Re: [MBZ] Cool Drone Video

2014-08-30 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Don't know. He has other videos posted under the same user name, and I recall on one there was a remark about 25 mph winds at the time. I glanced at it and the video seemed quite stable. Dan On Aug 29, 2014, at 11:20 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: On Fri, 29 Aug 2014 09:52:53

[MBZ] BMW 325 Station Wagon

2014-08-30 Thread LarryT via Mercedes
Hi Gang, Anyone have knowledge of mid 00's 325 wagon in exc shape? saw t at a closed dealer and don't know the year or miles. My concern is problem areas and life expectancy as i tend to keep cars for a long time. Have also been looking at MB R Class Diesel and ML Diesel. Was

Re: [MBZ] Cool Drone Video

2014-08-30 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
What does this drone look like - any pictures? On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 7:43 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Don't know. He has other videos posted under the same user name, and I recall on one there was a remark about 25 mph winds at the time. I glanced at it and

Re: [MBZ] Cool Drone Video

2014-08-30 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: What does this drone look like - any pictures? Most of them are quadcopters these days. http://www.rchobbyhelicopter.com/store52/agora.cgi?product=Quadcopter_UAV_Kits ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

Re: [MBZ] Cool Drone Video

2014-08-30 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
‎http://www.dji.com/product/phantom-2-vision-plus Rick Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. ‎   Original Message   From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2014 9:28 AM To: Dan Penoff; Mercedes Discussion List Reply To: Andrew Strasfogel Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cool Drone

Re: [MBZ] BMW 325 Station Wagon

2014-08-30 Thread Archer75--- via Mercedes
Daughter has an '06 GL320cdi bought new. Her cost of repairs at the dealer since then is huge. She loves it, and can afford the expense, but I wouldn't have it. I think Kaleb bought one, had a lot of expense, and then sold it. The only part that hasn't needed repair is the basic engine and

Re: [MBZ] BMW 325 Station Wagon

2014-08-30 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
What kind of repairs has that GL needed? --R On 8/30/14 10:58 AM, Archer75--- via Mercedes wrote: Daughter has an '06 GL320cdi bought new. Her cost of repairs at the dealer since then is huge. She loves it, and can afford the expense, but I wouldn't have it. I think Kaleb bought one, had a

Re: [MBZ] Cool Drone Video

2014-08-30 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
As stated in the video's title, it's one of these: http://www.dji.com/product/phantom-2-vision-plus Dan On Aug 30, 2014, at 10:28 AM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: What does this drone look like - any pictures? On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 7:43 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] Cool Drone Video

2014-08-30 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
The copter is GPS stabilized to stay where you want it. The Phantom is pretty amazing. The camera mount is gyro stabilized too. Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] Cool Drone Video

2014-08-30 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Thanks. At $1369 the price is probably gonna fall like a stone. On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: As stated in the video's title, it's one of these: http://www.dji.com/product/phantom-2-vision-plus Dan On Aug 30, 2014, at 10:28 AM,

Re: [MBZ] Cool Drone Video

2014-08-30 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
The step is to mount some sort of automatic weapon, purely for self defense of course. On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 12:02 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: The copter is GPS stabilized to stay where you want it. The Phantom is pretty amazing. The camera mount is gyro

Re: [MBZ] BMW 325 Station Wagon

2014-08-30 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
My sister had a 2011 ML with diesel engine, on a three year lease. During the lease, it had one of the computers fail while sister was driving in six lanes of freeway traffic. Car totally shutdown, no warning. A very dangerous event, and thank God there weren't any collisions or injuries. When

Re: [MBZ] Cool Drone Video

2014-08-30 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Laser defenses. You can buy some of these that are quite a bit cheaper for just general flying around. That one is well-equipped and has a lot of good features. There are lots of kits and plans too to build your own. --R On 8/30/14 12:06 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: The step

[MBZ] Two weeks with the MotoX

2014-08-30 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I don't remember if I mentioned that I finally dropped the hammer on the MotoX with Republic Wireless but I'm on my way out of my second week with it. Results are positive. I only have a couple minor complaints which will probably be fixed once I know more about Android. The biggest positive is

Re: [MBZ] Two weeks with the MotoX

2014-08-30 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: I LOVE the rounded back phone. Why does Apple insist on hard corners? The front edges of my macbook pro cut my wrists too, bad design. Because for Apple, form beats function? Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search

Re: [MBZ] Two weeks with the MotoX

2014-08-30 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
It strikes me as strange since the iPhone 3 was rounded and iirc the first to do so... Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go

Re: [MBZ] BMW 325 Station Wagon

2014-08-30 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
The '07 R class sounds like the one my #2 son turned in with chattering tranny. Is it silver/gray? Wilton - Original Message - From: LarryT via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2014 10:16 AM Subject: [MBZ]

Re: [MBZ] BMW 325 Station Wagon

2014-08-30 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
To: l02tur...@comcast.net; mercedes@okiebenz.com Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 13:10:11 -0400 Subject: Re: [MBZ] BMW 325 Station Wagon From: mercedes@okiebenz.com The '07 R class sounds like the one my #2 son turned in with chattering tranny. Is it silver/gray? I think they all were For

Re: [MBZ] Two weeks with the MotoX

2014-08-30 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 12:52:48 -0400 To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Two weeks with the MotoX From: mercedes@okiebenz.com Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: I LOVE the rounded back phone. Why does Apple insist on hard corners? The front edges of my macbook pro cut my wrists

Re: [MBZ] Two weeks with the MotoX

2014-08-30 Thread Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
I recently bought a used Samsung Galaxy II with Jelly Bean OS. I am amazed at the accuracy of the voice-to-text capability of Android. I never type or swipe anything for text messaging, and only occasionally must type corrections when the OS misses something I've dictated. Greg -Original

Re: [MBZ] BMW 325 Station Wagon

2014-08-30 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
-- with 276 kmi? Wilton - Original Message - From: Rick Knoble via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2014 2:31 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] BMW 325 Station Wagon To: l02tur...@comcast.net; mercedes@okiebenz.com Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014

Re: [MBZ] Two weeks with the MotoX

2014-08-30 Thread Kevin Kraly Kevin via Mercedes
I dictate all of my text messages with my iPhone 5s. Is long as I speak slowly enough, it usually gets everything right. Kevin in Hillsboro Oregon Sent from my iPhone On Aug 30, 2014, at 11:46 AM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I recently bought a used Samsung

Re: [MBZ] Cool Drone Video

2014-08-30 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
The prices have already dropped. The Phantom is the top of the line for consumer grade camera platforms. 5 years ago you were looking at $30,000 for something half as good. Its a large copter, not a child's toy. Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android ___

Re: [MBZ] BMW 325 Station Wagon

2014-08-30 Thread LarryT via Mercedes
So, the ML and R are not very well made it sounds?Eventually we're going to need a newer car. I would like to stay with MB but the decline in quality has me worried.Maybe I should look at Hyundai? Their 10 yr/100K warranty looks attractive, What about VW ? Thanks, Larry On

Re: [MBZ] BMW 325 Station Wagon

2014-08-30 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
We have the same dilemma -- the 300 SDL is getting up there in years and miles, so is the 87 300D, and I am not excited about the replacements. The quality is simply not there, after Chrysler got involved Benz seems to have decided to make very expensive disposable cars, with electronic

Re: [MBZ] BMW 325 Station Wagon

2014-08-30 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Peter, I have found the W140 to be a pretty robust platform, and relatively cheap to maintain and work on. My 95 S500 coupe is rapidly approaching 275k, and it's running great and has had minimal issues. Parts are readily available and not terribly expensive. I will be adding another W140

Re: [MBZ] BMW 325 Station Wagon

2014-08-30 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
What makes you think the ml or r is not well made? Sent from my iPhone On Aug 30, 2014, at 4:05 PM, LarryT via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: So, the ML and R are not very well made it sounds?Eventually we're going to need a newer car. I would like to stay with MB but the

Re: [MBZ] Two weeks with the MotoX

2014-08-30 Thread Tim Crone via Mercedes
On Aug 30, 2014 12:20 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I've played with swipe type a little but while its neat I don't know if I'll ever really get into it. I became a total Swype convert when I realized I was able to type without looking at the keyboard. By starting

[MBZ] Bilstein Shocks

2014-08-30 Thread Jon Agne via Mercedes
Whats the difference between the B4 Bilstein and the more $$$ Bilstein? This is for a 1967 250S. Jon ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Two weeks with the MotoX

2014-08-30 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 20:08:16 -0400 Tim Crone via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Have you played with Google Now? They recently added listening-on-charge to my Nexus, I am still getting into the habit of okay Google, navigate home to avoid traffic in the evenings. I do hope they add

Re: [MBZ] Bilstein Shocks

2014-08-30 Thread Archer75--- via Mercedes
B-6s corner better but ride harder. B-4s have a softer more conventional OEM ride. Mixing them front and rear didn't work well on my '83 240D. Will stick with B-4s all around for normal driving. Gerry

Re: [MBZ] Two weeks with the MotoX

2014-08-30 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
What Tim is talking about is having complete voice control over the phone. For instance I can say Okay Google now theres a pause it and it asks what I want to do (this is all without touching the phone BTW) and I say text Angie theres a pause and it says What do you want to text? and I say I'll

Re: [MBZ] Two weeks with the MotoX

2014-08-30 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I just discovered the voice to text on my LG Optimus, which is a truly awesome phone. I agree with Curt that the auto correct feature is a royal PIA, however. On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 9:06 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: What Tim is talking about is having complete

[MBZ] Coolpad 7 smartphone

2014-08-30 Thread Archer75--- via Mercedes
I need the biggest smartphone screen available. Currently looking at a Coolpad with a 7 screen. It's made by a major Chinese manufacturer and their phones are supposedly number three in popularity in China. (Favorable article in Forbes.) The Coolpads are not listed as unlocked, but they