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Local what type of ballpark? MLB? AAA? Futbol? On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 3:05 PM, clay via Mercedes wrote: > Local ball park has a wagyu beef burger for $15. They turn it into a > kingsford briquet on garlic toast > > clay > > On Jun 4, 2016, at 10:58 AM, Andrew

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Local ball park has a wagyu beef burger for $15. They turn it into a kingsford briquet on garlic toast clay On Jun 4, 2016, at 10:58 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > My point exactly. It's like buying Kobe beef ground into hamburger for > $50/lb and making sloppy joes. > > On

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I've had to fix both manual and Lektrik windows. Worn out rack gears on both, sliders falling out, bad motors and lotsa bad switches for lektrik. On the first SDL, I fixed the driver;s lektrik winder 3 times. Bad rack, bad motor a couple of times. I never mined taking the door apart on the

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List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Sunday, June 5, 2016 2:38 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] I want one The center pot metal part in the middle of the spring broke in the driver's doors on both the '70 220D and the '81 240D. I made new parts by grinding, filing, and cutting large steel b

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The oldest vehicle I owned was manual ('78 240D)... > -Curt > > From: OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: OK Don <okd...@gmail.com> > Sent: Saturday, June 4, 2016 4:26 PM > Subject: R

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)... -Curt From: OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: OK Don <okd...@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, June 4, 2016 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] I want one Yup - that's what I thought, until I actually owned several

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Mmmm Kobe Joes On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > My point exactly. It's like buying Kobe beef ground into hamburger for > $50/lb and making sloppy joes. > > On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 1:35 PM, Karl Wittnebel

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YMMV. I have never had issues with PW in any of my cars. On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 4:26 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > Yup - that's what I thought, until I actually owned several MBs with > electric windows. I had to do more repairs on the crank up windows than I > ever

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Yup - that's what I thought, until I actually owned several MBs with electric windows. I had to do more repairs on the crank up windows than I ever did on all the electric windowed MB afterwards. Progress can be a good thing. On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 11:53 PM, G Mann via Mercedes

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Even old ones that aren't so tarted up are going for stupid money. I wonder if you could find one old enough in yurp to bring over without all the hassles, a diesel G stripper model, ex military or something, and use it as intended. Didn't they have 617s in them? There is a pretty good

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Andrew & Grant wrote: > Channeling my inner Trump... Automatic transmission in G is DISGUSTING and STUPID. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

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ot;Dan Penoff" <d...@penoff.com> Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2016 2:13 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] I want one I see $150k+ Gwagens at the stealership all the time. Saw an AMG one a few weeks ago, I think the window sticker said something stupid like $180k for a price. I just chuckle as I drive by

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I see $150k+ Gwagens at the stealership all the time. Saw an AMG one a few weeks ago, I think the window sticker said something stupid like $180k for a price. I just chuckle as I drive by all of these new fangled cars in my W126 diesel. Dan > On Jun 4, 2016, at 2:11 PM, Rick Knoble via

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Andrew sez:  >‎have made it abundantly clear >draw the line at crank windows, >particularly >in a luxury car.. The G-Wagon was not intended to be luxurious went it was conceived. ‎The marketing and accounting departments at D-Bag turned it into one.  So D-Bags would buy them.  Rick Sent 

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My point exactly. It's like buying Kobe beef ground into hamburger for $50/lb and making sloppy joes. On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 1:35 PM, Karl Wittnebel wrote: > I guess that is sort of the point; this gwagen is not a luxury car. > On Jun 4, 2016 10:29 AM, "Andrew Strasfogel

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I guess that is sort of the point; this gwagen is not a luxury car. On Jun 4, 2016 10:29 AM, "Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes" < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > You haven't been paying attention. I am a jalopinist at heart but have > made it abundantly clear draw the line at crank windows,

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You haven't been paying attention. I am a jalopinist at heart but have made it abundantly clear draw the line at crank windows, particularly in a luxury car.. On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 9:26 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > That surprises me as cheap as you are I

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That surprises me as cheap as you are I figured you would love crank Windows. Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 3, 2016, at 11:30 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > To channel my inner Trump - crank windows are DISGUSTING and STUPID. > > On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at

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But they'll work. Wilton - Original Message - From: "Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: "Andrew Strasfogel" <astrasfo...@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, June

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The gwagen power window lifts are nothing but trouble. The plastic cable rollers fail and they cost 600/copy to replace. They often last less than 40,000 miles. Manual actuators would save owners thousands. The 05 I had with less than 50k needed three of them. On Jun 3, 2016 9:30 PM, "Andrew

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Channeling my inner Trump... Yes,, something that is dependable and actually works is so anti progressive.. how disgusting.. Virus-free. www.avast.com

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To channel my inner Trump - crank windows are DISGUSTING and STUPID. On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 7:39 PM, Joel Cairo via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > http://truckyeah.jalopnik.com/the-mercedes-g-wagen-is-back-to-crank-windows-and-cloth-1780135509 > > > -- > --BB > >

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> Andrew wrote: > > The five-passenger Bolt, priced about $37,500 excluding a > $7,500 federal tax credit, has a 10.2-inch touch screen and > can be recharged to 80 percent of its battery capacity in > an hour on a 240-volt charger That is a three point bullet list - presumably the cars top

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Quanto costa? On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh6z5BW_meE --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

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Become an investor! --R On 12/20/12 10:13 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: Quanto costa? On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh6z5BW_meE --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For

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Kickstarter. Dan On Dec 20, 2012, at 10:47 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: Become an investor! --R On 12/20/12 10:13 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: Quanto costa? On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:

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Really? I have funded several of those KS projects. Some of them are very cool. National Treasure was the latest one (Burning Man obelisk, a project by D.C. Burners who wanted to honor their involvement by construcing a flammable homage to the Washington Monument)

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I just sponsored what I thought was a cool one. A guy who is a graphic artist that is making a fine art print poster of the complete ACME catalog from the Wile E. Coyote/Road Runner cartoons. I know, it sounds silly, but it's a really cool poster. I don't have the link handy but I am sure you

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Here is the link: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fringefocus/the-acme-corporation?ref=email Dan On Dec 20, 2012, at 1:45 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: I just sponsored what I thought was a cool one. A guy who is a graphic artist that is making a fine art print poster of the

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Very cool indeed. They have already exceeded their fundraising goal by 3500%! Or is that 35,000%? On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: Here is the link: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fringefocus/the-acme-corporation?ref=email Dan On Dec 20, 2012, at

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Andrew Strasfogel wrote: On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: Here is the link: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fringefocus/the-acme-corporation?ref=email Red on red makes it kind of hard to view. I was sure he forgot the spring shoes before I found them

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Jim Cathey wrote: My understanding is that Otto, diesel, and turbine cycle engines are all at about the same thermodynamic efficiency at WOT. But a turbine offers great simplicity, and if its tremendous throttle lag isn't a problem and you're going to run at WOT anyway to recharge quickly,

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On Sun, 03 Oct 2010 08:17:00 -0400 Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote: The other was a Ford LTD powered by a 2.3L Otto engine from a Pinto, supplemented by a Rankine engine driven by the Otto engine's exhaust heat. I always wondered how much thermal energy was in the exhaust. Is it 1/3 to

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01:15 To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] I want one! gas turbine engines are among the most efficient. My understanding is that Otto, diesel, and turbine cycle engines are all at about the same thermodynamic efficiency at WOT. But a turbine offers great simplicity, and if its

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Same is true with rotary engines and they're way less (generally anyway) efficient than piston pounders... -Curt Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 15:35:14 -0400 From: Scott Ritchey ritche...@nc.rr.com To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] I want one! Message-ID

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That is pretty nifty - gas turbine engines are among the most efficient. I wonder which fuel provides the most efficient power? I'll bet that diesel has more power density than any of the other possibilities. -Max From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com on

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Max wrote: That is pretty nifty - gas turbine engines are among the most efficient. I recall watching a gas turbine engined rail car at the speedway back in 1984 or so. It was at the red rocks speedway run by some motor supply house in Denver. It's parachute did not deploy on time, so it ended

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gas turbine engines are among the most efficient. My understanding is that Otto, diesel, and turbine cycle engines are all at about the same thermodynamic efficiency at WOT. But a turbine offers great simplicity, and if its tremendous throttle lag isn't a problem and you're going to run at WOT

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On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:12:31 -0400 Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: chrome://feedbar/content/full_preview.html?idx=15 What is it? This is not a URL. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To

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hmmm, weird, that was what shows up in the URL bar, did not look at it. Here it is http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/08/self-balancing_one_wheel_electric_s.html --R On 8/20/2010 12:36 PM, Craig McCluskey wrote: On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:12:31 -0400 Rich Thomas

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On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:00:47 -0400 Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: hmmm, weird, that was what shows up in the URL bar, did not look at it. Here it is http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/08/self-balancing_one_wheel_electric_s.html Very interesting. A one-wheeled

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Craig McCluskey wrote: Very interesting. A one-wheeled motorcycle. How about a motorcycle with one hub? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwe-mZjvuVE ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

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Self denial will make you strong, Rich. Resist the temptation. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/06/mercedes-amg-sls-e-cell/ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and

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No fun though. --R On 6/22/2010 10:04 PM, andrew strasfogel wrote: Self denial will make you strong, Rich. Resist the temptation. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/06/mercedes-amg-sls-e-cell/

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On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:40:12 -0400 Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/06/mercedes-amg-sls-e-cell/ What he said. The Porsche 918 isn't too bad, either. :-) Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and