Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: Opine away

2013-06-14 Thread WILTON
, 2013 11:59 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: Opine away ...and doesn't add hundreds of dollars to the cost of a spare set of wheels. I like that idea. It is good, but it's not as sensitive as the sensor systems, you don't get as early a warning. I'd say it's probably no more sensitive to low

Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: Opine away

2013-06-14 Thread Jim Cathey
BTW, Jim what's latest on the phantom 126 - the one that SWMBO thought was #1 but was really #2 while #1 lurked in garage a few feet away? It's my daily driver, and what we resorted to when we had a flat (X5) we discovered on our way to dinner Saturday. It's driving OK, but reverse is nearly

Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: Opine away

2013-06-14 Thread Curt Raymond
List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: Opine away Message-ID: 416871e2-d4fc-11e2-a381-000502d9a...@windwireless.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed BTW, Jim what's latest on the phantom 126 - the one that SWMBO thought was #1 but was really #2 while #1

Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: Opine away

2013-06-14 Thread Jim Cathey
Last I checked the Chicken wagon was also down with transmission issues. Is one of them priority over the other? Yes. The CW is not needed at this time because of the X5, it languishes. The truck is the all-purpose backup, still. For now I drive the SEL, and am very careful where I

Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: Opine away

2013-06-13 Thread Jim Cathey
OK, so, as head of the maintenance dept., do *you* like it ['06 X5]? Any problems worth mentioning, unexpected repairs, difficulty getting parts, etc.? An Office I am not entitled to, under the terms of our revised transportation treaty, but it's been pretty good so far. One torn air intake

Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: Opine away

2013-06-13 Thread Jim Cathey
OK, so, as head of the maintenance dept., do *you* like it ['06 X5]? Any problems worth mentioning, unexpected repairs, difficulty getting parts, etc.? The [seat heaters] in the 560SEL she spurned kick the crap out of 'em. The SEL was merely 2x what she spent on the seat heaters alone. Ugh.

Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: Opine away

2013-06-13 Thread Mitch Haley
Jim Cathey wrote: The tire monitoring system has gone off twice now. Legitimately. This uses the ABS sensors to detect radius changes due to low air. What can I say, it works. ...and doesn't add hundreds of dollars to the cost of a spare set of wheels. I like that idea. Mitch.

Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: Opine away

2013-06-13 Thread Jim Cathey
...and doesn't add hundreds of dollars to the cost of a spare set of wheels. I like that idea. It is good, but it's not as sensitive as the sensor systems, you don't get as early a warning. I'd say it's probably no more sensitive to low tire pressure than your eyeball, but you do have to