Re: [MBZ] Pre-purchase checklist for '92 300D 2.5

2010-05-14 Thread Rich Thomas
MAx, you gonna come out to the beach any time soon in that new ride? I want to see it under its own power, not in my rearview on a trailer. --R On 5/14/2010 10:50 PM, Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC, 53310 wrote: Thanks Don, good inputs that I should have remembered. -Max ___

Re: [MBZ] Rusty

2010-05-14 Thread Rich Thomas
I found some old girlfriends.! --R On 5/14/2010 9:38 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: Have you played with Facebook at all? Its interesting to see how people change. Several people I went to high school with I didn't recognize at all. I'm actually thinner than I was in high school, I'm

Re: [MBZ] Pre-purchase checklist for '92 300D 2.5

2010-05-14 Thread Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC, 53310
Thanks Don, good inputs that I should have remembered. -Max From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com on behalf of OK Don Sent: Fri 5/14/2010 9:25 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Pre-purchase checklist for '92 300D 2.5 Add checking that the belt

Re: [MBZ] OT? Car hackers can kill brakes, engine, and more

2010-05-14 Thread Walt Zarnoch
Mmm, mechanical injection > that electrocrap. Give me a mechanical inject Bosch system (gasser or diesel) over efi any day. There's only one place efi is good imo, and that's on a 13B Mazda rotary. All info I see points to them liking it better than carb. The MegaSquirt crowd also has the right ide

Re: [MBZ] OT? Car hackers can kill brakes, engine, and more

2010-05-14 Thread WILTON
Value of my nearly 24 and nearly 20-year-old cars just went up again. Wilton - Original Message - From: "OK Don" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 9:41 PM Subject: [MBZ] OT? Car hackers can kill brakes, engine, and more *Another reason to keep our old cars g

Re: [MBZ] Rusty

2010-05-14 Thread Bob Rentfro
Most of the people I've seen after a LONG time look familiar if I apply the getting old filter. Additionally, I've figured out most of them only post the most flattering pic on FB. I've recently lost 60 lbs and Im still 70 lbs more than I was in HS. Bob R On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 6:38 PM, Curt Ra

[MBZ] OT? Car hackers can kill brakes, engine, and more

2010-05-14 Thread OK Don
*Another reason to keep our old cars going ---* *Car hackers can kill brakes, engine, and more* *By Robert McMillan* May 14, 2010 02:09 AM ET IDG News Service - University researchers have taken a close look at the computer systems used to run today's cars and discovered new ways to hack into

Re: [MBZ] Rusty

2010-05-14 Thread Curt Raymond
Have you played with Facebook at all? Its interesting to see how people change. Several people I went to high school with I didn't recognize at all. I'm actually thinner than I was in high school, I'm now within 3# of when I got my first hunting license... -Curt Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 11:09:32

Re: [MBZ] Rusty

2010-05-14 Thread Walt Zarnoch
Yes, heavenly owlets often come at the cost of back trauma, Mrs. 44G complained about that daily. There ain't no such thing as a properly ballanced Jessica Rabbit in this world, but oh bunny how close we get to them being "drawn that way"... Walt On May 14, 2010 9:23 PM, "Wonko the Sane" wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Pre-purchase checklist for '92 300D 2.5

2010-05-14 Thread OK Don
Add checking that the belt idler pulley is in-line with the other pulleys - new rocker bearing needed (at least) if not. Smooth acceleration from a stop - liottle or no"turbo lag". On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 8:15 AM, Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC, 53310 wrote: > Dieselvolk, > > I'm goin

Re: [MBZ] Rusty

2010-05-14 Thread Wonko the Sane
Being married to a well-endowed lady for 1.5 decades, I can report with 100% accuracy that they'd much rather be a B cup. Shoulder dents from the bra, back aches, etc. Imagine having a couple of bowling balls strapped to your chest for life. If I hit PowerBall tomorrow, my first purchase would not

Re: [MBZ] Rusty

2010-05-14 Thread Wonko the Sane
She might own a 240D and needs parts at a discount. On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 4:37 PM, LarryT wrote: > Randy wrote < >> touching you & She was just so used to bumping into things with >> those big endowments >> >> > > Sorry, but I doubt it. (call me cynical) IMHO, *Every* woman knows t

Re: [MBZ] OT getting email from the future?

2010-05-14 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
I will look and see. John Reames wrote: You don't have any old newspapers in them, do you? I'm interested in a winning powerball number from 2010-2015 or so... It will help me pass the time until I catch up... When you are on the treadmill for an hour, your speed has no relavance to your co

[MBZ] Idler arm...

2010-05-14 Thread Curt Raymond
Local Car Quest scores again, they don't have one on hand but can get it in by tomorrow morning. I'll be calling Rusty once this is in to get the tie rods, damper and whatnot but I need the car back on the road... -Curt ___ http://www.okiebenz.com F

Re: [MBZ] Classic Alfa?

2010-05-14 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Fri, 14 May 2010 11:12:43 -0500 "R A Bennell" wrote: > Yes, if you had deep pockets there was little else that compared to > those little double overhead cam engines. I once knew, breifly, an > airline pilot who was a true fan of Alfa's. He flew his engines to > Italy for re-builds and kept a

Re: [MBZ] OT getting email from the future?

2010-05-14 Thread R A Bennell
Something about selling fast and stuffing a mattress . . . Randy -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]on Behalf Of tom tomscat Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 6:20 PM To: mercedes diesel Subject: [MBZ] OT getting email from the future?

Re: [MBZ] Classic Alfa?

2010-05-14 Thread R A Bennell
Yes, if you had deep pockets there was little else that compared to those little double overhead cam engines. I once knew, breifly, an airline pilot who was a true fan of Alfa's. He flew his engines to Italy for re-builds and kept a spare or 2 in his basement. I saw one of them sitting on a palle

Re: [MBZ] Rusty

2010-05-14 Thread R A Bennell
A different girl. The one I referred to about not hurting her nose was not as innocent as the near sighted one I referred to earlier. The near sighted one was so shy that she was ultimately let go from our office because she would not telephone people. She was happy to pound out work on the keyb

[MBZ] Pre-purchase checklist for '92 300D 2.5

2010-05-14 Thread Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC, 53310
Dieselvolk, I'm going to inspect a '92 300D 2.5 for a fellow MBCA member, and I would like inputs for a checklist. Any peculiarities for this model to be aware of? Here's what I've thought of so far: Maintenance records? Paint, clear coat, body straight. Rust: jack points, fenders, windshield/b

Re: [MBZ] CL Scam?

2010-05-14 Thread Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC, 53310
Yep, thought I remembered this one. Another scam-alert search is "949 275 2909 site:craigslist.org". -Max -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Rich Thomas Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 8:37 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List

Re: [MBZ] CL Scam?

2010-05-14 Thread Rich Thomas
Google the phone number and look at what you get. --R On 5/14/2010 8:30 AM, Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC, 53310 wrote: I think this rod bender has already been surmised a scam? Pictured houses look more like west coast architecture. http://charleston.craigslist.org/ctd/174018247

[MBZ] CL Scam?

2010-05-14 Thread Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC, 53310
I think this rod bender has already been surmised a scam? Pictured houses look more like west coast architecture. http://charleston.craigslist.org/ctd/1740182477.html 1991 Mercedes 300 SDL - $1500 (charleston) Date: 2010-05-14, 7:29AM EDT Reply to: see below Excellent tires Metallic silver Blue

Re: [MBZ] OT getting email from the future?

2010-05-14 Thread Tim C.
"Kaleb C. Striplin" wrote: >the more things change, the more they stay the same. I have about 50 >of those 2010 bluetech diesels in my back yard. Grandkids still uncomfortable whizzing in the trunks? -Tim of the future ...Outlook predicts dramatic fall in AAPL. > >Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAW

Re: [MBZ] Classic Alfa?

2010-05-14 Thread Mitch Haley
LarryT wrote: Those old boat tailed Duetto's were always high on my list of cars I'd like to drive. I can understand why some people would put a more inexpensive engine/trans in it. I've even toyed with the idea of putting a V6 or V8 in my '66 MGB - there's something about a burbling V-

Re: [MBZ] Classic Alfa?

2010-05-14 Thread LarryT
You wrote < reliability and I'm talking about a new one>> Hi Roger, You're right - I have little experience on Alfa's except for the saying about how they start rusting at the dealership. ;-) Those old boat tailed Duetto's were always high on my list of cars I'd like to drive. I can

Re: [MBZ] Classic Alfa?

2010-05-14 Thread Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC, 53310
Well, in Alfa's defense, while I lived in Italy I owned an '81ish Guilietta 1.6, which is a rather ugly boxy sedan, and it was one of the best cars I've ever owned. Extremely reliable, parts were dirt cheap, and shops that could service the car were on every block. In two years of ownership, i

Re: [MBZ] OT getting email from the future?

2010-05-14 Thread Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC, 53310
One reminded me to change ALL the fuses on my '95 E300, the other extolled the virtues of M1... -Max -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of tom tomscat Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 8:20 PM To: mercedes diesel Subject: [MB

Re: [MBZ] RI Red update

2010-05-14 Thread Dwight E. Giles, Jr
Curt, Way to go-now you can drive it down here & we can go to Adamsville RI to see the original RI red Monument. http://www.cps.k12.ri.us/murphy/rhonda/rired.html#monument I want to drive that puppy. Be interesting to see how it performs with the automatic. Dwight Dwight E. Giles, Jr. 1978 240D