Re: [MBZ] I may trade for a classic Mercedes’ -- 1953 Cadillac De Ville 62 series,$11,500

2021-12-10 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
The old Metro was pretty unrefined but a fun drive. A friend had a convertible with the 3cyl. As they say its more fun to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow. I definitely would prefer a Cruze in an accident. Just for giggles I plugged a '19 Cruze, '21 Spark and '98 Metro into fuel

Re: [MBZ] I may trade for a classic Mercedes’ -- 1953 Cadillac De Ville 62 series,$11,500

2021-12-10 Thread mitch--- via Mercedes
On 2021-12-10 13:39, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: It seems to me with all these advancements, instead of having engines that are smaller and make crap tons more power, why not have them get crap tons better mileage and keep the power the same? Surely these things should be getting 60-80

Re: [MBZ] I may trade for a classic Mercedes’ -- 1953 Cadillac De Ville 62 series,$11,500

2021-12-10 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> Everybody "needs" an SUV or crossover. Everybody "needs" AWD. I have no use for them. Give me a sedan, convertible, or truck as needed. We actually do need AWD where we live. I really don't like the bat-out-of-hell on the ragged edge of control 50mph run up the icy hill to try to get home in

Re: [MBZ] I may trade for a classic Mercedes’ -- 1953 Cadillac De Ville 62 series,$11,500

2021-12-10 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> The 345ci 5.7l Hemi in my 2010 Dodge RAM made 390hp 407#ft from the > factory.The Cadillac 500 was only rated for 400hp and 500#ft in 1970 The older Dodge truck 488ci 8.0l V10 is 300/450 on regular gas. It's torque that makes a truck a truck, and not a haul-ass grocery getter. My rating

Re: [MBZ] I may trade for a classic Mercedes’ -- 1953 Cadillac De Ville 62 series,$11,500

2021-12-10 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> why not have them get crap tons better mileage and keep the power the same? > Surely these things should be getting 60-80 mpg my now? My thoughts, exactly. Keep in mind it's torque that makes cars pleasantly drivable, so optimize for that rather than HP. My 200D had only what, 55HP? But it

Re: [MBZ] I may trade for a classic Mercedes’ -- 1953 Cadillac De Ville 62 series,$11,500

2021-12-10 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
t;> car by this owner. >> >> -D >> ________ >> From: Mercedes on behalf of Floyd Thursby >> via Mercedes >> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2021 10:40 AM >> To: Mercedes Discussion List >> Cc: Floyd T

Re: [MBZ] I may trade for a classic Mercedes’ -- 1953 Cadillac De Ville 62 series,$11,500

2021-12-10 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
Mercedes’ -- 1953 Cadillac De Ville 62 series,$11,500 Looks like that is true: https://www.cartechbooks.com/blogs/techtips/battery Different quality standards go into some of them but they're a commodity... I used to really like CarQuest batteries, not sure what to get now that they're gone

Re: [MBZ] I may trade for a classic Mercedes’ -- 1953 Cadillac De Ville 62 series,$11,500

2021-12-10 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
__ >> From: Mercedes on behalf of Floyd Thursby >> via Mercedes >> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2021 10:40 AM >> To: Mercedes Discussion List >> Cc: Floyd Thursby >> Subject: [MBZ] I may tr

Re: [MBZ] I may trade for a classic Mercedes’ -- 1953 Cadillac De Ville 62 series,$11,500

2021-12-10 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Looks like that is true: https://www.cartechbooks.com/blogs/techtips/battery Different quality standards go into some of them but they're a commodity... I used to really like CarQuest batteries, not sure what to get now that they're gone. -Curt On Friday, December 10, 2021, 01:29:45 PM EST,

Re: [MBZ] I may trade for a classic Mercedes’ -- 1953 Cadillac De Ville 62 series,$11,500

2021-12-10 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
I've always heard that almost all car batteries sold in the USA are made by Johnson Controls or Exide. If that's still true, the branding on the battery probably doesn't make a lot of difference. Allan On Fri, Dec 10, 2021, at 12:27 PM, mitch--- via Mercedes wrote: > On 2021-12-10 12:24, dan

Re: [MBZ] I may trade for a classic Mercedes’ -- 1953 Cadillac De Ville 62 series,$11,500

2021-12-10 Thread mitch--- via Mercedes
On 2021-12-10 12:24, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: The "Rural King" battery gives me great confidence in the work done on the car by this owner. My dad bought all his batteries at Tractor Supply, and they were generally pretty long lasting. ___

Re: [MBZ] I may trade for a classic Mercedes’ -- 1953 Cadillac De Ville 62 series,$11,500

2021-12-10 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
on the > car by this owner. > > -D > > From: Mercedes on behalf of Floyd Thursby via > Mercedes > Sent: Friday, December 10, 2021 10:40 AM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Cc: Floyd Thursby > Subject: [MBZ] I may trade for a classic Merce

Re: [MBZ] I may trade for a classic Mercedes’ -- 1953 Cadillac De Ville 62 series,$11,500

2021-12-10 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
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Re: [MBZ] I may trade for a classic Mercedes’ -- 1953 Cadillac De Ville 62 series,$11,500

2021-12-10 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
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Re: [MBZ] I may trade for a classic Mercedes’ -- 1953 Cadillac De Ville 62 series,$11,500

2021-12-10 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
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[MBZ] I may trade for a classic Mercedes’ -- 1953 Cadillac De Ville 62 series,$11,500

2021-12-10 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
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