a full hour incouding a road test and NOBODY passes the first time around - even new cars. There is no point in buying a used car here unless the owner agrees to take it through and PASS inspection. On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: It drives but can you get it rthrough State inspection? On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Low buck driver? Some of us drive more than others, I put 20,000 miles on the Jetta in a year... Cheapest driver I ever had was the second time I owned my '83 240D, I drove it 25,000 for $2500 which includes buying the car and doing oil changes. Toward the end it was leaking/consuming oil so bad I was using the cheapest 15w40 I could find and putting the change out oil back in as makeup oil (plus some new). It finally died, some of you might remember, due to a failed oil cooler bypass hose which was totally my fault. If the car in question wasn't so far away I'd seriously consider it. My '84 190D is still not starting right even with cleaned/rebuilt injectors and the tinworm is quite serious on it... -Curt Most states don't have inspection. An honest state inspector will pass a decent car, if it is ok. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner Why wouldn't a new car pass? What could possibly be unsafe in a new car that would make this inspection worth it? I find there very little redeeming about Maryland and you're not helping the case any. -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Curly McLain 126die...@gmail.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 1:06 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Might be a buy! MD inspection is brutal. It costs $75.00, takes a full hour incouding a road test and NOBODY passes the first time around - even new cars. There is no point in buying a used car here unless the owner agrees to take it through and PASS inspection. On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: It drives but can you get it rthrough State inspection? On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Low buck driver? Some of us drive more than others, I put 20,000 miles on the Jetta in a year... Cheapest driver I ever had was the second time I owned my '83 240D, I drove it 25,000 for $2500 which includes buying the car and doing oil changes. Toward the end it was leaking/consuming oil so bad I was using the cheapest 15w40 I could find and putting the change out oil back in as makeup oil (plus some new). It finally died, some of you might remember, due to a failed oil cooler bypass hose which was totally my fault. If the car in question wasn't so far away I'd seriously consider it. My '84 190D is still not starting right even with cleaned/rebuilt injectors and the tinworm is quite serious on it... -Curt Most states don't have inspection. An honest state inspector will pass a decent car, if it is ok. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result
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Virginia inspection is nothing compared to MD. DC inspection used to be tough, but they have quit doing mechanical and now only check for emissions. On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 1:20 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: No inspection in Florida. I've heard that Virginia inspection is a real ball buster, too. I agree about the convenience factor as far as repairs. The S420 needed a new window regulator on the right rear window. Only reason I replaced it was because my tint guys needed the window to work or they wouldn't tint the car. I don't know how long it had been that way when Tom owned it, but it appears to have been out of commission for some time. I will say that W140 window regulators are a piece of cake to replace, despite having to drill out rivets to remove them. Dan Sent from my iPad On Dec 22, 2014, at 1:13 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Why wouldn't a new car pass? What could possibly be unsafe in a new car that would make this inspection worth it? I find there very little redeeming about Maryland and you're not helping the case any. -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Curly McLain 126die...@gmail.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 1:06 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Might be a buy! MD inspection is brutal. It costs $75.00, takes a full hour incouding a road test and NOBODY passes the first time around - even new cars. There is no point in buying a used car here unless the owner agrees to take it through and PASS inspection. On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: It drives but can you get it rthrough State inspection? On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Low buck driver? Some of us drive more than others, I put 20,000 miles on the Jetta in a year... Cheapest driver I ever had was the second time I owned my '83 240D, I drove it 25,000 for $2500 which includes buying the car and doing oil changes. Toward the end it was leaking/consuming oil so bad I was using the cheapest 15w40 I could find and putting the change out oil back in as makeup oil (plus some new). It finally died, some of you might remember, due to a failed oil cooler bypass hose which was totally my fault. If the car in question wasn't so far away I'd seriously consider it. My '84 190D is still not starting right even with cleaned/rebuilt injectors and the tinworm is quite serious on it... -Curt Most states don't have inspection. An honest state inspector will pass a decent car, if it is ok. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner Why wouldn't a new car pass? What could possibly be unsafe in a new car that would make this inspection worth it? I find there very little redeeming about Maryland and you're not helping the case any. -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Curly McLain 126die...@gmail.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 1:06 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Might be a buy! MD inspection is brutal. It costs $75.00, takes a full hour incouding a road test and NOBODY passes the first time around - even new cars. There is no point in buying a used car here unless the owner agrees to take it through and PASS inspection. On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: It drives but can you get it rthrough State inspection? On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Low buck driver? Some of us drive more than others, I put 20,000 miles on the Jetta in a year... Cheapest driver I ever had was the second time I owned my '83 240D, I drove it 25,000 for $2500 which includes buying the car and doing oil changes. Toward the end it was leaking/consuming oil so bad I was using the cheapest 15w40 I could find and putting the change out oil back in as makeup oil (plus some new). It finally died, some of you might remember, due to a failed oil cooler bypass hose which was totally my fault. If the car in question wasn't so far away I'd seriously consider it. My '84 190D is still not starting right even with cleaned/rebuilt injectors and the tinworm is quite serious on it... -Curt Most states don't have inspection. An honest state
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Original Message From: Curt Raymond via Mercedes Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 12:13 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Reply To: Curt Raymond Subject: Re: [MBZ] Might be a buy! Why wouldn't a new car pass? You have to give a campaign donation to the inspector first? What could possibly be unsafe in a new car that would make this inspection worth it? That new car smell. I find there very little redeeming about Maryland and you're not helping the case any. I second that. Rick Sent from my BlackBerry Z10 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
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On December 22, 2014 at 1:31 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Virginia inspection is nothing compared to MD. DC inspection used to be tough, but they have quit doing mechanical and now only check for emissions. A friend of mine roasted his transmission while vacationing in VA in 1993, he salvaged the trip by trading his car in on a new one. Dealer registered it in VA for him, I was stunned that his brand new Toyota had an inspection sticker in the windshield. I agree with Curt, what a waste of money to inspect a new car. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Might be a buy!
Boy and I though California had some stupid rules... -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com To: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 1:16 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Might be a buy! The headlights are out of alignment. On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Why wouldn't a new car pass? What could possibly be unsafe in a new car that would make this inspection worth it? I find there very little redeeming about Maryland and you're not helping the case any. -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Curly McLain 126die...@gmail.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 1:06 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Might be a buy! MD inspection is brutal. It costs $75.00, takes a full hour incouding a road test and NOBODY passes the first time around - even new cars. There is no point in buying a used car here unless the owner agrees to take it through and PASS inspection. On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: It drives but can you get it rthrough State inspection? On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Low buck driver? Some of us drive more than others, I put 20,000 miles on the Jetta in a year... Cheapest driver I ever had was the second time I owned my '83 240D, I drove it 25,000 for $2500 which includes buying the car and doing oil changes. Toward the end it was leaking/consuming oil so bad I was using the cheapest 15w40 I could find and putting the change out oil back in as makeup oil (plus some new). It finally died, some of you might remember, due to a failed oil cooler bypass hose which was totally my fault. If the car in question wasn't so far away I'd seriously consider it. My '84 190D is still not starting right even with cleaned/rebuilt injectors and the tinworm is quite serious on it... -Curt Most states don't have inspection. An honest state inspector will pass a decent car, if it is ok. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
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I have a friend that has lived all over the country and now lives in MD. He constantly complains about how bad the drivers are in MD and sends photos of accidents near his house. So perhaps MD should consider inspecting the drivers instead of the cars…... Addison CL500 On Dec 22, 2014, at 10:41 AM, mercedes-requ...@okiebenz.com wrote: From: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Might be a buy! Date: December 22, 2014 10:13:06 AM PST Why wouldn't a new car pass? What could possibly be unsafe in a new car that would make this inspection worth it? I find there very little redeeming about Maryland and you're not helping the case any. -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Curly McLain 126die...@gmail.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 1:06 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Might be a buy! MD inspection is brutal. It costs $75.00, takes a full hour incouding a road test and NOBODY passes the first time around - even new cars. There is no point in buying a used car here unless the owner agrees to take it through and PASS inspection. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
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On a recent trip to MD we discussed in class how bad the drivers were. I pointed out that I didn't think the drivers were so bad but I couldn't figure out the flow of traffic. We decided the problem was that so many people weren't from MD that there was no cultural flow to the traffic, everybody came in with their own cultural style of driving and wouldn't integrate. My hyper-aggressive MA driving style gets me through most places but I felt very exposed in MD where I could never go fast enough to get away from people. It felt like everybody was out to get me all the time but I was boxed in and couldn't get away.Very off-putting. In all honesty I really didn't need a car, I didn't realize how close Silver Spring is to Regan airport, I should have just taken a cab, the car sat in the parking garage all week. -Curt From: Addison Thompson via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 2:33 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Might be a buy! I have a friend that has lived all over the country and now lives in MD. He constantly complains about how bad the drivers are in MD and sends photos of accidents near his house. So perhaps MD should consider inspecting the drivers instead of the cars…... Addison CL500 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
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The headlight aiming scam may have been abolished since the last time I lived here (1997). Stil, it's a royal PIA and expense getting a car through inspection in 2014. BTW, we have a new R governor so all you right wingers should be comfortable moving in, paying your taxes (maybe you'll get a rebate based on your political affiliation), and settling in to the only State with an Italian language motto: The official motto of Maryland is the Italian motto of the Calvert family - Fatti maschil, Parole femine (loosely translated as *Manly deeds, Womanly words*). http://statesymbolsusa.org/Maryland/Maryland-state-motto.html I will give a jar of my notorious jalapeno pepper jelly to each and every one of you as a further inducement to settle, payable on the 1 year anniversary of your residency. On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Boy and I though California had some stupid rules... -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com To: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 1:16 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Might be a buy! The headlights are out of alignment. On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Why wouldn't a new car pass? What could possibly be unsafe in a new car that would make this inspection worth it? I find there very little redeeming about Maryland and you're not helping the case any. -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Curly McLain 126die...@gmail.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 1:06 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Might be a buy! MD inspection is brutal. It costs $75.00, takes a full hour incouding a road test and NOBODY passes the first time around - even new cars. There is no point in buying a used car here unless the owner agrees to take it through and PASS inspection. On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: It drives but can you get it rthrough State inspection? On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Low buck driver? Some of us drive more than others, I put 20,000 miles on the Jetta in a year... Cheapest driver I ever had was the second time I owned my '83 240D, I drove it 25,000 for $2500 which includes buying the car and doing oil changes. Toward the end it was leaking/consuming oil so bad I was using the cheapest 15w40 I could find and putting the change out oil back in as makeup oil (plus some new). It finally died, some of you might remember, due to a failed oil cooler bypass hose which was totally my fault. If the car in question wasn't so far away I'd seriously consider it. My '84 190D is still not starting right even with cleaned/rebuilt injectors and the tinworm is quite serious on it... -Curt Most states don't have inspection. An honest state inspector will pass a decent car, if it is ok. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor
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MD drivers are indeed erratic but PA drivers are consistently obnoxious tailgaters. Because they only display one license plate, they get away with all sorts of sh*t w/o fear of getting caught. On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: On a recent trip to MD we discussed in class how bad the drivers were. I pointed out that I didn't think the drivers were so bad but I couldn't figure out the flow of traffic. We decided the problem was that so many people weren't from MD that there was no cultural flow to the traffic, everybody came in with their own cultural style of driving and wouldn't integrate. My hyper-aggressive MA driving style gets me through most places but I felt very exposed in MD where I could never go fast enough to get away from people. It felt like everybody was out to get me all the time but I was boxed in and couldn't get away.Very off-putting. In all honesty I really didn't need a car, I didn't realize how close Silver Spring is to Regan airport, I should have just taken a cab, the car sat in the parking garage all week. -Curt From: Addison Thompson via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 2:33 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Might be a buy! I have a friend that has lived all over the country and now lives in MD. He constantly complains about how bad the drivers are in MD and sends photos of accidents near his house. So perhaps MD should consider inspecting the drivers instead of the cars…... Addison CL500 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
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Why wouldn't a new car pass? What could possibly be unsafe in a new car that would make this inspection worth it? I find there very little redeeming about Maryland and you're not helping the case any. -Curt graft and corruption ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
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OTOH, paying for a MD inpection is a pretty good deal as a pre-purchase inspection prior to buying a used car from an individual (doesn't have to be from MD either). On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 3:30 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Why wouldn't a new car pass? What could possibly be unsafe in a new car that would make this inspection worth it? I find there very little redeeming about Maryland and you're not helping the case any. -Curt graft and corruption ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
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So what? $500 and a engine from a $500 rustbucket and you have a nice car for cheap. Aside from that, it sounds more like a $5 pushbutton starter switch bypassing the lockout and or the ign switch would cure it.Nothing i read indicates the engine is worn out, but it could be. Whatcha expect for $500? Its worth $300 as a crusher. Might not! The beast has a tired engine. On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 7:41 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.commercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: http://neworleans.craigslist.org/cto/4728572390.htmlhttp://neworleans.craigslist.org/cto/4728572390.html 79 300D. no rust apparent _ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
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So why would anyone want to mess with a non aspirated old diesel that has no collector value? On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 7:08 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: So what? $500 and a engine from a $500 rustbucket and you have a nice car for cheap. Aside from that, it sounds more like a $5 pushbutton starter switch bypassing the lockout and or the ign switch would cure it.Nothing i read indicates the engine is worn out, but it could be. Whatcha expect for $500? Its worth $300 as a crusher. Might not! The beast has a tired engine. On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 7:41 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mailto: mercedes@okiebenz.commercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: http://neworleans.craigslist.org/cto/4728572390.htmlhttp:/ /neworleans.craigslist.org/cto/4728572390.html 79 300D. no rust apparent _ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
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Low buck driver? Some of us drive more than others, I put 20,000 miles on the Jetta in a year... Cheapest driver I ever had was the second time I owned my '83 240D, I drove it 25,000 for $2500 which includes buying the car and doing oil changes. Toward the end it was leaking/consuming oil so bad I was using the cheapest 15w40 I could find and putting the change out oil back in as makeup oil (plus some new). It finally died, some of you might remember, due to a failed oil cooler bypass hose which was totally my fault. If the car in question wasn't so far away I'd seriously consider it. My '84 190D is still not starting right even with cleaned/rebuilt injectors and the tinworm is quite serious on it... -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Curly McLain 126die...@gmail.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2014 9:30 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Might be a buy! So why would anyone want to mess with a non aspirated old diesel that has no collector value? On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 7:08 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: So what? $500 and a engine from a $500 rustbucket and you have a nice car for cheap. Aside from that, it sounds more like a $5 pushbutton starter switch bypassing the lockout and or the ign switch would cure it. Nothing i read indicates the engine is worn out, but it could be. Whatcha expect for $500? Its worth $300 as a crusher. Might not! The beast has a tired engine. On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 7:41 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mailto: mercedes@okiebenz.commercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: http://neworleans.craigslist.org/cto/4728572390.htmlhttp:/ /neworleans.craigslist.org/cto/4728572390.html 79 300D. no rust apparent _ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
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Might not! The beast has a tired engine. On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 7:41 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: http://neworleans.craigslist.org/cto/4728572390.html 79 300D. no rust apparent ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
