Re: [MBZ] R107

2018-08-08 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Wed, 8 Aug 2018 20:51:24 -0400 (EDT) Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: > Craigmobiles: > A bargain at $3k, might be decent at $4k: > https://albuquerque.craigslist.org/cto/d/2002-mercedes-benz-320-ml/6665903395.html posted: about 5 hours ago I presume he won't be wanting to lower the price

Re: [MBZ] Highly OT: Solar losing steam in Mass.

2018-08-08 Thread Larry Turner via Mercedes
I wonder how long the other monopolies will be allowed to exist? Hmm, Microsoft, twitter, Facebook and others come to mind. Especially when they start to censor certain viewpoints as being too offensive.   It's outrageous! I say!! ;-) We need to demand action!  (sorry, i don't do sarcasm very

Re: [MBZ] OT (for Rich): Ongoing nuke soap opera in SC

2018-08-08 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Ocean wave generators make a lot more sense than wind generators, or even solar... Thousands of miles of coast line... the waves never stop, day or night... Wind generators only work if the wind blows which it doesn't for days sometimes... solar works, if it's day and not cloudy... waves just

[MBZ] Two 300D ( 1984 & 1985 ) at local pick in pull

2018-08-08 Thread Robert Massmann via Mercedes
Below is link for pick-in-pull yard pictures of two older 300D Mercedes. I go there from time to time. Got a complete sunroof system for my BMW X3 for $36 on a half price day. http://upullandsave.com/used-car-parts/?make=MERCEDES-BENZ=300 Regards, Bob Massmann Oregonia, Ohio

[MBZ] OT The original Aerosmith tour van found in Western Mass. - The Boston Globe

2018-08-08 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2018/08/07/the-original-aerosmith-tour-van-found-western-mass/5Hm7j1T6pNm3DTgoKLlWgP/story.html?event=event25 Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

[MBZ] Offshore Wind Is Likely The Next Big U.S. Renewable Sector

2018-08-08 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mergermarket/2018/07/30/offshore-wind-is-likely-the-next-big-us-renewable-sector/#1180bf944182 Mentions the wind farm off Block Island RI Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] craigslist is just a bunch of lowballers

2018-08-08 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
That is near where we used to live but I don't recognize. Wonder if country music star? Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Aug 8, 2018 5:52 PM, "Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes" < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > https://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/d/rare-mercedes-limo/6663768803.html > > --FT >

Re: [MBZ] ML parts

2018-08-08 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
66 Auto salvage has a black 2001 grille for $50. Front bumper covers are usually around $500. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

[MBZ] R107

2018-08-08 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Seems decent enough for the price: https://lansing.craigslist.org/cto/d/1982-mercedes-benz-380sl/6659494535.html Compare it to: https://lansing.craigslist.org/cto/d/1981-mercedes/6651316034.html Um, did you say $3500, or $350?

[MBZ] ML parts

2018-08-08 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
I need to get around to replacing the front and rear bumper on this 03 ML I picked up a while back so I can do something with it. Also need a grille. If anybody happens to see any let me know. Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

Re: [MBZ] Facebook W123 idiots

2018-08-08 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Yep --FT Sent from iPhone > On Aug 8, 2018, at 7:55 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > Are you in that group? > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Aug 8, 2018, at 6:28 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> Yeah I saw that spring compressor thing and all I could do

Re: [MBZ] This is tempting

2018-08-08 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Fri, 3 Aug 2018 10:44:51 -0400 Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: > Half decent looking cheap ML > > https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/2004-mercedes-ml350awd1-owner/6660797153.html Having not heard anything whether Rich had found out anything, I called the guy (our landline doesn't do

Re: [MBZ] Facebook W123 idiots

2018-08-08 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
I have tried to pass along my nearly 30 years of MB experience but like all millennial they don’t want to listen, they know best. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 8, 2018, at 6:54 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > > So are you with the experience and knowledge setting these idiots straight, > or

Re: [MBZ] Facebook W123 idiots

2018-08-08 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Are you in that group? Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 8, 2018, at 6:28 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > wrote: > > Yeah I saw that spring compressor thing and all I could do was cringe and run > away. I guess it’s good these younger guys are getting interested in these > cars but they

Re: [MBZ] Facebook W123 idiots

2018-08-08 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
So are you with the experience and knowledge setting these idiots straight, or just sitting back watching the show? On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 6:28 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Yeah I saw that spring compressor thing and all I could do was cringe and > run

Re: [MBZ] OT (for Rich): Ongoing nuke soap opera in SC

2018-08-08 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Cape Wind are building machines off Cape Cod. Teddy K (D-UI) didn’t want them, he probably would have run into one with his sailboat in a drunken stupor. Mary Jo had no comment. --R Sent from iPhone > On Aug 8, 2018, at 7:42 PM, Larry Turner via Mercedes > wrote: > > Speaking of wind

Re: [MBZ] OT (for Rich): Ongoing nuke soap opera in SC

2018-08-08 Thread Larry Turner via Mercedes
Speaking of wind machines - They were proposed off Martha's Vineyard, but T Kennedy thought they would spoil the view and he managed to block them.  Don't know if his efforts managed to keep them away after his death. I think we are building them off the coast of Va - but that's thanks to

Re: [MBZ] Facebook W123 idiots

2018-08-08 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Yeah I saw that spring compressor thing and all I could do was cringe and run away. I guess it’s good these younger guys are getting interested in these cars but they needs ta do sum larnin. I like the passion and all but they need some smarts to go with it before wunnum kills hisself. --FT

Re: [MBZ] OT (for Rich): Ongoing nuke soap opera in SC

2018-08-08 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
There’s been talk about wind machines offshore but I don’t think we are well suited for that. Solar could be a good option but the utilities and legislature have conspired against residential solar so that’s problematic too. SC legislature is looking to make a Great Leap Forward into the 20th

[MBZ] Facebook W123 idiots

2018-08-08 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
So I mentioned before about these Facebook kids on this W123 group talking about their cars overheating.  Sometimes the things I see on there cause my blood pressure to raise with how idiotic some of these people are.  I am not sure why or how these people fell in love with the 123 but the

Re: [MBZ] OT (for Rich): Ongoing nuke soap opera in SC

2018-08-08 Thread Larry Turner via Mercedes
Underwater generators have been towed behind sailboats for decades to recharge the batteries when the sun ain't shining or often in place of solar panels completely.  Sounds like a similar kind of thing  but on  a larger scale - is that what you are proposing?   There's also electricity

Re: [MBZ] Spiffy!

2018-08-08 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Unfortunate choice of base color It just lacks that "richness" and depth that says "love me on sight". When I drive it down the street, with my Mid-Life Crisis Arm Candy girlfriend It needs to "turn heads" Baby ate bananas diaper tan/yellow ain't that color... To bad total bare frame

[MBZ] craigslist is just a bunch of lowballers

2018-08-08 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
https://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/d/rare-mercedes-limo/6663768803.html --FT Sent from iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] OT (for Rich): Ongoing nuke soap opera in SC

2018-08-08 Thread ROGER HALE via Mercedes
Gee, SC has a coast. Why don't they go out into the water and install the wave boards that generate electricity from the oceans waves. No nukes, coal, petro, ruined rivers, etc. Haven't seen a cost breakdown on the wave board system, but it seems good as the waves work whether the Sun is

Re: [MBZ] differential setup

2018-08-08 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On Tue,8/7/18 18:47, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes wrote: Anyone know of a shop that rebuilds rear ends? I'm putting a wavetrac lsd into a 91 500sl diff. Apparently pretty straightforward except some of the shims are nla so need to grind down to suit. Pinion does not need to come out.

Re: [MBZ] Cache of Mercedes Benz - cars

2018-08-08 Thread Larry Turner via Mercedes
I owned one just like that in the late 80s.  same color, etc. Loved that car!  What I'm excited about are the 9 124 wagons Gas & diesel. Course that's a long way from Va. Then I'm not physically able to do that kind of stuff anymore.  (Working on it though)  ;-) LarryT On 08/08/2018 11:38

Re: [MBZ] OT (for Rich): Ongoing nuke soap opera in SC

2018-08-08 Thread Larry Turner via Mercedes
Whoops was the acronym for a bunch of nukes that were supposed to use a cookie cutter design.  Course it never turned out that way. The original was Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS). Only one of 5 ever came on line.   More Billion$ down the tube. As someone once said "when the

Re: [MBZ] OT (for Rich): Ongoing nuke soap opera in SC

2018-08-08 Thread Larry Turner via Mercedes
Then the movie "/China Syndrome/" came out.  Huge piece of pure propaganda.  But it changed a lot of people opinions. Unfortunately too many people get their view of the world through movies/TV. LarryT On 08/08/2018 10:58 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: In the early days of

Re: [MBZ] Spiffy!

2018-08-08 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Wed, 8 Aug 2018 09:36:42 -0400 (EDT) Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: > Here's your chance, guys: > https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1959-mercedes-benz-190sl-4/ A pretty car. > I hear Craig and Shirley need a car: > https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1965-alfa-romeo-giulia-spider-2/

Re: [MBZ] OT (for Rich): Ongoing nuke soap opera in SC

2018-08-08 Thread Larry Turner via Mercedes
Do you know if Hartsville 1is up & running? I think it was one of the first nukes built and its time for retirement was coming up. At least I think it was called Hartsville 1. I guess they wouldn't call it #1 until the next reactors were approved?  I seem to recall hearing comments about what

Re: [MBZ] Another cheap ML

2018-08-08 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Parked next to a ML250 yesterday, with FlaDuh plates. I wasn't aware this model was sold in the USA. Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: doesn't look bad https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/1999-mercedes-ml320-1-owner/6663510789.html ___

Re: [MBZ] OT AliExpress

2018-08-08 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Deal killer!Scam alert! Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: I ordered a bunch of cheap electronic components, first attempt at payment looked like it was accepted then rejected. Tried the order again with a different CC, same thing but then a message saying I had to make a copy of my DL

Re: [MBZ] Cache of Mercedes Benz - cars

2018-08-08 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Rotbrun is a very special color - elegant, serious, compelling. On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 1:00 PM, Dwight Giles wrote: > First MB I ever drove. > > Dwight Giles Jr. > Wickford RI > > On Aug 8, 2018 11:38 AM, "Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes" < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> I'm already

Re: [MBZ] Cache of Mercedes Benz - cars

2018-08-08 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
First MB I ever drove. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Aug 8, 2018 11:38 AM, "Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes" < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I'm already drooling over the MAROON 280SE L 4.5. Tie me up please. > > On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 9:38 AM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes < >

Re: [MBZ] OT (for Rich): Ongoing nuke soap opera in SC

2018-08-08 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Charleston and Kiawah municipalities needs to secede from the State. On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 11:20 AM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Oh that’s the existing plant then. This debacle is about a new plant they > started to build and got $2 or $4bil into and

Re: [MBZ] Cache of Mercedes Benz - cars

2018-08-08 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I'm already drooling over the MAROON 280SE L 4.5. Tie me up please. On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 9:38 AM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Didn't know Kaleb had moved to Eureka Springs... > > https://fayar.craigslist.org/cto/d/cache-of-mercedes-benz/6664771415.html >

Re: [MBZ] OT (for Rich): Ongoing nuke soap opera in SC

2018-08-08 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Oh that’s the existing plant then. This debacle is about a new plant they started to build and got $2 or $4bil into and realized it was never going to work out. They actually realized that early on but kept spending on it. The key was that the legislature voted a deal where the ratepayers

Re: [MBZ] I'm in lust

2018-08-08 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
http://playswithcars.com/?p=219 RB On 08/08/2018 8:08 AM, MG via Mercedes wrote: Just for the cool factor. Wish the TD had this instead of the little roof hole it has. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1963-studebaker-wagonaire/ And it's right up the road from me. MG

Re: [MBZ] OT (for Rich): Ongoing nuke soap opera in SC

2018-08-08 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
In the early days of irrational exuberance, nuclear power was touted as "too cheap to meter". On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 12:50 AM, clay monroe via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Washington had a massive fraud event on a pretty egregious level. > Billions of tax payer dollars to build

Re: [MBZ] (no subject)

2018-08-08 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Tue, 7 Aug 2018 22:20:03 -0700 Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes wrote: > Ok thanks. May give them a shot. Or just try myself. > > Am reading a book about coastal geomorphology. Louisiana has lost 1900 > square miles of area to the ocean already and is headed toward another > 2500 by 2060 at the

[MBZ] Cache of Mercedes Benz - cars

2018-08-08 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes
Didn't know Kaleb had moved to Eureka Springs... https://fayar.craigslist.org/cto/d/cache-of-mercedes-benz/6664771415.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Spiffy!

2018-08-08 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Here's your chance, guys: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1959-mercedes-benz-190sl-4/ I hear Craig and Shirley need a car: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1965-alfa-romeo-giulia-spider-2/ Max needs to list one of these: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1993-mercedes-benz-300ce-11/ Kaleb

Re: [MBZ] I'm in lust

2018-08-08 Thread MG via Mercedes
Now that I could afford. If I added an MB in the right scale I might even be able to do an affordable conversion on it to get what I want. Now where did I put that shrink ray so that I can drive it. M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes wrote: Well, you could always restore a Matchbox version...

Re: [MBZ] I'm in lust

2018-08-08 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes
Well, you could always restore a Matchbox version... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3pYwSAjO7I On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 8:05 AM MG via Mercedes wrote: > Just for the cool factor. Wish the TD had > this instead of the little roof hole it has. > >

Re: [MBZ] (no subject)

2018-08-08 Thread ROGER HALE via Mercedes
Karl, The Miss. is trying to go back to Texas like it swaps every 10-20,000 years. The Corp. is trying to keep it where it is because of shipping. Erosion builds the coast and the Gulf takes it away during hurricanes. You can't fight Mother Nature, but we arrogant humans keep thinking

[MBZ] I'm in lust

2018-08-08 Thread MG via Mercedes
Just for the cool factor. Wish the TD had this instead of the little roof hole it has. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1963-studebaker-wagonaire/ And it's right up the road from me. MG ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives