Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

2012-11-19 Thread Max Dillon
in June, '96 suddenly was in mid-jump immediately in front of my left headlight - no warning. Wilton - Original Message - From: Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2012 9:47 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit

Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

2012-11-19 Thread Max Dillon
Regy was probably turning right to avoid, after deer hit front it was spinning and legs or head spun and hit presented door. Looks like car was driving pretty fast when it happened. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300 '87 300TD Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.au wrote: Ok I'm dumb, how did

Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

2012-11-19 Thread MG
of the truck as well as killed the deer. There was even hair still stuck between the rim and tire when I looked at it later. Deer tasted real good though. Manfred Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:44:27 +1030 From: Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.au Subject: Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer

Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

2012-11-19 Thread Hans Neureiter
[mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2012 12:39 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go

Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

2012-11-19 Thread Dan Penoff
the deer. There was even hair still stuck between the rim and tire when I looked at it later. Deer tasted real good though. Manfred Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:44:27 +1030 From: Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.au Subject: Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning Ok I'm dumb

Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

2012-11-19 Thread Rich Thomas
your a looser --R On 11/19/12 4:51 AM, Max Dillon wrote: because I would loose my license! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change

Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

2012-11-19 Thread Benz Hogs
That would only look good on the G, NOT the preppy looking GL. Gs are a real man's vehicle :) Hendrik, have you ever made a was-a-roo? Luther KB5QHUForest Park, IL '98 ML320 Max (158,xxx mi) On 11/19/2012 12:02 AM, Hendrik Fay wrote: oh dear (pun intended), you need a deer bar. Some

Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

2012-11-19 Thread Rich Thomas
I only see Mipsie driving her G around while yapping on her phone on her way to the pedicure and lunch then to pick up Dakota and Carlton after the soccer practice. She probably wouldn't even notice running over a roo, a deer, a cyclist, or a pedestrian. --R On 11/19/12 10:06 AM, Benz Hogs

Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

2012-11-19 Thread Randy Bennell
Isn't that what Tiger said after his wife bashed the vehicle with a golf club . . . . .? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery

Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

2012-11-19 Thread Randy Bennell
On 18/11/2012 4:54 PM, G Mann wrote: To bad they don't make whistles to call the deer. Would come in handy at hunting season. Who knows? I had a client who claimed that the turbo on a Volvo highway tractor of a certain vintage appeared to call deer at certain rpm's. Randy

Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

2012-11-19 Thread Max Dillon
In Wisconsin, start up a chainsaw and cut down a tree, and soon the deer appear... -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300 '87 300TD Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: On 18/11/2012 4:54 PM, G Mann wrote: To bad they don't make whistles to call the deer. Would come in handy at hunting

Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

2012-11-19 Thread Dieselhead
Shoot, in N wisconsin, you don't even have to do that. Just walk out the door and try to shoo the vermin away. The long legged rats are so thick that there is no underbrush left. They know they are protected, so they will often stand their ground and won't move away when you try to shoo

Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

2012-11-19 Thread Dan Penoff
It was that way in suburban Wisconsin. When I lived in Port Washington they were all over the gardens, chewed up the ornamentals, etc., especially if there was a lot of snow cover. We had a small heard that lived somewhere in the neighborhood. You could set your clock at night by there trek

Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

2012-11-19 Thread Dan Penoff
They are protected in the sense that they are only in season certain times of the year, and depending on how you take one, there might be other issues with discharging a firearm inside city limits, etc. You also have to get it tagged once you kill it. I think there might be exceptions if it's

Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

2012-11-19 Thread Benz Hogs
Wow, that's too much anal Luther KB5QHUForest Park, IL '98 ML320 Max (158,xxx mi) On 11/19/2012 12:24 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: They are protected in the sense that they are only in season certain times of the year, and depending on how you take one, there might be other issues with

Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

2012-11-19 Thread Scott Ritchey
AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning oh dear (pun intended), you need a deer bar. Some people have those type of whistle things to shoo roos away but truckies prefer the traditional method. Hendrik who nearly hit a roo a while back On 19/11

Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

2012-11-19 Thread TE
Isn't that what an OM616 or OM617 is for? -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Scott Ritchey Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 3:34 AM To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' Subject: Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer

Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

2012-11-18 Thread Rich Thomas
That'll buff right out --R On 11/18/12 12:38 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

2012-11-18 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
yea right. Anyone want to guess as to the damage amount? I bet those xenon headlights are pretty expensive. On 11/18/2012 11:47 AM, Rich Thomas wrote: That'll buff right out --R On 11/18/12 12:38 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: ___

Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

2012-11-18 Thread Russ Williams
Hope she is Ok. Can you say Deer Sausage ?? Yum Yum On 11/18/2012 11:38, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change

Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

2012-11-18 Thread Rich Thomas
So did she stop and pick it up? Whatchall havin for thanksgiving? --R On 11/18/12 12:53 PM, Russ Williams wrote: Hope she is Ok. Can you say Deer Sausage ?? Yum Yum On 11/18/2012 11:38, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and

Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

2012-11-18 Thread Scott Ritchey
-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2012 12:39 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used

Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

2012-11-18 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
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Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

2012-11-18 Thread Dan Penoff
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Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

2012-11-18 Thread G Mann
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Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

2012-11-18 Thread WILTON
on the fifty-five miles between here and Raleigh a few days ago. Wilton - Original Message - From: Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2012 5:47 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning I

Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

2012-11-18 Thread Peter Frederick
The damage looks about the same as my 300D when I nailed one a few years back. Dent in the door is larger (mine was the front door, you could see the shape of the bars in it, must not have the steel pipes anymore) and the fender is worse, but similar. I just fixed mine myself, ignoring

Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

2012-11-18 Thread John Reames
Least $1300 each,I'd bet, and that probably does not include the washer jets or trim. -- John W Reames jream...@verizon.net Home: +14106646986 Mobile: +14437915905 On Nov 18, 2012, at 12:50, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: yea right. Anyone want to guess as to the damage amount?

Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

2012-11-18 Thread Fmiser
WILTON wrote: In 46 years of driving I had not hit a deer until early one evening in June, '96 I've hit 5 or so. What I do now is lay on the horn as soon as I see one and don't let up until it's well aft. Usually, the sound of the horn makes 'em scurry away - which is what I want. I can't

Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

2012-11-18 Thread WILTON
after wife hit a deer this morning WILTON wrote: In 46 years of driving I had not hit a deer until early one evening in June, '96 I've hit 5 or so. What I do now is lay on the horn as soon as I see one and don't let up until it's well aft. Usually, the sound of the horn makes 'em scurry away

Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

2012-11-18 Thread Brian Toscano
- Original Message - From: Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2012 9:47 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning WILTON wrote: In 46 years of driving I had not hit a deer until early one

Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

2012-11-18 Thread Gerry Archer
- From: Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2012 9:47 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning WILTON wrote: In 46 years of driving I had not hit a deer until early one evening in June, '96 I've hit 5

Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

2012-11-18 Thread Hendrik Fay
oh dear (pun intended), you need a deer bar. Some people have those type of whistle things to shoo roos away but truckies prefer the traditional method. Hendrik who nearly hit a roo a while back On 19/11/12 09:17, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: I have seen those on cars but they are so nerdy

Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

2012-11-18 Thread Hendrik Fay
Ok I'm dumb, how did ya get the dent in the rear door, was it like a meteor shower of deer? The deer got angry and abusive after being hit and proceeded to bash the car and abuse Regy? Hendrik who never hit a deer On 19/11/12 04:08, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: