: [MBZ] Something fishy at Mercedes
Read about this, I THINK, in Car and Driver - had a pic of the fish and the
car (or a drawing of the car).
Reminds me of Hitler's comment that a car should take it's inspiration
from nature...it should have the shape of a Junebug...and we know the story
All the pics you could possibly want are right
here.http://www.germancarfans.com/news.cfm/newsid/2050607.004
I would seriously consider this sucker if it were to be produced at
something approaching a reasonable price.
Tjohn
82 300 SD
On 11/28/05, Jeff Zedic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thought
, 2005 1:22 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Something fishy at Mercedes
Read about this, I THINK, in Car and Driver - had a pic of the fish and the
car (or a drawing of the car).
Reminds me of Hitler's comment that a car should take it's inspiration
from nature...it should have
SWEETbut where's the hood???
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From: Tjohn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Nov 29, 2005 8:54 AM
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All the pics you could possibly want are right
here. http://www.germancarfans.com
Thought the list might enjoy this storyno pics of the car though..
The Times November 25, 2005
Mercedes goes back to nature for dynamic inspiration
By Stuart Birch
Our correspondent offers a fishy tale from Germany about the one that
didn’t get away
STORYTELLING fishermen across the
Read about this, I THINK, in Car and Driver - had a pic of the fish and the car
(or a drawing of the car).
Reminds me of Hitler's comment that a car should take it's inspiration from
nature...it should have the shape of a Junebug...and we know the story of that
one.
Chris (thinking
just wait till the truckers get pissed off and shut down their rigs.
People will get a wakeup call then.
OK Don wrote:
It's got to be the middle men -- everything else is going down, while
Diesel is still rising.
Light, sweet crude for November delivery slipped 45 cents to settle
at $62.63 a
and how the f are we going to do that without shutting America down? IS
NOT GONNA HAPPEN. Semi-trucks are the backbone of the US. Sorry,
truckers are pissed, but we just keep passing Fuel Surcharge on to our
customers.
On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 19:28:33 -0500, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL
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From: Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: [MBZ] something fishy with this
Gas went from 2.39 to 2.29 today, diesel went from 2.94
The products produced from crude oil are separated into several classes
by volatility -- gasoline is the lightest and road tar is the heaviest
-- gasoline production these days is a bit more complicated than just
collecting the light fraction, as was true 50 years ago (and up to
about 1970,
Already happened in parts of Canada, during the last fuel price 'spike'.
Were almost spontaneous and caught everyone by surprise.
Authorities can do little about it if 500 truckers park their rigs on a
major highway and just stand around.
In any case, the full effects have not yet made their way
diesel jumped 50 cents a gallon overnight in KC -
$2.70 to $3.20...other places around were $3.25...my
cheap place (about 12 miles away) was $3.08. Reg.
Unleaded about $2.36.
VO at Costco still $2.90...$2.68 if in bulk...getting
a kit as soon as my other house sells. (two mortagages
suck).
Chris
you wrote:Prices for oil and distillates are not set by oil companies.
Prices are set by traders and such in New York
You're absolutely correct! Just as the price of company stocks are set by
rumor, supply demand, fear and other emotions, fuel gas prices are set
by headlines, and the other
towards getting the lawn mower self-propelled(the steering
will be
the hard part)
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From: Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 1:53 PM
Subject: [MBZ] something fishy with this
Gas went from
Gas went from 2.39 to 2.29 today, diesel went from 2.94 to 2.99, WTF?
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Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK
89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE,
85 300D, 83 300TD, 81 300TD, 81 240D, 81 240D,
76 450SEL, 76 240D, 76 300D, 74 240D, 69 250
Okie Benz Auto parts-email for used parts
Kaleb observed:
Gas went from 2.39 to 2.29 today, diesel went from 2.94 to 2.99, WTF?
There seems to be no sense to any of this...it really sucks.
Bob Rentfro
'77 300D 141K
Litchfield Park, AZ
: [MBZ] something fishy with this
Gas went from 2.39 to 2.29 today, diesel went from 2.94 to 2.99, WTF?
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Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK
89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE,
85 300D, 83 300TD, 81 300TD, 81 240D, 81 240D,
76 450SEL, 76 240D, 76 300D, 74 240D, 69 250
Okie Benz Auto parts
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Subject: [MBZ] something fishy with this
Gas went from 2.39 to 2.29 today, diesel went from 2.94 to 2.99, WTF?
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Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK
89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE,
85 300D, 83 300TD, 81
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5612507/
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From: Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Gas went from 2.39 to 2.29
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From: Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 1:53 PM
Subject: [MBZ] something fishy with this
Gas went from 2.39 to 2.29 today, diesel went from 2.94 to 2.99, WTF?
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Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK
In a message dated 10/16/2005 12:35:24 A.M. US Mountain Standard Tim,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Kaleb observed:
Gas went from 2.39 to 2.29 today, diesel went from 2.94 to 2.99, WTF?
There seems to be no sense to any of this...it really sucks.
Kaleb, Bob, and all,
I think the kicker
On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 07:18:05 -0500 Kaleb C. Striplin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gas went from 2.39 to 2.29 today, diesel went from 2.94 to 2.99
at this point it would probably be cheaper to run the big v-8s
2.29
At those prices, a gasser can
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Date: 2005/10/16 Sun AM 11:20:05 EDT
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] something fishy with this (diesel fuel prices changes)
In a message dated 10/16/2005 12:35:24 A.M. US Mountain Standard Tim,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Kaleb observed:
Gas went from 2.39 to 2.29
Bob Rentfro wrote:
Kaleb observed:
Gas went from 2.39 to 2.29 today, diesel went from 2.94 to 2.99, WTF?
There seems to be no sense to any of this...it really sucks.
People are buying fuel oil and every gallon of fuel oil sold is one less
gallon of #2 available. #2 will not come down much
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From: Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 1:53 PM
Subject: [MBZ] something fishy with this
Gas went from 2.39 to 2.29 today, diesel went from 2.94 to 2.99, WTF?
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Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK
89 560SEL
It's got to be the middle men -- everything else is going down, while
Diesel is still rising.
Light, sweet crude for November delivery slipped 45 cents to settle
at $62.63 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Front-month
crude futures are down 10 percent from their record settlement
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