Yesterday Washington State's no hand held cellphones while driving law went
into effect. $124 fines and no warnings.
So the morning paper has a picture of a woman in a Toyota Pious being
ticketed by a State Trooper.
Heartwarming.
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I used to use the grid to correct B-52 heading systems on very low
altitude practice navigation routes and bomb runs - the grid is oriented to
true north. .
Back when I was a student pilot, I spent a lot of time flying square
patterns at 500 feet or so with my instructor following
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Man! That rust looks pretty impressive! Is this going to be a
daily
driver? I hope the engine looks better cared for than the outside?...
I gather Illinois doesn't have any sort of vehicle safety inspection. I
don't think I've ever seen a worse looking car. And that includes the
After the female introduction and you have pushed your eyes back in with a
warm spoon, take a listen. Notice their ages.
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Bypassing an OE cat carries a heavy fine if you are caught.
Where?
My Porsche hasn't had a cat since 1985 or so and always passes emissions
easily. There are no visual inspections here.
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...It's called a piece of tubing and a gutted cat, it's done all the
time.
I've also heard of prybar and a hammer, and just going at it.
Walt
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Bypassing an OE cat carries a heavy fine if you are caught.
Where?
My
Uh, I believe that's Cominskey Park
Jeez, I don't even look at the sports section but I know it's Comiskey.
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The 944 was a pretty reliable engine if serviced according to the
book.
150,000-200,000 miles between overhauls not a big deal. Belts do need to
be
kept on top of, but that's true of any interference engine. I watched a
couple of friends do the belts, and it's not a really big job.
...You don't get it either...
Very likely.
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Yeah we got charged a service charge in a eatery and me being a tight
wad, asked
the managment what that is all about, turns out when there are more than 8
people
in a party they are entitled to charge a service charge...
It is not a case of entitled but is a common restaurant policy
...The drive shaft becomes disconnected from the transmission or rear
end. It becomes a potentially lethal spinning rod of heavy steel
driven by the remaining disc without anything to keep the disconnected
end on-center...
There is a photo on the net someplace showing the results of
...Would a out-of-balance type of vibration at low speeds be a symptom of
a failing flex disc?..
A failed front flex disc can total the car.
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..Its not going to tear into the passenger compartment, you will just
hear
a lot of banging as you come to a stop...
So now I have to find the photo I mentioned earlier?
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How do you test flex discs in the car? I've seen a defective flex
disc out
of a car which looked okay until it was twisted in a vise
In my two 201s, three front flex discs were replaced under warranty. In all
of them, the threaded inserts were coming loose. The '85 had two and the
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...The glass tray spontaneously cracked in half. We heard it, the
microwave
wasn't even being used. Loud. I used Shoe Goo to glue it back
together...
So, the fumes from that stuff getting into the food is OK?
Oh wait, that might just explain
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Have they had to re-build/re-engineer the F. L. W. house yet to make
it work?..
Good point. Just recently in Seattle there was a newspaper article and TV
coverage of a Wright design house here that nobody wants because of the
repairs it needs even though it is on Puget Sound waterfront
This was in arkansas, and this stuff happens all the time in the car
business. She paid 50 something for it, they offered her like 35k
trade, ended up giving her 42k, tahoes cost more than that these days.
In fact, they cost just about as much as a new E class does...
I think the
...I've got to get a new windshield for my '95 E300. The auto-glass guy
I
called recommended a Pilkington windshield vice PPG, as he says that PPG
is now made in China but Pilkington is still made in North America (code
for Mexico?) and has much better quality.
Anyone have an opinion on
I have it in my '77 300D. It has lasted longer without getting beat
up/pitted than whateveer was in it when I bought it. Seems like good
stuff.
Exactly my experience with my C300. In 2.5 years, the original glass had
far fewer pits and such until the big rock hit dead center which
...One of my dealers got in a 2010 E350 in on trade with 4k miles.
Apparently they just bought it and the wife wanted an SUV so they traded
it in on a Tahoe. ...
Looks to me like they are having fun with the doofus here and he bought
it. Even in OK, this is a real stretch.
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Mitch wrote: Can you imagine a family of two selling their 2150 square
foot home because it's
not big enough and they hope to have children someday?
Well, Yes! :) I can certainly imagine it because the house we are
probably going to buy is 3000 Sq. ft. and there is just the two of us and
Got Thrust? Start Engine First
As the NTSB continues its discussion of pilot professionalism this week,
it might consider the performance of two crews who, on separate occasions,
neglected to start the second engine before attempting takeoff. The Wall
Street Journal reported that both
Looks like an older SL with an oddball aftermarket bumper cover.
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...As I said before, I don't own the E320 anymore. To be honest, I was
glad to see it gone and have only Diesel MBs again. It was a hotrod,
though, for only a 3 liter engine...
3.2
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I usually do that because I neglect to get the alignment before the
tires,
but have never planned it that way! However, if the car is in the air for
the alignment, I don't see how tires would make a difference...
Since alignments are done with the car on it's wheels, I suspect you
.RLE: Real life data for me, 39 years of driving diesel cars with
mechanical injection, primarily Mercedes Benz. Utterly reliable. Hundreds of
thousands of miles, maybe approaching a million of
reliable service. That is real life data
So then, all of the hundreds (perhaps
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
..*Car hackers can kill brakes, engine, and more*..
So, each time I enter my car which has an OBD2 port, I should look on the
floor for a strange laptop or a trailing vehicle trying to destroy me or the
car?
Is ANY of this believable? Who in hell was paying these researchers to
. I don't know why someone would do that to such a great old
classic. If they want an Alfa with a V8 why not get a more common donor?..
I can see you have never owned an Alfa. Not exactly a paragon of
reliability and I'm talking about a new one. Just because something is old
doesn't
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...Speaking of Aux fans, does anyone know when or under what
circumstances the aux fan should come on in my car? It's a 1995 E320. I have
noticed
the last couple weeks that if I drive very slowly and idle, that the temp
gets pretty high. Not in the red, but more than half way between
...Hey Fred who did you say was the patron saint of lost causes again?..
St. Kaleb, I think. But I ain't Fred.
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...Ed Booher wrote:
Wouldn't driving through a brick wall have completely destroyed the rear
end?
Does make you wonder about the construction, doesn't it?..
Wonder what, exactly? The picture shows that the rear bumper and left
quarter were not deformed. Another pic shows a big dent in
Does make you wonder about the construction, doesn't it?
Mitch...
Oh wait. You meant the building, not the car.
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.What is the go with tipping? It is a cultural difference - we aren't
expected to tip over here? I have read in the Lonely Planet Travel Guide
the rate is between 10 -
15% for good service.
In a decent sit-down restaurant, 15-20% is the norm now. Taxicabs,15%.
Cafeterias, counter
...No, you are using it right, Max---I didn't mean to single you out. I
just
thought it was generally a strange holdover. We still speak of frame
straightening and the like, even though the only frame the typical
unibody car has is the stiffening rails from wheel well to wheel well to
I really don't understand why you don't just fix it. It's a safety
system with proven worth - why not repair it?
Except on loose surfaces, where ABS can actually do more
harm than good. (Such as fresh snow or slush, or gravel,
or [like the road immediately outside our driveway] a steep
...I hated the feel of the shifter in a 914 - more than twice as bad
as a VWbug. Soft and mushy...
That would be in a pre-1973 model after which the side-shifter transmision
was used. I converted my 1970 914-6 to a side shifter which solved the
situation. Also, like many MBs, the
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.Dan wrote:
That's Meigs Field, not Meggs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meigs_Field
Not anymore.
mao..
That's because the crooked Mayor of Chicago, in violation of Federal law,
sent city workers out
Wonk opines:
...Interesting trivia point. One must achieve a grade of 65% in ground
school
to be sent on to actually fly. 65 and fly was our mantra. Upon
graduation
from primary, the top grades go jets, the next batch goes props, and those
at the bottom of the class go rotary wing.
.Didn't he use the T word as justification? Oddly, with no airport
in
the area, use of the airspace would be much LESS restricted...
And I won't even hazard a guess at the economic damage blowing the
airport (with all the associated businesses) away did... Well maybe an
There I was having a stylishly late breakfast when I heard what sounded
like round engines, getting closer. I hustled out onto the deck and to what did
my wondering eyes should appear was an A-26, northbound at about 1500 ft.
You can hear those two R-2800s a long way off.
it's probably
Well, it's somebody's idea of the worst and they aren't far wrong. The
comments are funny but accurate. Please, no posts: Well, my Vega (or Pinto) was
a great car etc.
We know better.
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I can't imagine MBUSA doing something like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fm3uVGHWnY
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.PCA gatherings seem to have dwindled big time too, from what a few
couple of
members have told me
Not in my Region (www.pnwr.org) and there will likely be about 900+
registrants at this year's Porsche Parade at the Pheasant Run Resort in St.
Charles
Illinois.
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if you could restore it for another 10k The key word there is
IF
A good restore costs $30k and is generally way more...
I think you had better define restore before you go any further.
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.I was thinking redo the suspension and brakes, redo the interior
reasonably
close to stock, weld in new metal over any holes in the body, fill in all
the
dings with Bondo, and repaint. And isn't there supposed to be
...The guy who suggested the owner might be a mobster may have a point,
but what
mobster would have ever bought an AMC Eagle wagon or a Pacer?...
Gay ones?
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Curt opines:
.Considering there are MANY 300,000+ mile engines I'd say yeah they
don't need them
No mention was made of any effect on longevity. It's the damned noise.
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...has a listing of physical sizes of various Racor filters.
Do you know which Racor filter/water separator you have in your
diesels,...
My '78 300D (my only diesel) was sold in 1985 after seven years
Randy'd:
..So, these doodads have a drain valve on the bottom to remove
accumulated water - and a filter element that is replacable? How often would
you
change out the element?..
I don't recall any specified intervals because it depends on how much fuel
passed through it. But, I
I promise you will not regret the time spent watching this video and please
share it with your friends.
http://www.asb.tv/videos/view.php?v=1bf99434br=500
The video has great resolution and should be watched in Full Screen, to do
so click on the box with the arrow coming out of it in the
Go to Home Depot and buy the length of line you need. Nobody uses solid
lines any more. In fact, it's a bad idea.
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..I would point out that no MB diesel ever came from the factory with
a
water separator. ..
I hope you are not suggesting that they didn't need one. Because I know
better.
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.No MB diesel came out of the factory with a water separator? maybe
so. certainly none for the US market after 1960 or so had a separate
device called a water separator. However EVERY MB diesel has a well
designed filter that pulls fuel off the TOP effectively trapping up
to 8 oz or so
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What did the parody car-magazine site that Roger posted a link to a
while back say about the Maserati Biturbo?? Something like By the
strictest definition this is not an automobile, if the criteria for
the latter include the capability of motion under its own power at
least some of the time.?
There are many good reasons to stay away from any 924. Particularly the
Turbo.
Porsche, like MB, BMW, Audi etc. has built some cars that seemed like a
good idea at the time. But later on
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There are many good reasons to stay away from any 924. Particularly the
Turbo.
I thought the Turbo was the one that had better suspension and brakes than
an
Audi Fox. Was the 924S that sold alongside the 944 a better car than the
old ones?
Mitch
I
Sat down at the Mac this PM and find 15 digests from Mr. Hilter's list and
only only from this one.
Gotta step up the pace, people.
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No, it is not a good thing. No tinfoil-hattery is necessary to
perceive the manifest safety issues. As has been amply demonstrated here and
elsewhere in discussion of the runaway-Toyota issue, anyone but the driver
having a say in when a car should be turned off (or on) is a recipe for
...On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 7:13 AM, LarryT l02tur...@comcast.net wrote:
Those are correct comments - the 911SC of 83-87 are widely considered to
have bulletproof engines with some going 300K mi with never being opened
up...
The 911SC was produced from 1978 to 1983, all CIS cars, now a
Ed'd:
...Good reason to keep those chain tensioners in good working order!..
Sure enough although the hydraulic version ('84 and on) lowered that risk
to the hardly ever range. The estimated OH cost is not for a broken motor,
just worn out.
I had the pleasure of a failed version 1
I wonder which is less expensive, and easier to find parts for now -
a 911
or an XKE? Those two, plus the pagoda roofed 280SL made my list --..
A 911, hands down. You can get any part from dozens of suppliers around the
country because of the huge enthusiast base. Find a copy of a
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Dieselhead wrote:
I am probably with mountain man on this sounds like a good reason to
have a 240D. I am sure Gummit motors has this capability on all their
cars sold in the last decade.
Only the ones
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.Zero drive no matter what I do. So if it's the drive ears, is it rR
the torque converter?..
How old is the front flex disc?
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I believe excessive vibration was the cause of the failure of #6 line
on my
'87---it cracked right above the connection to the IP.
Believe me, work hardening of a vibrating solid metal tube (vs flex) can
lead to serious consequences when it breaks off. Speaking from personal
...I had to look up work hardening, but that sure makes sense. I did
notice that the cracked line when removed had little or no give,..
I could have clarified that the tube will break off in a fitting that is
not vibrating. I have to say that in my case it was a copper line but I would
RT posts:
.There was a scare story on the radio this morning about a Pious that
unintendedly accelerated in Collyfawnya AFTER having the fix, was up to
90mph, a cop was following the guy and got in front of it to stop it until
the guy could somehow shut it off. snip
Just about 100%
...Makes me wonder why the brakes on a Pious could not stop the car --
the
gas engine is not that powerful, but perhaps if regen braking is
generally used in addition to mechanical means and that did not kick in,
or maybe the pad brakes are wimpy?..
You may be onto something here. Those
...Someone missed the sarcasm here. I think Roger meant a 1997, not 79...
I never claimed I could type since I use the Columbus System. Find it and
land on it it.
The ML is a '99, of course.
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Back to the ML's 4-matics in specific - what was wrong with the first
series? Is it likely to be something that has already been
repaired/replaced
if they'restill on the road?...
Sure, with updated parts likely paid by the warranty. My friend AC has a
'79 ML320 that has been a gem,
...Isn't it the aux water pump that gives us heat so fast on cold days?
(faster than any other car I've driven)..
The purpose of that pump is to keep water flowing through the heater core
at or near idle in cars that pretend to have ACC. When the pump fails, the
heater output temp drops
.Your friend has accomplished quite a feat, to preserve a 1979 ML320.
It belongs in a museum
I saw it just yesterday and it looks six months old. He formerly owned a
trucking company and his last Kenworth, sold two years ago, looked about the
same which was remarkable considering
Woger,
If you call Rusty, he not only can get anything you need for your MB,
he might even be able to supply parts for your front porche and your
back porche (or any other porche you may have)..
Hi dopey...
It just so happens that I have sourced a few items for my cars (shocks,
...Anyway 2 cases he cites to further his stories are Tucker and
Delorean. Well until I said But Keith, the Delorean was crap. I followed
with A
fiberglass body and stainless steel cladding plus a poorly made
underpowered GM V6... He shut up quick on that one...
It certainly wasn't a GM
06 went to the V6. Original tires on the 05 were H rated...
The V-6 Bluetec was an '07. My friend AC has one and I have driven it.
Utterly reliable, just like my W204. At last.
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...Mitched: Oh, then I'm really an idiot. I thought the 320s were V6 and
the 300s were I6...
No, you are not. The 2007 Bluetec V-6 is badged E320 but it's not a 3.2.
Weren't the inline sixes badged CDI? The Bluetec for the US market isn't.
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So, how did those shocks work out on your porch? I never considered
that but them my porch sits on concrete piles
and has no springs so I am not sure how much help the shocks might be. Now
if I was in California and had to worry
about aftershocks, I might want them...
Well now Clem,
204 820 11 45 is a set, we sell for $38.00..
Which is not on your website. And the dealer sells the genune article by
the each.
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don't know anything about the car, but did find this in the technical
data
book:
190E 2.3, 201 .028, 102.985 engine, the tranny is 717.412,
Engine has 9:1 compressioin ratio, 6k rpm max., 136 hp @ 5100 rpm, 151
lb./ft. torque @ 3500 rpm, premuim fuel.
rear axle is 3.27:1, 0-62
.Early W201s were fitted with Bunts, at least for the European
marketJaime
No bundts for the US 201s. 14 flat face wheels until 1/85 and 15 from
then on along with other changes.
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not on the website. We talk about this nearly every single week...
Because not all of the trivia on this list is memorized by me. And to be
specific, the W204 (all models) uses one 24 type of blade, period. And the
.I feel guilty asking this, but has anyone seen the actual video of
the
accident?...
Yes.
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...I feel guilty asking this, but has anyone seen the actual video of the
accident?..
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...Nope, early 201's had 14 15 hole wheels. Bundts stopped in USA in
1985
Which is what I said without mentioning the hole count. The early '85
(until January production) was still really an '84 with the small wheels and no
articulating wiper arm plus a lot of other changes including in
...I think they make the aircraft oil red because it goes in the brakes
so
that when it is checked it can be seen to be the right stuff. Don't you
need almost 4 quarts of oil to completely replace all the oil in the
system?..
Urine can be substituted in a emergency. An aircraft crew
According to a recently retired (after 38 years) tech at my dealer, the
heater panel (a row of buttons) cost is ten grand.
He tended for years to a 50K mile black 600 SWB that I would see in the
service department from time to time. I had the opportunity to look at the
bottom side once when it
As a motorcycle rider, I find some dark humour in the fact that his
helmet
didn't save him. (No helmet laws in Iowa.)..
Uhhh, luge is feet first.
Tonight's TV news showed the accident happening. Took about .5 second until
he wrapped himself around the steel pole belly first.
RLE
The web site is driven by one vendor, I have access to everything. If
you don't see it on the web just call. We have it
This week I decided I finally needed a pair of wiper blades for my '08
W204. But, no joy. None of the blades shown are for a W204.
So I went to the dealer and after
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...Ought to be a crime to slap a bunch of tuner crap onto such a rarecar.
Who are these Canepa people? Surely a 959 is going to be less valuable
as a collectible (not to mention as a piece of Porsche
history) if it's been modified by anyone, with the possible exception of
RUF.
First,
What ever it is, we did verify that it's NOT a Smart Car ---..
And the sugar cane truck head-on (with a VW something) was nothing like
this picture.
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...Bluetec benzes have no spare (or space for one), and require
run-flats...
Which Bluetec Benzes would that be?
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