dunno' how good it is, but this is usually a good place to start for
highway info and shows the traffic info phone number (Cowtrans is
understandably weak for moose sightings,...):
http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/roadinfo/
here's an alternative way to get to what is basically the same info:
what do you want to know? a quick search on biowille turns up plenty
of links,... here's a few:
www.wnbiodiesel.com
biowillie.com
www.cafepress.com/wnbiodiesel
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/30/business/30biowillie.html?ex=1293598800en=3b0ae71846ac300aei=5088partner=rssnytemc=rss
$500 is OK, but $781 is ape crazy?
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=4642446964rd=1sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AITrd=1
--
Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK
91 300D 2.5 Turbo, 90 420SEL, 89 560SEL, 87 420SEL, 87 300SDL,
85 380SE, 85 300D,
doh!
of course! what was i thinking,... ;-*
cheers!
e
Bob Rentfro wrote:
For Kaleb it is...that's $281! He could buy a 240D and 0.275 of a wrecked
'89 300D!
Bob Rentfro
- Original Message -
From: ernest breakfield [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List
do you find it necessary to bleed before you believe that you *will*
bleed?
personally, i ride ATGATT (All The Gear All The Time) because i grew up
riding dirt bikes that way and saw how much good it does when (not *if*)
you come off... (and i've seen firsthand that it doesn't always have
what i paid for what i'm riding has *zero* bearing on what my skin is
worth to me; i'll bleed just as much falling off of a $600 motorcycle as
off of a $16K motorcycle.
when people ask me what it costs to get into motorcycling, i find that
most are surprised when my first response is
Bob,
FWIW, i think a lot of the concern over changing hoses to use BioD is
somewhat overblown; i watch the fuel lines as i would on any vehicle
that's decades old (as most of ours are), and will change them when i
see signs that they need it.
many people i know using BioD over the last few
, cost of the fuel wasn't the only deciding factor in many folks
choice to use BioD, and many here have been paying a premium to use
Commercially available BioD for years already.
cheers!
e
'85 300D
B100 in Berkeley
On May 23, 2006, at 5:10 PM, ernest breakfield wrote:
many people i know
BioD *is* different; in a good way.
the flash point of BioD is listed in several places i found as ± 150°C
as opposed to petroleum diesel at ± 70°C.
it's unlikely that regular old #2 would even be a fire hazard in a
leak, and with the even higher flash point of Biod it's
great stuff; reinforces much of what i'd come to believe based on my own
experiences!
may i ask where these numbers were gleaned from?
cheers!
e
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Average: 83.7 percent
1. Oregon 90.6
2. Washington 88.2
3. Vermont 87.5
4. Idaho 87.3 (Tie)
4.
we can't compare XJ Cherokees to the Full Size J**ps; XJs (like those of
the diesel vintage) didn't weigh anywhere near that much.
since they're frame-less unitized construction, even with the wife and
myself in ours, our modified mid-90s 4x4 XJ with a 4.0L and automatic
trans weighs in under
hi Luther!
?s:
- $; how much?
- can you verify that these are indeed Driving (Pencil Beam) pattern, and
not Fog pattern?
thanks!
cheers/73!
e
n6zes
I have 1 set of Hella 550 rectangular (7 11/16x3 3/4) driving lights for
sale. For sale to a list member before I put them on eBay.
we use an old blanket when the kid gets to come in the Benz, but i've
always thought this looked like a nice idea if a way to secure it on the
back of the rear seat could be fashioned...
http://www.duluthtrading.com/items/67354+KHA.asp
cheers!
e
On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 11:21:32AM -0700, Brian
mistaken again, you are,... i've never said anything about either of our
countries before, so it's not likely i've done *anything* again... and
i'm certainly not cheering on anything.
should i just complain about what other people are saying about their
own country and throw stones over a
there were actually at least 2 separate Campaigns to change out
Particulate Traps; my '85 300D had it done the first time @ ~66K miles to
replace the original TO, and again just a couple of years ago at MBZs
insistence to replace that TO with yet a different one. neither of these
changes cost me
hi Clay!
can you expound some more on what BiL's doing?
never heard of anyone taking anything off of an Exploder to put on an
XJ except for the rear disc brakes, and that doesn't have anything to
do with the gearing...
likewise, what exactly are you talking about WRT the T'Case? the
hi Donald!
i have indeed always admired the look of the old Wagoneers, but they're
just too large for many of the places we squeeze into in the XJ (like,
for example, where we've had to fold back the mirrors on the XJ to
squeeze through some of the slot canyons we've been up in the Anza
Ola, Don!
not sure if you're asking about XJs or Grand Waggys; Donald can
probably tell you more the Waggys than i can.
if looking for an XJ (labeled as Cherokees, Laredos, Wagoneers,
Pioneers, and more depending on the whims of the marketeers), i'd want:
- the 4.0L engine; one of the
. Upgraded cone in the 94? maybe.
As for gearing, I suspect he is looking for the better (lower) gearing
offered in later model diff.
Sorry for clueless ramblings. If this actually makes sense, I will
have to drink another beer.
On Tuesday, September 13, 2005, at 11:21 AM, ernest
[list of Seattle cars deleted]
Clay,
Not mine, no affiliation, too bad is you do not want to see all the
great Benz for sale out this way Mac, the rest of the list is drooling
for some new rides, no matter where they find them
--
Clay
Seattle Bioburner
1972 220D - Gump
1995 E300D
[list of Seattle cars deleted]
Clay,
please don't include me in the generalization the rest of the list
that you use to justify what you seem to think of as a 'service' to the
list; there's already too much noise on this list for me to support any
more.
do you understand that (thanks to
On Tuesday, October 4, 2005, at 10:19 PM, ernest breakfield wrote:
[list of Seattle cars deleted]
Clay,
please don't include me in the generalization the rest of the list
that you use to justify what you seem to think of as a 'service' to the
list; there's already too much noise on this list
that's sad, and proof again that humor is not universal...
i don't find ignorance or a lack of an ability to understand the
greater picture the least bit amusing.
cheers!
e
I am available to look at it, if anybody is at all interested. I know
Earnest is not.
Nicemade my afternoon
i am far from humorless, but i don't think making fun of people is funny
(and it's a poor reflection on those who do).
you're right that i wasn't interested; i'm more of a W123 fan.
i don't have any idea if eArnest was interested or not (whoever he is).
cheers!
e
Come on, it was
$3.249 for B99 in San Jose CA this afternoon,... prices for #2 are all over
the chart.
cheers!
e
Ron Dwelle wrote:
Just went to fill up. B-20 bio-diesel is $0.10/gallon higher than dino.
Trying to figure out how that could be. $3.199 for dino and $3.299 for
B-20.
Ron Dwelle
at that price, it better be a hell of a pail!;-)
cheers!
e
Russ Maki wrote:
I was on the phone the other day with a fuel/oil distributor who's
getting into biodiesel. For the record, Wolf Oil of Slinger, Wis.. He
had me interested until he told me their price for B-100 -- $25+ for a
hi Tarek!
yes.
i've run almost exclusively B100 in our unmodified 300D for most of the
last 25K miles over the last couple of years with no ill effect.
having seen the experiences of the many BioD users in this area, i think
the concerns over fuel lines leaking on our cars are much
hi Kevin!
these people almost always have BioD, and claim to have the ARCO ECD-1
as well.
Western States Oil CO
1790 South 10th Street
San Jose, CA 95112
http://www.lubeoil.com
cheers!
e
On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 09:33:42PM -0700, ernest breakfield wrote:
$3.249 for B99 in San Jose CA
i wish i could find a dealer like that in the SF Bay Area; i've had a good
Indy find (and resolve) issues no less than 3 different dealers weren't
able to, and even had enough things done wrong to my vehicle at the last
dealership i took it to that the dealer ended up writing *me* a check
how about a sticker that says:
Real Patriots use Renewable Fuel...?;-)
cheers!
e
'85 300D
B100 in Berkeley
Christopher McCann wrote:
[snip]
P.S. My friend put a POWERED BY VEGGIE OIL sticker
in his back windshield. I did too...except the 240D is
powered by alot of other stuff. A
i've been a fan of Optimas ever since i spent the better part of a day
scrubbing the spew from a cracked lead-acid battery out of an engine
compartment,...;-*
i'm on my second one now since my last Optima only lasted 7 years in the
J**p; that's after having been drained completely flat
yes.
(an equally silly response.)
cheers!
e
Just catching up on my Benz mail, and it got me wondering if I was a
married hell-bound gun-carrying liberal Lutheran Mason with an afro in
an overpopulated country whose wife made me sell an old International
diesel that might or might not
.
was there something of value you were trying to add to the discussion?
cheers!
e
ernest breakfield wrote:
when i throw 20 gallons (4 x 5 Gallon carboys)of B100 in the trunk and
fill up the tank, it's noticeably lower in the rear than if i have a
passenger in the back seat. (FWIW, the shocks are fairly new
obviating the obvious
exactly.
ernest breakfield wrote:
the geometry involved seemed obvious to me (and you, apparently); but
that
didn't seem apparent to a poster who implied that the weight in the
trunk
was like a passengers weight in the rear seat,... that's why i thought
almost correct!
w123 wagons started showing up in the US w/ turbos in '81. coupes and
sedans, not 'til '82.
cheers!
e
My 82 300CD is a turbo and has VIN X00013 so they probably started
production that year.
Bruce
Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
kayoooh @ gmail wrote:
Kevin,
depends; how much is he willing to pay you to take it? ;-)
about 8K turbo CDs were brought to the USA according to the figures
i've seen. whether or not that's rare in your book is relative.
with all the things you list being out of wack it would appear that
this vehicle wasn't
Trap Oxidizer was swapped out under factory campaign in my 617 Calif
300D early on, and whatever it was they put in then was replaced with
yet another unit (that i was told was a Catalytic Converter) a few years
back... of course it doesn't get very dirty anyway, since i'm almost
always using
the dealer that did the last replacement of mine seemed willing enough
to replace it just because they looked it up on the computer and saw
there was an open campaign on it, not because there was any sign of any
trouble with it. (the computer showed it had been done back at about
~80K miles,
according the the very small very faint print at the bottom of this
page, it's another 43-state motor.
http://www.jeep.com/crd/index.html
cheers!
e
LarryT wrote:
is the Jeep diesel available for sale in all 50 states? or are there 6-8
states that like to follow in Kalifornia's CARB
i wouldn't be surprised; but i spent 6 months looking over a 450 mile
range for a 300D i deemed worth buying, and have had other MBZ-heads
drooling on it ever since asking how i was able to find one in such
great condition with only 120K miles on it...
it's amazing what kind of POSs some
actually, if you want to be technical about it, there's at least 3
different versions of Grand Cherokees; the original ZJs, WJs, and the
(IIRC) WKs. all of them except for the first half of the first year of
the ZJs got the ChryCo trannys, and those early '93 ZJs with the 4.0L
straight-6 and
-
From: ernest breakfield [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: 12/10/07 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] MB Diesel Powered Grand Cherokee
actually, if you want to be technical about it, there's at least 3
different versions of Grand Cherokees; the original ZJs
there were diesels in XJs for a couple of years back in the 80s that
came to the US; i do believe they were Italian motors. they were quick
to fall out of favor here due to their poor performance, unreliability,
poor fuel economy and poor parts support.
i ran into a lady at the local
Kevin,
i think you're probably correct; thanks for the clarification!
cheers!
e
Kevin Kraly wrote:
The 80's Diesel cherokees were powered by a Renault 2.1L 4 cylinder
engine, and parts are practically impossible to find for them.
___
Rusty,
my condolences. losing parents can't ever be easy, especially to see
them as their bodies deteriorate around them.
it sounds like he had a full life, and at least now he isn't
suffering. you're fortunate that you and the rest of your family knew
him and had him as long as you
lot's of instances of if and may in the preceding statement...
the issues related to irresponsible production aren't new or
unexpected, just more examples of what we've seen throughout the ages;
when greed is involved, there's a way to screw almost anything up.
while BioFuels as we know
hi Lee!
why not let the Mercedes roadside service guys come out and test
your charging system (for free) and install a new MBZ battery if it's
necessary? doesn't cost much (if any) more than many other batteries, in
my experience, and will eliminate some of the variables. besides, that
crazy; BioD was only $3.99 here yesterday, and that's after a recent
price increase. oddly enough, that's only a coupla' dimes more than #2
is going for around here. (saving the world has *always* been more
expensive; it's self-centered greed that got us into this mess to start
with!)
i
hi Tom!
i have to wonder what models you're talking about; my 123 300D
hasn't cost nearly as much as my J**p XJ to feed and maintain, and my
BMW GS Adv (not including farkles) is worth roughly half what it was
worth new. (i don't have any experience with HDs, but see they're not
i don't know of anything that will work the way you want in all
programs; i've never found anyone who could tell me how to make tabbing
consistently work as simply as it does in Windows.
i have the same complaint working in both OSX 10.4 and 10.5., as do
many of the people who i work with
a (for instance) 2.5l YJ probably
balances in favor of the Jeep but for long distance driving there is no
comparison.
Change the MB to a w201 2.2l 5spd and its over the other way.
-Curt
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:22:56 -0800
From: ernest breakfield [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mercedes
not sure it would have made much of a difference; the ChryCo trannys
aren't known for their reliability, and many of the folks i know with
various Grands (ZJ, WJs, etc.,..) have been through at least one in less
mileage than Toms has.
cheers!
e
Donald Snook wrote:
Tom H. wrote: The jeep
that doesn't take into account at all the fact that many trannys have a
lock-up torque converter; at speed on the highway, they're doing
virtually nothing, whereas on the street in city driving they're
generating much heat due to the TC slippage.
use might correlate roughly to the number of
odds are good that the Factory Tow Package might have included a lower
ratio for the differential(s), resulting in less day-to-day strain on
the powertrain,...
cheers!
e
Curt Raymond wrote:
IIRC Marshall said largely highway driving would make a trans last longer
too, that it had a finite
more than a few cars at the races would be warmed up in the pits in gear
while on stands with the entire driveline running for reasons just like
this,... parts seemed to not be as likely to break if they weren't cold.
cheers!
e
E M wrote:
I think letting the whole car warm up before asking
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of ernest breakfield
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 11:49 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Was Mercedes and long term cost, now Jeep cost
hi Tom!
my XJ has the same motor; great piece, that old straight 6!
bummer though that i
Button Tabbing seems like it should move you around on the buttons by
tabbing (much as with Windoze), but while it will select those buttons
(in *some* but not all aps), it still doesn't allow me to actually use
the highlighted buttons by hitting the Enter key like it does in
windows. (i find
Fusion has been working well for me on my MacBook (and is still a free
Beta); especially the new version with Unity, where you can have your
Windows applications running in windows that are intermingled with your
Apple aps,... pretty slick, except that you have to remember to 'speak'
Windows
Jim,
i think if you look into it further, you may find that while HID
lights are legal in all states as installed by the vehicle
manufacturers, there are no HID 'upgrade kits' that are legal in any state.
that said, most of the H4 Q-H lights aren't legal either, but that's
due more to
All you need is a few gallons in
the tank of Bio to get the benefits.
to clarify, while using a Bio blend will get you *some* of the benefits
of BioDiesel, the most significant of those benefits will generally
only be in the proportion with the percentage of BioD used.
With the local
RLE,
doing the Good Thing is rarely inexpensive; sadly, that's why most
people don't seem to, and it's that short-sighted selfishness that
frequently creates many of the problems we inherit.
JMO, but if a $0.30/g investment is too much of an effort for someone
to make to try to help
except in those desert places where the next gas is hours away, not that
i've ever seen.
cheers!
e
don't complain; commercially available BioD is still $3.50/g+ here in
the Bay Area.
Yeah, but those are California dollars. Heck, premium gasoline tops
$3.00 there on a fairly regular
not really relevant; ever ridden with a Deaf friend? not having ears to rely
on, their vision skills are developed to where they see things most Hearies
would be amazed by,...
FWIW, earphones covering *both* ears are illegal in Calif. as well.
cheers!
e
Laurence MacNeill wrote:
At 12:08
i inquired about service on that exact car at my local dealership and was
told they couldn't accept it for service. although the E34 body style is
common here and they're familiar with the M21 motor it shares with the
85'ish 524TDs, there are enough things different about it that they've had
cars
mentioned almost as an aside here,...
http://media.vw.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=9618
cheers!
e
Where did you hear this?
On 8/30/05, David Goldsmith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anyone know why VW pulled the latest TDI's, esp. the
Passat? Were there problems with it/them?
DG
Curt,
getting to the battery on my BMW is a pain also (it's up under the
tank), so i use a set of cables that i connected to the battery and
terminated in a large capped Anderson connector back under the seat
where it's more readily accessible. i carry a set of jumper cables that
are
David,
consider what you could buy to replace it with; even though what
you've got now isn't exactly a low-mileage example, certainly it would
cost more to buy something else comparable than it will cost to repair
what you have now, and there's no guarantee you wouldn't have the issues
the front crank seal only 1 year before it started leaking
again.
My indy sais the compressor is still good. Is there a way to prognosticate
on compressor, dryer, etc?
Davud
ernest breakfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
David,
consider what you could buy to replace it with; even though what
Jim,
no sphere issues; unless he mistyped it (twice!), David's talking
about a sedan, not a wagon.
cheers!
e
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[snip]
In your MB future, rear spheres will probably show up on the fix it list
before the trans goes.
[snip]
___
went through a similar experience when the transmission in the family
J**p XJ started leaking profusely after a mere 200K miles; decided to
replace it with a Chrysler-supplied Factory Rebuilt through the dealer
based on the fact that we wanted the warranty coverage in case it ever
failed
hi Jim!
not sure i can help you; i had issues with all the points you list,
but i'm not sure any of that's relevant since the XJ tranny is an AW-4,
not a ChryCo/Mopar product.
cheers!
e
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 9/17/2007 1:27:28 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
while i wouldn't describe myself as a radio buff, from what i saw in a
quick search on them, they appear to have been (now obsolete) 1 channel
1 watt radios,... you already seem to know the frequency (assigned in a
non-government exclusive part of the spectrum designated for Land Mobile
use);
or is it UHF/VHF? Where would this thing have
been used?
thanks for the data
clay
On 23 Sep 2007, at 12:28, ernest breakfield wrote:
while i wouldn't describe myself as a radio buff, from what i saw in a
quick search on them, they appear to have been (now obsolete) 1 channel
1 watt
yes they'd work together directly (called Simplex), no they don't
require a repeater.
i'm still waiting to see if anyone's going to ask if it's legal to
use the frequency these are reportedly on without licensing,... ;-)
cheers!
e
Mitch Haley wrote:
My question would be do they work
the issue is that the standards aren't the same in the US as in EU;
standards adopted in the US are basically copied from what the Ntl BioD
Board suggested, and since they're in bed with the Soy Farmers, it's
biased toward Soy-based BioD.
BioD in the EU is typically made from Rapeseed;
...
__
From: ernest breakfield [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],Mercedes Discussion List
mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Bio-d in new Benzes
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:07:12 -0700
Peter,
wow; glad to hear you're reasonably OK! original body parts are *so*
much better than the aftermarket stuff they're installing in the
hospitals these days. (DAMHIK.)
sorry to hear about your 300D, but here's a tip of the hat and a
moment of silence in its honor for a job well
relatively none of the many SVO/WVO folk here in Berkeley are using
TDIs; TDIs are typically running BioD, and the overwhelming majority of
Veg-heads are Mercedes diesels.
as for inflated, that might just be a matter of perspective; i'd
like to think that i got mine when they were just
it had 120K miles on it. i've turned down offers for considerably
more for it since then, even though it's got over 160K on it now.
cheers!
e
Wray Stanley wrote:
ernest breakfield wrote:
as for inflated, that might just be a matter of perspective; i'd
like to think that i got mine
i'm in California, but if you're looking for max money for your wifes
rig, i'd suggest eBay; it's everywhere, and the guy who's going to pay
the most could be anywhere. want a vacation out of it? work out a deal
for delivery...! ;-)
i know guys who do what you're talking about with BMW
hi Gerry!
while there might be some hanky-panky on eBay, it's mostly with
unscrupulous sellers. you're not likely to be exposed to much risk if
you're the seller; you advertise what you've got (lots of good pictures
seems to make a big difference), set what you want as a minimum for it
not sure what this has to do with MBZs,...
FWIW, studies have shown that even conversing with a passenger
reduces the amount of mental bandwidth available to use to focus on
driving, and that the likelihood of a beginning driver to get in an
accident increases exponentially with the number
hi Bob!
the MBZs around here running VO (and there are a lot of them) are
the smoothest sounding by far; BioD sounds almost as good, but not
quite. as i understand it, the lubricity isn't the contributing factor,
but rather the way the different fuels ignite and burn.
downsides are
John M McIntosh wrote:
Well up here in Canada where we've Diesel Powered Smarts the fellows
in the back room at the mercedes dealership tell me
they've sent off quite a few IP where the owner has run questionable
biodiesel or SVO and trashed things...
'twould be interesting if
and judging by the guard behind the rear seat, likely 'doggified'...
cheers!
e
Allan Streib wrote:
No air, no cruise, banged up, mileage unknown. I'd say it's a little
on the high side.
Allan
Robert Rentfro [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Don't see many wagons this cheap.
typical insurance company tactic; the first offer is always a fraction
of what the thing is actually worth, because some people are so eager to
be at the end of the trauma associated with the crash issue that they'll
take anything that's offered just to be done with it all,... you can
usually
that was Melissa that did the nice key.
pic attached
cheers!
e
Robert Rentfro wrote:
I remember she posted a pic of her 123 wagon
Buried under some snow as I recall. She had an M name.
Bob R.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of
sorry, all, but apparently the pic of Melissas key that i had attached
to my previous post wasn't approved for distribution; i don't know why.
i'll try it again here a lightly different way, and see if maybe
it's 'blessed' this time,...
cheers!
e
ernest breakfield wrote
pretty funny, though you obviously didn't have your German Logic Circuit
engaged when you started thinking about this; why would the brake lights
*need* to work when the engine's off and the steering wheel's locked? ;-)
cheers!
e
Zoltan Finks wrote:
Must sell both Mercedes. Last night
i'd think any S-class Benz that looked like that one does would scare
people away at even less than half the asking price,... what kind of
person allows an S-class to fall into that sort of state of disrepair,
and what does that say about them and (resultantly) the car? and that's
*before*
.
Brian
On 10/29/07, ernest breakfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
pretty funny, though you obviously didn't have your German Logic Circuit
engaged when you started thinking about this; why would the brake lights
*need* to work when the engine's off and the steering wheel's locked
situations in which it was a problem that the
brake lights operated without the key - such as a brake pedal that
likes to stick down a bit.
Brian
On 10/29/07, ernest breakfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
hi Brian!
seems unlikely to me for a person to be in a situation where the
ignition's
yeah,... apparently it's What's Up. the current Thing To Do. Yo.
as if the average driver needed even more distractions when
operating a piece of machinery on public roads, eh?
and what's up with (what i call) 'The Passing Drift'? why is it that
so often that an overtaking car that
i feel like there's a lot to be said for being able to entertain oneself
without the need for external stimulus.
the idea that kids need to be entertained constantly seems to be to
be discouraging the development of their own observation and perception
skills and imaginations, and only
hi Alex!
speaking as a motorcyclist with 3 decades of road riding experience
including an 80 mile/day commute in Bay Area traffic and extensive
touring, i think most motorcyclists riding the yellow line (when solo)
are likely rookies. yes, there are a lot of new rookies out there!
i
yep; that's partly why i don't think that way anymore.
i think it's more often a case of the fact that folks when driving
don't typically acknowledge someone on a bicycle if they don't have to
negotiate for space with them, then after they pass them are busy
looking in the rearview as the
that would be classic; as long as the parking space thieves hadn't
stolen the car, too,...
cheers!
e
wilton strickland wrote:
Older son went to NC State U. football game with his boss. Boss' 80-yr-old
dad, who has had 50-yd-line season tickets for 30 yrs was missing from his
seat for
as a cyclist, i don't think of using the portion of lane that is needed
to be safe as sending a message of any kind; i don't personally feel
that militantly about it it, though i know many bicyclists do. however,
if by this action someone driving 'gets' the message that otherwise
didn't
Loren,
i hope you're joking (or even trolling)!
in most states, bicycles *do* have the same rights to the road as
any other vehicle. as is said at Critical Mass rides everywhere:
Bicycles *ARE* Traffic.
it's hardly a significant inconvenience as a motorist to leave room
to share a
hi John!
i doubt anyone is wondering any such thing, and i'll bet that
stretch of road is a much nicer place to be now, isn't it? ;-)
maybe when people realize that it's now safer to use their bicycles
there instead of their cars, you'll have more people down there without
an
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