Re: [MBZ] I buy a 1985 300CD

2015-03-07 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
That link wants me to download an app for my phone and to sign in, does not go to your photos. --R On 3/7/15 2:47 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes wrote: Its been a while since I've driven an 1985 car powered by an OM617a... I never owned one, but I've driven several and was alway

Re: [MBZ] Hi lift jack

2015-03-07 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
The other day I was driving on I-26 here in SC and there was a largish truck, might have been a tractor with a smaller trailer, down in the median all mired up in the muck. You could see where, for whatever reason, it had run off the road then stopped in the muck. There were 2 bubba trucks

Re: [MBZ] New Okie acres

2015-03-07 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Possums (1998) - IMDb http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145404/ www.imdb.com/title/tt0145404/ Internet Movie Database Rating: 5.6/10 - ‎233 votes /Possums/ (1998) Poster ... /Possums/ -- A feel good story about a team facing an impossible task with an /Possums/ -- A feel . This /movie/

[MBZ] Here ya go snowboys

2015-03-13 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/news/a25266/flying-parachute-snowmobile-video/ --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Play Taps for a W124

2015-03-13 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I looked at those pics, glad she made it through mostly functional. What was the reason for the crash? --R On 3/13/15 2:13 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: On Tue, 10 Mar 2015 22:04:01 -0600 Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I'm glad Shirley wasn't in the passenger side!

[MBZ] Hey Max, about that airbag...

2015-03-10 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
This might be fun to do, but around our locale the use of a watermelon would not be advised http://sploid.gizmodo.com/this-is-what-happens-when-an-airbag-deploys-a-hundredth-1690481385 --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Radio Shack Stores Closing

2015-03-10 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I'm worried about where I'll find that personal submarine I've always been wanting should I finally hit it rich. -Curt From: Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 10:02 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ

Re: [MBZ] Looks like he has listed the car

2015-03-10 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 10:19 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Looks like he has listed the car Plastic dip paint? WTF is he talking about? On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 9:52 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] Radio Shack Stores Closing

2015-03-10 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Didn't that chain get bought by Family Dollar? Or the other way around? Might be reorientation over that. --R On 3/10/15 3:18 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: Radio junk here was gone in a week after the announcement. We used to have 2 radio junk stores. Today I see the Dollar

Re: [MBZ] top gear stripped?

2015-03-10 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
to unpleasant situations. --R On 3/10/15 2:50 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: There's a fine line between charm and irritating... On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 2:43 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: bub but but that was the charm

Re: [MBZ] List Issues

2015-03-11 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Get Hillary! on it, she seems competent with email and server issues --R On 3/11/15 5:39 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Just so everyone is aware, there are some issues with the list's admin interface that are preventing us from accessing approvals. Kaleb has opened a ticket on this

Re: [MBZ] Could be interesting

2015-03-11 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I think they are going to be building those at the expanded Sprinter plant up the road. THey have the dizzel in the Sprinter, would seem easy to put it in these. --R On 3/11/15 7:51 AM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes wrote: I was surprised by the gas engine too. But I'm still impressed by

Re: [MBZ] Austin TX Rental Car Info?

2015-03-13 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I just bottled a Fullers London Porter clone last night. It tasted good out of the carboy, 2 weeks will tell the full story! --R On 3/12/15 9:22 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: How does that compare to Fuller's London Porter, my gold standard so far? On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 12:13 AM, Curt

[MBZ] OT apropos of nothing, but interesting and I thought good

2015-03-13 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
A guy I have become friends with was quite an agitator back in his day, and continues on now. He turned 80 a coupla weeks ago but still has the fire in him. He was very involved in a strike here in Charleston back in the 60s when black nurses at the hospital were not being treated fairly,

Re: [MBZ] top gear stripped?

2015-03-10 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I love Granny, but I fear her experience with the motors was limited only to her accepting the chauffeur into the family! --R On 3/10/15 6:23 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes wrote: So, when the producer said The show's executive producer, Andy Wilman, described last year as an anus

Re: [MBZ] Should I or shouldn't I?

2015-03-08 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Just do it --Nike On 3/8/15 5:32 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: Looked at a 91 350sd today, odo shows 228k, seller said it worked but I know the trip odo did not work and did not notice if the main odo worked. Guy bought it off original owner and he has the service records back to

Re: [MBZ] '85TD interior fan odd behavior

2015-03-08 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
The controller is probably going bad (or is bad I guess), bad solder joints or connections or switches or something. The repeat turning on aspect might just be happenstance that it decides to work at some point. Did you actually CHANGE YOUR FUSE? --R On 3/8/15 6:30 PM, G. M. Brown via

[MBZ] OT Temporal Discontinuity

2015-03-08 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Is anyone else totally ferklempt with the DST time change thing? Does anyone else find this whole business completely stupid and bothersome? I grew up in Indiana, the time never changed so in the winter we were on Central Time and in the summer we were on Eastern time, or maybe the other way

Re: [MBZ] Austin TX Rental Car Info?

2015-03-11 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Lots of good Q there. The Broken Spoke is a good venue for music, as is the whole 6th St corridor. Go watch the bats at the bridge in the evening too. Austin is the containment area for liberals in Texas. And Shiners, you gotta drink Shiners. --R On 3/11/15 9:52 AM, Mike Esh via

Re: [MBZ] Looks like he has listed the car

2015-03-12 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
CAR SHAKE AT IDLE? --R On 3/10/15 11:04 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: Yea, it drives fine, suspension and steering feel good, shifts are perfect if a little on the stiff side (good), has plenty of power, idles smooth and does not shake from side to side like it has uneven

Re: [MBZ] 1982 Mercedes 240D (W123 Diesel) PHX CL Bueno

2015-03-24 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
How are the breaks? --R On 3/24/15 12:20 AM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: like that it's a 3 peddle car. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

[MBZ] OT Another Airbus bores in

2015-03-24 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Fluging along at cruise, starts a steep descent and bores in, no mayday. Most curious, as were other Airbus crashes. Pilots comment? --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change

Re: [MBZ] OT for yall tool hounds in NC

2015-03-24 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I'm gonna be up in Sburg this weekend, that is not too far. I was looking at that big printer... --R On 3/24/15 12:54 PM, WILTON via Mercedes wrote: Nearly 4 hrs. from me, and I don't need any more stuff. ;) Wilt - Original Message - From: Curly McLain via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] 1982 Mercedes 240D (W123 Diesel) PHX CL Bueno

2015-03-24 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
@okiebenz.com wrote: It didn't say anything about the AC being ICE COLD. Dan Sent from my iPad On Mar 24, 2015, at 10:50 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: On Ebay it should sell at auction for around $12k On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Rich Thomas via

Re: [MBZ] OT for yall tool hounds in NC

2015-03-24 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Spartanburg SC --R On 3/24/15 1:08 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: Sharpsburg? Strassburg? On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 1:05 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I'm gonna be up in Sburg this weekend, that is not too far. I was looking

Re: [MBZ] OT Another Airbus bores in

2015-03-25 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
at the moment the plane reached 38,000'? How does a plane suddnely lose oxygen? Where does the O2 come from anyway? On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 10:47 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Report speculates windshield cracked, which would tend

Re: [MBZ] OT Another Airbus bores in

2015-03-25 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Report speculates windshield cracked, which would tend to ruin one's day at 30k ft and 400some kts. --R On 3/25/15 10:38 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Probably by the carrier. Most are pretty equipment specific as far as the aircraft they fly. Dan who likes the term auger in best

Re: [MBZ] OT Another Airbus bores in

2015-03-25 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
You can survive quite well over 10k ft, 20k is pushing it though some have conquered Everest 28k ft with no supplemental oxygen. I have trekked at 14k+ ft and spent a couple days at 12k+, it is a challenge but if you are fairly fit you can do it OK, some better than others (the Quechua

[MBZ] But can you mount a .50 on it?

2015-03-27 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
http://truckyeah.jalopnik.com/mercedes-is-building-a-mid-sized-luxury-pickup-world-h-1694013561 --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

[MBZ] new Snookmobile

2015-03-23 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
http://jalopnik.com/for-3-985-this-custom-1988-bmw-750il-is-a-wide-load-1692944875 --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] CL ad of the weak

2015-03-23 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
We should go look at it just to meet the guy, maybe take a few beers along. --R On 3/23/15 10:21 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: The car's engine turns over and roars to life with one simple twist of the key, only trouble maker is the transmission. There's no fumbling, cranking, pumping

[MBZ] Looks Like Mercedes' Inline-Six Revival Will Come With Lots Of Turbos

2015-03-23 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
http://jalopnik.com/looks-like-mercedes-inline-six-revival-will-come-with-l-1693070677 --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] ML

2015-03-02 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
In Texas you have the illegals hauling a dozen people who wreck and kill a bunch and no one really cares, Happens quite often. Mostly due to stupidity, which apparently is a constitutional right. A lot of the gun murders are young black men killing one another, no one particularly cares

Re: [MBZ] ML

2015-03-02 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
My grandmother was a Cummins but unfortunately not of the engine family. My luck of the draw I guess. --R On 3/2/15 3:38 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: Yes that is correct. The cummins will no longer be in the ram trucks starting in 2018. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 2, 2015,

Re: [MBZ] ML

2015-03-02 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
No, he's in Massachusetts. --R On 3/2/15 3:48 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: On 02/03/2015 12:44 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: My neighbor has a friend who won't let anybody get his truck dirty. When you get in he wants you to close the door very gently, has a brush to clean

Re: [MBZ] OT - CITI Replaces AMEX @ Costco

2015-03-02 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Somebody there told me they don't make much off the goods they sell, most of their profit is from the membership fees. I'm not quite sure how that works, I have the Exec membership, which costs like a $100, and I got $78 back this year on the rebate it comes with. They told me when I got it

[MBZ] I want this

2015-03-03 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
http://www.benzworld.org/forums/mercedes-benz-news/2288657-mercedes-g500-4-4-squared-serious.html --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] E-Class fights back

2015-03-03 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
It had the brick-proof windows --R On 3/3/15 1:07 AM, Russ Williams via Mercedes wrote: https://autos.yahoo.com/news/car-thief-throws-brick-mercedes-throws-back-180050064.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] ML

2015-03-02 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Yeah I think they do. They started with the 150 and will be rolling them into the other weights. That is a lot of ching for a truck though, no matter how nice. I guess I'll keep my 96 Chebby going a few decades more. --R On 3/2/15 11:04 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Beats me. I

Re: [MBZ] OT - CITI Replaces AMEX @ Costco

2015-03-02 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Did you fill it with gas? --R On 3/2/15 11:03 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: I used an unbranded Amex car at Costco without any problems. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or

Re: [MBZ] OT - CITI Replaces AMEX @ Costco

2015-03-02 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Costco accepts any debit cards but only the Amex CREDIT card. --R On 3/2/15 10:48 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: Citi what? They have debit cards which are already accepted at hte pharmacy. On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:

Re: [MBZ] OT - CITI Replaces AMEX @ Costco

2015-03-02 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Yes, you are missing the difference between Costco and Sams --R On 3/2/15 1:17 PM, Mike Esh via Mercedes wrote: Am I missing something? I used my Mastercard Credit Card at Sam's today. It is not affiliated with Sam's in any way. Mike michael...@mac.com (C) 231.286.2344 On Mar 02,

Re: [MBZ] OT - CITI Replaces AMEX @ Costco

2015-03-02 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I think they will just give you one. but then you have to deal with it. Debit works in the self-serve lanes but cash you have to deal with a human --R On 3/2/15 1:52 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: Cash still works. From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] build sheets

2015-02-27 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
http://carinfo.kiev.ua/cars/vin/mercedes/ --R On 2/26/15 10:47 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 18:09:04 -0500 Meade Dillon via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Ask and you shall receive On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 11:02 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes

Re: [MBZ] OT: More IT, good wireless router / DSL Modem options

2015-02-27 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I have one I'll bring --R On 2/27/15 1:20 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: My $30 router/modem has (partially) died after just a few years. Suggestions on a replacement? I liked having both DSL modem and wireless router in one package, but if a good argument can be made for splitting

Re: [MBZ] OT: FCC Net Neutrality

2015-02-27 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/soros-ford-foundation-shovel-196-million-to-net-neutrality-groups-staff-to-white-house/article/2560702 --R On 2/27/15 8:50 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: I'd love to hear the opinions on the subject line, especially from those of you who make a living

Re: [MBZ] OT: Deadliest cars for drivers

2015-02-27 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
My cousin is a vegan and runs several marathons a year, hikes and bikes, does that cross-fit business, and could probably kick any of our asses in half a minute without even breaking a sweat. Not only that, she is very cute and smart! I don't think she has any particular ideological issue,

Re: [MBZ] OT: FCC Net Neutrality

2015-02-27 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Help us understand why anything is incorrect. Have you read the 300+ pages of the regulations that were voted on? It is my understanding that the proposed regs had not been released to the public (by the most transparent administration in history) so it would be kinda hard to know what it

Re: [MBZ] Fat and Diet. was: Deadliest cars for drivers

2015-02-27 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
It's because I pointed out something about the fat guy and someone started in on vegans and then... --R On 2/27/15 12:13 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: Bingo - we have a change of subject line. RB On 27/02/2015 10:25 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: My son is a karate

Re: [MBZ] OT: Deadliest cars for drivers

2015-02-27 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
a modest sum that she voted for that non-Christian hater of America, who's not like you or I... On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 9:16 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: My cousin is a vegan and runs several marathons a year, hikes and bikes, does

Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-03 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
If some dude pulled that sort of thing at a mall in SC or TX or most any state with a concealed carry law, the dude would not last long enough to wreak too much mayhem. And he would not be using an automatic weapon, nor a semi-automatic for long. --R On 3/3/15 1:00 PM, Randy Bennell via

Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-03 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
disagree and find them puzzling when the facts mitigate against them. But, YMMV. --R (When seconds count, the police are only minutes away) On 3/3/15 3:19 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: On 03/03/2015 2:12 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: If some dude pulled that sort of thing at a mall in SC or TX

Re: [MBZ] Facts -- meenieguns

2015-03-03 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
A friend of mine owned a sporting goods store in MA of all places, and had a firearms sales permit, which apparently included automatic weapons. One night we were socializing and he says he just sold 2 mini-guns to some foreign buyer. These were the things that go like 3000 or 6000 rounds

Re: [MBZ] Computenmachine ?

2015-03-04 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
You need a KVM switch. Look it up. --R On 3/4/15 2:20 PM, WILTON via Mercedes wrote: For the computenmachine gurus: Can I connect 2 machines to work alternately using common screen, keyboard and mouse? BTW, 'nother Country Boy Tale comin' soon, if you're not careful. Wilton

Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
My niece, for reasons I will not go into, had fairly direct knowledge of that situation and would say you are incorrect in your characterization of it. It was mostly a political hack job. --R On 3/4/15 1:20 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: Not to forget Scooter Libby who's outing of a

Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I read where he never brushed his teeth, would just swish green tea around. Apparently he could knock a buzzard off a wagon. --R On 3/4/15 2:21 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: Mao, rest in peace, was as crazy as a fox. He led China for decades.

[MBZ] Facts now Fonts

2015-03-04 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
This looks like fun http://www.wherethesmileshavebeen.com/how-to-turn-your-handwriting-into-a-font-for-free/ Back to work now --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery

Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Not the guns yet, but the bullets now. The Apostate has a pen and a phone! --R On 3/4/15 4:03 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: Hey - you forgot our first Kenyan Muslim non-Christian President who Wants to Confiscate Your Guns. You're getting soft!

Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
The BRUSHMASTER is the one for you I like the Ruger pistola, those are some nice little plinking arms --R On 3/4/15 3:21 PM, clay via Mercedes wrote: http://murphyauction.com/Auction/Details/4674 I am thinking of getting a heater and a stove at this place. The Kriss Vector .45

Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
You do know that the mental health system, such as it was, was dismantled under Reagan because that is what mental health advocates wanted -- they believed that the system as it was violated the rights of mentally ill people by forcing them into treatment or hospitals or whatever, against

Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
You are only coming through in waves Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying When I was a child I had a fever My hands felt just like two balloons Now I've got that feeling once again I can't explain, you would not understand This is not how I am I have become comfortably numb --R

Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I bought a new hearing aid, best kind money can buy. Cost me $8000. --R (sent from my miniPad) On Mar 4, 2015, at 8:13 PM, archer75--- via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Dan Penoff wrote: I have had partial hearing loss in my left ear since I was a child, due mainly to some really

Re: [MBZ] Facts now Fonts now Telling your Benz what to do

2015-03-05 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
). I'm thinking we should get the 8-year old a cell phone so Momma can call her with her help desk questions. -Max On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 10:04 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: So the new MamaML has a deal where you can talk

Re: [MBZ] This looks like it might be a pretty nice 140

2015-03-05 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Some years ago I got to fly on the world's highest-time DC-3 in passenger service, from Hyannis to Nantucket, flown by Provincetown-Boston Airways (PBA) It was a gorgeous plane with the old-style big comfy seats, 2x2 and lots of legroom. I was disappointed the flight was only 15min, I would

Re: [MBZ] Fwd: Overheating 240D more info

2015-03-03 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Wha sort of oil does one use on an automatic gun? --R (sent from my miniPad) On Mar 3, 2015, at 6:53 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: On 03/03/2015 11:08 AM, dseretakis--- via Mercedes wrote: Any thoughts? IF we did not have your overheating problem to discuss, we

[MBZ] ML

2015-02-28 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Went with wifey and bought a 2012 ML V-6 bluejuice turbodizzel this afternoon. Somewhat unpleasant experience dealing with the stealer. They tried twice to stick me with the $650 documentation fee and we finally walked out, the salesdroid chased us into the parking lot, finally they caved. Then

Re: [MBZ] ML

2015-03-01 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Yeah I tested that! --R Sent from iPhone On Feb 28, 2015, at 11:34 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: If it has stability control, be careful to stay below speeds were it actuates (it doesn't necessarily announce that), otherwise you can experience very short

Re: [MBZ] ML

2015-03-01 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
They had a black/black E63 wagon sitting in the showroom too. I will admit I sinned multiple times with Lust In My Heart. --R (sent from my miniPad) On Mar 1, 2015, at 7:47 AM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Hard acceleration in turns seems to be the sort of thing

Re: [MBZ] ML

2015-03-01 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: ATTABOY! Especially well done re. sticking it to 'em on the BS they call documention fee. 'Can't think of anything I dislike any more than dealing with a car salesman. Wilton Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Went with wifey

Re: [MBZ] ML

2015-03-01 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
but have thought about ml, what did you pay for it? Sent from my iPhone On Mar 1, 2015, at 8:16 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: So we went back this aft to finalize the deal. We did some .99% financing, basically free money. We are going through all the docs, Guy

[MBZ] Fwd: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender

2015-03-05 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
??? --R Forwarded Message Subject:Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2015 09:32:59 -0500 From: Mail Delivery System mailer-dae...@eigbox.net To: richthomas79td...@constructivity.net This message was created automatically by

Re: [MBZ] Facts now Fonts now Telling your Benz what to do

2015-03-05 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
So the new MamaML has a deal where you can talk to it and tell it what to do. You push a button on the steering wheel then you tell it to navigate to some address or place you have saved, or change the radio or music on your pod or call someone or do various other things. She has tried it

Re: [MBZ] Amazon Parts

2015-02-23 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I have had my wife order stuff from Amazon and get it shipped free in 2 days with Prime, no 10% sales tax. Great deal. I have noticed most of the FLAPs will do something similar, if you find it on their web site and buy it then go pick it up at the store, or have it shipped to the store, but

Re: [MBZ] OT: US oil train safety report from The Associated Press

2015-02-23 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
When we lived in Houston there was a train track across the street behind some houses. At some point the track developed a gap between rails, maybe a half inch or so. You could hear the clack-clack every time a wheel truck ran over it. I went and looked at it one day and the front rail was

[MBZ] OK What do you think?

2015-02-23 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I know we are all pretty much cheapasses but wifey wants a new vehicle and I have suggested a GL or ML. (I lean to a GL just because I like bigger but she might prefer an ML size, there seem to be more of them available, a bit less dinero too) She is totally risk averse so I am thinking some

Re: [MBZ] Klunking in the Rear

2015-02-23 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
yep --R On 2/23/15 3:36 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: On Mon, 23 Feb 2015 13:03:02 -0700 Bob Rentfro via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: No this wasn't meant for Banned. When I turn to the right while accelerating, I hear a clicking in the rear end. When I turn to the right and I am

Re: [MBZ] Klunking in the Rear

2015-02-23 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
have a lift. Bob R On Feb 23, 2015 2:01 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: yep --R On 2/23/15 3:36 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: On Mon, 23 Feb 2015 13:03:02 -0700 Bob Rentfro via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] OK What do you think?

2015-02-23 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
So what I am dealing with here is she asserted the need for a new car of some sort, most likely SUV or pickup so she can haul bikes and various other stuff that is a mystery to me. I got a $ range and a list of things she DOESN'T want, as below. It has to be reliable or have some sort of

Re: [MBZ] OT Global warming (aka climate change), linked to frigid winter

2015-02-23 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
So, I posed this question to our guides in Patagonia in the Torres del Paine park in Chile. The mountains there are 4000ish feet high which is more than a kilometer, call it 1.5km. They told us the mountains were under a km of ice, so that makes that the ice was 2.5ish km thick (above

Re: [MBZ] OK What do you think?

2015-02-24 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I am thinking this might be worth looking at http://www.mbnorthlake.com/certified/Mercedes-Benz/2012-Mercedes-Benz-M-Class-38bf7ca40a0a00657da2d4d36fee3e73.htm --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] OT: Deadliest cars for drivers

2015-02-25 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I wonder if the Suburban and Silverado suffer from Hey y'all ho mah beer and watchiss The others I can see, when a Sub or Sil t-bones one. --R On 2/25/15 11:59 AM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: Since some are considering non-MB cars for their families:

Re: [MBZ] OT Global warming (aka climate change), linked to

2015-02-25 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I have been listening to the inane commentary on NPR about this pipeline bidness. It is quite interesting how the opponents have managed to turn the discussion around aspects that are either 1) wrong, 2) irrelevant, 3) conflated, 4) partially true, 5) idiotic, 6) ignoring certain other

Re: [MBZ] Old airbag

2015-02-22 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
It has never really ended here, just better armaments --R (sent from my miniPad) On Feb 21, 2015, at 9:14 PM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: A war that's over or the war that never really ended? On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 9:10 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] Old airbag

2015-02-21 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
You can come out to my vast estate and set it off when the neighbors are having war day and shooting and blowing sh...tuff up. That would be most every Sunday. --R (sent from my miniPad) On Feb 21, 2015, at 8:29 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: 12V will

Re: [MBZ] OK What do you think?

2015-02-24 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
the generic interior a frod offers? I would guess that the top end appointments on an exploder would rival the benz and come to the same costs. I would also think the repair costs are fairly comparable. Toss up clay On Feb 23, 2015, at 7:43 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: I know we are all

Re: [MBZ] OK What do you think?

2015-02-24 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
, sure, but they're very easy to handle, simple and reliable too. I'm on my second one as a company car and like it much more than I thought I would. Jaime On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 2:00 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: So what I am

[MBZ] OT RV bidness

2015-02-24 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
So in my road trip ponderings this past weekend, and in others, I have noticed these big RV dealers here and there along the interstate roads. They have hundreds of buses and trailers parked on a few acres of land. Must be several $millions worth of inventory just sitting there. I wonder

Re: [MBZ] OK What do you think?

2015-02-24 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
gopher it -R On 2/24/15 11:32 AM, Jim Cathey wrote: My friend with the SL is now dangling what would be insultingly-low (if they were mine) prices in front of me. I think he's a 'motivated seller', and he knows I won't screw around. Wife just says: buy one, sell one. Can't fault her logic.

Re: [MBZ] 124 Steering Knives

2015-02-24 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Don't they flex when you are using them? What about the ceramic knives? --R On 2/24/15 11:35 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: I love good knives although my expensive Henkel knives aren't as sharp as the cheaper Chinese ones with the thinner blades that cut like a razor.

Re: [MBZ] build sheets

2015-02-26 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
OK will do I'm going to look at this one http://www.mbnorthlake.com/certified/Mercedes-Benz/2012-Mercedes-Benz-M-Class-38bf7ca40a0a00657da2d4d36fee3e73.htm *2012 MERCEDES-BENZ ML350 BLUETEC * VIN: 4JGDA2EB9CA052421 Turns out the other one is in Colorado --R On 2/26/15 11:05 AM, Dan Penoff

[MBZ] build sheets

2015-02-26 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Does anyone have access to build sheets for particular vehicles? *2012 MERCEDES-BENZ ML350 BLUETEC * VIN: 4JGDA2EB9CA052421 *2014 MERCEDES-BENZ ML350 BLUETEC * VIN: 4JGDA2EB8EA397085 --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Work test

2015-02-26 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I was trying to get email set up on my ifon, and for some reason the same settings as on my minipad were not working. I'm not exactly sure what I finally did but it seems to work now. --R On 2/25/15 10:55 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 19:50:28 -0600 Curly McLain via

Re: [MBZ] OT: Deadliest cars for drivers

2015-02-26 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
OH NO Now we'll have the gummint demanding fat bags in all cars! --R On 2/26/15 12:37 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: He said his doctor also suggested he likely avoided some injuries because he was big and fat. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] OT: Deadliest cars for drivers

2015-02-26 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
check this dude out http://jalopnik.com/watch-this-guy-get-completely-ejected-from-his-car-and-1688183818 --R On 2/26/15 1:33 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: OH NO Now we'll have the gummint demanding fat bags in all cars! --R On 2/26/15 12:37 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote

[MBZ] Work test

2015-02-25 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Ifon --R Sent from iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of

[MBZ] Fwd: Testitagainvfgh

2015-02-25 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Again --R Sent from iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Rich Thomas richthomas79.30...@gmail.com Date: February 25, 2015 at 7:55:03 PM EST To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Testitagainvfgh Hail bcc --R Sent from iPhone

Re: [MBZ] OT: Deadliest cars for drivers

2015-02-26 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
So you're saying that lack of fatty acids leads to lack of fatty asses? --R On 2/26/15 5:39 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: Rich wrote: OH NO Now we'll have the gummint demanding fat bags in all cars! --R On 2/26/15 12:37 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: He said his

[MBZ] Testtttttt

2015-02-26 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Blah --R Sent from iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of

Re: [MBZ] build sheets

2015-02-26 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Thanks, I found it on the rooshan web site that Dan suggested I look up. --R On 2/26/15 6:09 PM, Meade Dillon wrote: Ask and you shall receive On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 11:02 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Does anyone have

[MBZ] OT Words to the wise, or not for the wise

2015-03-26 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Given it is a slow Benz day, and I think we are all in need of continuing education unrelated to plane crashes and Ted Cruz, I offer this for your consideration. I am providing a public service announcement to make you all aware of the pervasive problem of coded sexism. Yes, for those

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