Eric Bolling (Fox Business Channel's Follow the Money) test drove the Chevy
Volt at the invitation of General Motors.
For four days in a row, the fully charged battery lasted only 25 miles
before the Volt switched to the reserve gasoline engine.
Eric calculated the car got 30 mpg including the
Who ever wrote this made a small mistake.
I pay $0.12 per KWH. A full charge will cost ~$ 2.00
or $0.08/mile vs. $0.125/mile on gas.
On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 5:24 AM, Hans Neureiter diese...@gmail.com wrote:
Eric Bolling (Fox Business Channel's Follow the Money) test drove the
Chevy Volt at the
Ah but grasshopper... you are Green and it shows you love
Obama and his green program. Priceless ... Right???
To the truly indoctrinated who have been inseminated [it seems anally] with
the seed of progressive thought no amount of other peoples money should
be spared to feel good
That's about right for G4s. They are almost worthless these days.
I had one as a part of a package deal. I have it to a Linux buddy to play with.
Dan
On Feb 25, 2012, at 12:21 AM, clay monroe redgh...@comcast.net wrote:
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/sys/2869050350.html
Not bad for $50
Haters gonna hate.
What you don't get is that most driving is short trips. So for a 25 mile daily
round trip (or a series of trips that add up to 25 miles) you'd pay ~$2/day.
A 32mpg car on $3.50 gas pays $2.73. After 42,465 trips you've paid for the
car. Thats only 116 years if you drove 25
My clock stopped on my 1987 300SDL.
Every dead clock I have seen of that vintage/style has
stopped because of dead electrolytic capacitors. Getting
the cluster out and apart is the hardest part, we're talking
about $1 of new components and a bit of soldering here.
If you hammer the setting
selling [300D] to him and buying a 240D. What can I expect for
fuel mileage for a 240D of the same time.
You are already doing very well. The 240D would not do better
unless it was a stickshift, and maybe not even then.
An automatic 240D (we had one) is very un-fun in the acceleration
My elec. costs about $0.09 per kwh. National average is about $0.10 per
kwh. What is it about Eric Bolling's elec. that makes it cost nearly 13
times what mine costs? Maybe it comes in on 24 wheels or is hauled in on
some ridiculous, special vehicle with a hole (gold-plated sunroof) in its
In today's paper, the number is a car dealer lot
--R
Vehicle Details
Price: $2,250
Body Style:
Mileage:144,000
Engine:
Transmission:
Fuel Type:
Doors:
Ext. Color: Beige
Int. Color: Beige
VIN:
Description
1981 Mercedes-Benz 240D,
The entire electric car story is fraught with hyperbole.
As an engineer, just give me the facts, not the bullshit. I'll make my own
decisions.
It has nothing to do with hate or love.
Fact: If I spend $46.000 for a car that I can only drive in 25 mile runs,
what is the cost/benefit ratio compared
Zackly!
Wilton
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The entire electric car story is fraught with hyperbole.
As an engineer, just give me the
If I needed wheels, i's consider this one. especially if it had 3
pedals. Not a bad price for a car that should easily run another
100-200k miles.
A 240D is great for buzzing around metro areas or commuting. They
are not the best if the drive requires fast acceleration, or 80 MPH
speeds.
Hey Guys,
Off topic, but I know some of you guys are into this stuff. I'm getting
back into vinyl over CDs, and MP3. I miss the quality and warmth of old
records. Anyway, I have an old mid 80s Sony receiver, and a Sony turn
table, that is a front loader (slides out like a CD player). It's
Where can I get a horribly inexpensive edition of Xserve to run on it?
clay
On Feb 25, 2012, at 5:16 AM, Dan Penoff wrote:
That's about right for G4s. They are almost worthless these days.
I had one as a part of a package deal. I have it to a Linux buddy to play
with.
Dan
On Feb 25,
You mean OS X Server?
The latest version that would run on a PPC machine is 10.5.
I may have some old versions that are from machines that have ben surplused,
therefore are available
Contact me off list for more details, please.
Dan
On Feb 25, 2012, at 4:44 PM, clay monroe wrote:
I bought a Technics SLB2 new back in the seventies. Still works well. Had to
change the belt once. The SLD2 is the direct drive one. There are better
quality turntables available IE. Bang And Oluffson(sp), old Pioneer stuff
(70's), Marantz (sp).
Rick
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On Feb 25, 2012, at
On Feb 25, 2012 1:38 PM, E M pokieba...@gmail.com wrote:
Just looking for a good quality turn table, that
will work with my Sony receiver. Something of good quality that was made
before everything was outsourced to China and Mexico.
Get a used Technics SL-1950 on eBay and a new Shure M97
Yup. There's a lot we don't know about this new type of electric car. I
wonder: what will happen to battery capacity with repeated deep discharge?,
when will the battery need to be replaced (and why)?, what will replacement
cost?, what happens to the old battery?, what is the life and service
I am fond of Pioneer from the 70s. Maybe it is not the uber
expensive stuff, but good, and not overpriced.
If anyone finds a decent Pioneer 6 or 7 series receiver/amp for
cheap, I would like to have another. I am talking 626 to 747 mainly,
but anything that is in the format 6x6 or 7x7 is
I looked on the Charleston CL, found these recent postings -- there is
some decent stuff all the time listed:
http://charleston.craigslist.org/ele/2855939965.html
http://charleston.craigslist.org/ele/2834570881.html
http://charleston.craigslist.org/ele/2870707950.html
Thanks everyone for your input. Some great suggestions, which I will
follow up on! I had a look on eBay and as well my local CL as some
suggested. I also spent a couple of hours today checking out LP on eBay.
Shopping for those old LPs that were loaned out years ago, and for some
reason, never
has anyone had experience with the USB turntables to convert vinyl to
digital? None I have seen will do 78, but they should work with my
LPs.
seems like a simple solution
My pioneer turntable won't do 78s either.
I have a stack of 78s that I'd like to convert. I guess I could use
my 1950
I have a box of 45s in their jackets, all Top Ten stuff from the 70s. I
repaired a pinball machine for a guy a few years ago and he paid me with a box
of 45s (all in very good condition, I might add - he said they were dupes from
his collection.)
If I ever got around to cataloging them I
Wonder what the quality would be like on rhem
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On Feb 25, 2012, at 6:23 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
has anyone had experience with the USB turntables to convert vinyl to
digital? None I have seen will do 78, but they should work with my LPs.
seems like a
watcha got?
Ed
300E
On 25 February 2012 19:41, Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com wrote:
I have a box of 45s in their jackets, all Top Ten stuff from the 70s. I
repaired a pinball machine for a guy a few years ago and he paid me with a
box of 45s (all in very good condition, I might add - he said
I've dusted off theturntable, etc. since we moved recently. I also want to
RIP a bunch of shelac and some vinyl.
I have a Sony TA-1150 amp that I bought used in the '80s. The switched and
linear pots were noisy until I moved it 50 miles in the back of the van -
now it works great!
The turntable is
I bought an Ion for the wife a few years back and she converted a bunch of
her vinyl collection. IIRC we bought some software (Spin it Again?) in
preference to what Ion supplied. That worked ok The quality is ok on most
of the files she got, but I'm sure one could do better with a good
table, that is a front loader (slides out like a CD player). It's
direct
drive, but the bed will now not slide out. Not sure if it's just the
switch (Sony switch always felt fragile to me), or something more
mechanical.
Belt.
-- Jim
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...so I finished putting back together my 240D of snowblowers,
a 1986 Ariens ST824 that I got at auction for $150. It cleared
the driveway nicely, and is a real pleasure to use. Very heavy-duty
construction compared to most anything else I've looked at.
-- Jim
What do u own? I have two mci dl3's with the 12.7 60 series.
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On Feb 24, 2012, at 10:18 PM, G Mann g2ma...@gmail.com wrote:
I own 3 Detroits with DDEC III and would like to have the scan tool ..
Does it have cables and plug adapters with it?.. Is it functional? What
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Join up to your local Freecycle site and post a wanted for turntable. Bound to
be some gathering dust in somebody's basement. I picked up a turntable from
one guy and a receiver from another. Speakers from yet another kind donor.
clay
On Feb 25, 2012, at 2:10 PM, Rick Knoble wrote:
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Thanks for the insights. I am very gentle on my commute. I have a friend who
uses my car from time to time
And he doesn't do as well as I do. But for 3 mpgs I'm not making the change.
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On Feb 24, 2012, at 7:50 PM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
Really? I always
I can't hear any motor at all when I hit the open switch. If you still
think it's the belt, I'll pull it apart and see if I can find a belt
online. I've seen them for other players, and they seem pretty cheap.
Thanks,
Ed
300E
On 25 February 2012 20:47, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote:
Thanks!
Ed
300E
On 25 February 2012 21:04, clay monroe redgh...@comcast.net wrote:
Join up to your local Freecycle site and post a wanted for turntable.
Bound to be some gathering dust in somebody's basement. I picked up a
turntable from one guy and a receiver from another. Speakers from
Most missed my point.
I copied the junk off the Internet and immediately made a comment what is
wrong with it.
Obama? Has nothing to do with that, but it is used to make him look bad.
That's my point.
That Chicago mobster would not even know what the talk is all about.
It is wrong to slander the
Came through fine. It was just HTML instead of plain text. I would think there
is a tweak in the email program for that.
Rick
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I believe Macs have had decent to high end audio. I am not concerned
about the sound card at this point. It seems to me that the
software and its sampling rate, compression and that sort of stuff
are more of a concern than the turntable or the sound on the
computer. I figured on using
They are just Chinese turntables running through normal USB sound card ICs,
as I understand it. Gain is optimized out of the box but the big benefit
is convenience.
Also the software automatically splits tracks; I don't know if Audacity can
do that, but I wouldn't buy an Ion for the software...
You would get better conversion with a better turntable, but not the same
level of convenience. A good turntable cartridge is either near or more
than the cost of the entire USB turntable...
On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 8:29 PM, Tim C bb...@crone.us wrote:
They are just Chinese turntables
http://swmi.craigslist.org/cto/2839200568.html
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You can use Audacity to convert a 78 played at 45 -- there is a feature
in there to do that. Rip it then do the conversion. I have a bunch of
old 78s someone gave me, and ran a few of them through. I wouldn't
bother with one of the new USB things, just run a monitor out from your
receiver
On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:42:25 -0500 Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
http://swmi.craigslist.org/cto/2839200568.html
Seems a tad expensive.
Craig
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Craig wrote:
On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:42:25 -0500 Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
http://swmi.craigslist.org/cto/2839200568.html
Seems a tad expensive.
Most sellers still want $12k for a nice one. (which might be a better deal than
$5k for a shabby one)
Looks like it has leather interior, and he didn't even mention it. ;)
Wilton
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To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 10:42 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Who needs a red 124 convertible?
On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:51:09 -0500 Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Craig wrote:
On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:42:25 -0500 Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net
wrote:
http://swmi.craigslist.org/cto/2839200568.html
Seems a tad expensive.
Most sellers still want $12k for a nice one. (which
An automatic 240D (we had one) is very un-fun in the acceleration
department. The words dangerously slow tend to come to mind.
One of the few cars I've ever driven that could not keep speed
up some of our highway hills in this State...
And my 77hp '78 300D could not climb eastbound
Ok Thanks. That is what I was wondering. I thought maybe the newer
stuff was as good as a 40 year old turntable.
Sounds like turntable, receiver/amp, audacity is the thing.
Pain in the butt to have to separate tracks and add titles and such.
You would get better conversion with a better
On Feb 25, 2012 1:38 PM, E M pokieba...@gmail.com wrote:
Just looking for a good quality turn table, that
will work with my Sony receiver. Something of good quality
that was made before everything was outsourced to China and
Mexico.
Alex Chamberlain wrote:
Get a used Technics
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