..Her fully packed 1985 300CD hit 29.5 mpg in hway driving averaging
70mph.
Never tested it empty...
Sho nuff, but that be a turbo. The older NA models had a lot less
horsepressure. Mine was a roaring 77hp and was not exactly light nor
aerodynamically
optimized, as they say.
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...Le Mac, esti tabernac..
Something about Big Macs but I'm sure the Mormons don't allow then in the
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Part of my job duties used to be radio operator. We were taught to use
niner to distinguish from five if reception was poor. For the same
reason we used radio alphabet to spell names (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie etc.).
Perhaps modern comms make this obsolete, but habits die hard. Using standard
...Going to be in Houston all next week for a business trip,..
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..Here's the scene: we have an 80 300 SD. Five button and temp roller,
ac off on switch. We kept warm all winter with the defrost
Rent a backhoe. Dig a gigantic hole. Shove the SOB in. Cover it up and
plant daisies over the grave. Go on with your life.
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...Isn't that info usually marked on the speedometer? Not a pilot,..
It's airspeed indicator and yes, some are. Power-off dirty stall speed is
marked and approach speed is calculated from that (X 1.3). Best single engine
rate of climb (blue line) is shown which is vital in a go-around. Gear
This is my home track, Pacific Raceways near Seattle.
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WRONG LIST! This is the MB list..
Are you telling me after all the off-topic crap you have posted here over
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...Can you imagine the story if they were IFR in severe thunderstorms
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call goes out, you launch regardless of weather...
I knew this was coming and I will say that since you were never PIC you
really don't know what the pilots had considered before takeoff.
And again, no airline or
I get around 19 mpg around town and 25+ on the highway. It is a very
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highway cruiser...
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sitting next to my keyboard that plugs into the mini-USB on the camera. Cable
is always there. Plug in the camera,
offload the files, unplug. I find that more convenient than removing the
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...We just ran a bunch of baby cloths thru this thing..
It's CLOTHES which is what you wear. CLOTHS are for cleaning up after the
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spray a
small amount of carb cleaner or starting fluid inside the tire, and then
ignite it. The key is to spray a SMALL amount of the fluid
...I thought you might be interested in hearing this story. Last weekend
my
wife and I are in a bar in downtown. When we leave around 1am the
electronic
key doesn't work (2001 E320 AWD wagon). This is now the second key which
the
ignition will not recognize
Assuming you used the
...Our Nikon 775 (and my Nikon 4300 at work) are the same: connect it up
and
it looks like a USB disk. Move the files off the memory card onto a hard
disk, umount the camera, and you're set. I have a script, aptly named
getphoto that does it all
As does my Olympus C5050. A desktop icon
No washing machine content.
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Karmann Ghia two-seater from the 1950s to the 1970s and also has built
convertibles for Audi and Chrysler, filed for bankruptcy protection Wednesday,
blaming the sharp decline in demand
...www.bookofjesus.org/images/kgbi69fj4vtvsx9b2op.jpg..
Those are the Sport Package wheels from a W211. Look good on an E-Class and
all wrong on a 123.
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Saw three count 'em three 140s this week, one on the move. The other two were
parked but I assume got there under their own power. But, one was '92.
I wondered at the time if any had working AC or door closers.
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I saw one of those also. My guess is that before the divorce, MB
licensed Bluetec to Cummins so all the Diesels in the fleet would be
Bluetec.
Remember, in 2007, there was to be a whole fleet of Diesel
vehicles available to us from Dodge/Crypsler with MB Bluetec engines,
including
...Is Bluetec a specific technology, or just an emissions standard?
According to this, the Cummins 6.7 liter Bluetec does not use urea injection,
but
uses EGR, catalysts, and soot filters...
It's a technology and although the 2007 E-Class Bluetec did not have urea
injection, all future
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...Thinking about replacing my 10 year old top loading Maytag. Anybody
have one of these front loaders, or have shopped for them? Best brand
to look at? Ones to stay away from. Was looking at those Frigidairs
but they seem kind of flimsy. Wondered about LG and samsung as compared
to say,
...No, its not broken but it sometimes chews up clothes for some reason...
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...I knew I could count on you Woger, you, as alway, are a big help and
full of useful information...
So, your local library doesn't carry Consumer Reports back issues or is that
you are just too damned bone idle to drive down there.
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I've seen that sort of thing at the dealer (usually a 140 but once in a
while a 108 or 600) but those guys were charging $110+ hourly.
Terrifying.
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Kleb, mouth ahead of brain once again, sez:
It is apparent you have very little knowledge of the aviation industry
or flying in general...
Having considered, I think I will not reply.
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If that is the program I think it is, I think you could take any 2 random
members of this list, and they would have more applied, practical
knowledge
of cars than those two bums. They get free new cars of all
...If they got off the ground in California, then I've got to think they
were not overweight in Montana (with less fuel on board). Could it be another
episode of
ice on the horizontal stabilizer, with stab stall and dive when flaps were
deployed on approach?...
The NTSB has officially
...That to me is an important fact since very few airplanes would have at
least some flap extension for landing. Particularly in this weight and
performance class...
That should read since most airplanes would have at least some flap
extension.
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NTSB: No Working Theories In PC-12 Crash Investigation
At a press briefing on Tuesday afternoon in Montana, members of the NTSB said
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Pilatus PC-12, in which 14 people died. One of many mysteries is why the pilot
chose
...'Used my $2 sucker this afternoon to change oil in son's '07 R320CDI.
That
engine takes/holds 9.5 qts. of oil, but the filter cartridge is only about
the size of a small Campbell soup can. Filter is right up front on driver
side and extremely easy to reach, but we had a helluva time
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...The pass side wiper I could push back down into stowed position with
resistance like it was connected to the motor or gears or something.
The driver side had no resistance when I moved it back down to stowed
position. That seems to suggest a broken gear or something. Have not
put fuse
..I am hoping it is not necessary to replace the whole linkage a$$embly,..
When I replaced the entire right side linkage (two pieces) it cost around 25
bucks. Well, that was in the 80s. I wouldn't go used since you'd get another
nearly worn out part just like yours.
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Warren Buffett, watch out.
Now, THAT'S funny.
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So, she traded a 52 for the 57 - that's what I thought it must be
Yup, that's what he typed. Proofreading, why bother?
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...what do you expect from a cheap class driver..
Christ Almighty, are you back to this again? Your lack of imagination is
cosmic.
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...you have a defense of george murphy? i've never heard one before and
would
be curious myself..
Murphy? I haven't mentioned him.
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.I guess he doesn't understand that if he chooses to exercise his right
to be a flaming arsehole among the community of his potential customers, it
can
negatively impact his business interests. If I were in Colorado, I would not
use his services or refer anybody to him under any
...Anyway if Roger likes to make himself out as the keeper of the dark
history of Benz lists in North America then let him, he probably has
secret dossiers on all of us.
Yes, indeed, and I'm paging through yours as we speak.
My God, can this be so? Well, this explains a lot but how did
...they had changed servers by then. roger is incorrect...
The story came from someone on the inside at the time, not revealed on the
list. Which btw I get again but am forbidden to post anything.
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Didn't a lot of people get banned for disagreeing with Stu about a
technical issue?`..
Actually, disagreeing with one of his pontifications could be fatal, list
subscription-wise. A lot of people who contributed worthwhile subjects were
purged. And of course now what with VanCleef holed
...they are very different guys. easley the fundamentalist christian
professor. patrician type. ritter the half crazed jew from new york
knocking about the west as mr i can fix your benz.
sometimes matches like this work out really well. they can be very
complimentary and perhaps this
...Not as dirty as what GM friends did to the original MBCA listmom...
Since you brought this up, there was a bit more to the story that did not
come out in public.
Don't ask because I won't post it.
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..Would you elaborate offlist? Try me, if you will...
At this point, there is no point.
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...OK, go ahead and post it. Its ancient history now. Or, if you dont
want to post it, send it to me privately...
What part of I won't post it don't you get?
It's none of your business.
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..then why did you bring it up?..
You are so predictable. Because someone just posted something about how she
had been s wronged in re: the MBCA list. Pity about your short term memory.
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..Or, for that matter, on a Unimog...
Well, I know who builds Unimogs but they are still genuine MB's seems to me.
I haven't been to Germany in a while but the Hanomag vans I saw looked to me
like VW vans with a thyroid condition.
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...lots of people don't understand that the 'A' in ABS stands for Antilock;
sounds like yours was doing exactly what it was supposed to and keeping the
tires from skidding...
You don't have to explain how ABS or ESP works to me. The point which sailed
right over you was that the summer
...didn't miss that; but it seemed like it would have been bordering on
insulting to explain what summer tires were expected to do,...? ;-)...
Well, I guess I'll have to walk you through it, word for word. My summer
tires, Bridgestone RE-050A from Tire rack, are high performance tires
herr hitler/hank whats his name. They stole the list from easley and
basically kicked him out...
Ritter got Easley's administrator password changed on the Baylor server,
denying him access obviously. Very dirty pool.
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..http://www.wagoneers.com/DieselBenz/diesel-benz-list.html..
Ho hum. On the other hand, decades ago when Bill Harrah owned a Ferrari store
on Virginia St. in Reno, I went in and looked over his Wagoneer on the
showroom floor with a Ferrari V-12 under the hood.
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...'Had to turn on some cooling here yesterday afternoon and last night,
and
trees are agreenin'...
And I drove through two mini-snowstorms yesterday. On my summer tires which
are useless in snow. I did do an ABS test just for fun on a straight flat
stretch. Lots of pulsing and damned
while we're on that topic, does anyone know a list where the actual
technical content relevant to MBZ Diesels might be as useful as what we share
here, but without as much extraneous blathering?..
I'm wondering how you go the idea that this was a diesel only list. I think
there is too
...http://fresno.craigslist.org/cto/1065173575.html..
I don't think it's a Mercedes. I've seen those things before and I've
forgotten the make.
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...According to this article, it could be a Hanomag-Henschel F20 but the
marque was acquired by Mercedes-Benz so it probably is wearing the star
legitimately...
That's the make I couldn't recall. I suppose putting a star out front
compares to doing the same on a Sprinter.
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Stuttgart. Forty years ago on March 13, 1969 at the Geneva International
Motor Show, todayapos;s Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche unveiled a car that, even by
todayapos;s standards, is underestimated when it is described as the “super
sports car”: The Porsche
...Volkswagen unveiled its handsome latest generation Polo..
At nearly 17 grand, there are others.
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I fortunately work in a field that can't be outsourced, unless we can
ship
the crazies off to China...
It really makes no difference what you do and whether it has value or not.
Looking at California and Washington as just two shining examples, when the
state cuts off the funds, that's
...No low beam on the right side, same with new bulb. All fuses eyeballed
as okay...
Check the ground wire (brown) coming out of the bulb plug for continuity to a
know good chassis ground.
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Really! And I suppose that also would include free electricity, water,
phone, Internet, food, health care, etc.? Have you been reading Marx
lately?.
All supplied when in jail. Well, not internet.
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1 Jun, people still won't be ready. Wilton..
So true. During my military period, I learned that no matter what, there is
that 10% that never get the word.
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The ones with digital tuners, yes. It's been a few years since they
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Nothing required if you are on cable.
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...OK, that problem solved - what I was thinking, maybe I could by a
set of headlights from a wrecker in UK for instance and have them
shipped here?
Of course you could. But you could not use them because the beam pattern is
set for driving on the left.
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You are right. It's butt-ugly. And those wheels are too pimpish on a 123.
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...Euro style grill, sitting under a US style star, framed by US spec
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Euro? Nah, just aftermarket.
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...I didn't even see this one coming! They played this one pretty close
to
their chest, or did I just miss it somehow?..
It's been in the German and UK mags for a month or so. The portion ahead of
the windshield was on the Shooting Brake concept car shown last year.
Swoopy.
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...What about the Pilatus PC-12, the TBM 850, and the Caravan. Can't you
haul
passengers commercially in those single engine turbos with a single
engine ATP? I seem to recall reading that it's being done in the U.S.
Alaska?..
Those are all light planes (under 12500lbs gross weight) and a
The issue isn't oil removal, it's the oil filter housing!..
What about it?
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...The housing is accessed from underneath at an angle. And when you undo
the
center bolt, oil runs down the housing, coating it and your hand / arm...
Which engine is this? All of mine were at the rear driver's side. Yes,
lifting the cartridge out or unscrewing the others did spill oil.
..I wouldn't worry about it since a lot of newer cars have a similar beam
pattern. For example, my CDI has a euro beam pattern...
My '95 C280 used H4 bulbs and had the Euro beam pattern. The '01 C320 and the
'08 C300, both with Bi-Xenons, have the same Euro beam pattern.
Nobody cares.
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...Still is, so far as I know...
A newspaper article last week reported it would be closed soon and talked
about the effect on the local economy.
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..For the same reason people climb mountains - because it's there. Not
everything requires an economic justification
Some people have no goals, just plodding along through life, waiting to die.
They base every decision on how much it's going to cost them. Sad, really.
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...Yeah, that's it, she's a complete idiot
She was the Inspector General of the US DOT, appointed by the President.
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...an ATP license is an airline transport license, its required to be a PIC
(pilot in command) of a commercial airliner.
relng...@aol.com wrote:
...commercial ATP license?.
Airline Transport Pilot is not a commercial license since the Commercial
License is separate and at a lower
Walt makes a few good points here;
...But I will say, it is really interesting to listen to Non-Aviation types
discuss A/C incidents/accidents.? Never ceases to amaze me to listen to
Non-Aviation Armchair Experts come up with some really interesting?
scenarios. I
have seen some local, so
NBC I think, has this woman who was an asst inspector general or some
such in DOT during the Clinton years, on as an aviation expert every
time there is some air problem. ..
Mary Schiavo.
Out here in Seattle we have two genuine experts who are sometimes called upon
for a considered
...Boy you got that right,
Russ W.
ATP BH206, BH212, SK-S-76, BH214ST (The 76 and 214 Check rides were a
bear 3 hours of Pure Hell)
And BTW, an ATP checkride is no walk in the park...
As long as we are on this subject..
Lo, these many years ago, my friend, just Retired USAF Major
...Why?
BTW, my friend CB got his ATP in his Mooney 231
I hardly know how to answer this question because it is so obvious to me.
Personal satisfaction, for one thing. Proven ability, with the certificate to
prove it is another. And from a practical standpoint, reduced insurance
Man, what a nice car.
This week while at the market, loading my purchases into the C300, I heard a
familiar sound. Pulling into a stall nearby was a yellow 123, not that banana
yellow and not the Beirut-beige but a medium yellow. The car was an
eye-popper. Absolutely immaculate, painted
..I wanta do an electric Krmann Ghia.
Wilton
I owned two '59 KGs, one a cabrio and both with 36hp. An electric might
outperform them. MIGHT?
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...Actually an electric 201 might be reasonable as well...
The cost of the extension cord makes it impractical.
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...Watching streaming coverage from a Buffalo tv station. They mentioned
something interesting -- that the autopilots are so sophisticated these days
it can continue to compensate for problems that a pilot flying hands-on
would notice (aircraft constantly going out of trim, etc.) until it is
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