Re: [MBZ] Good article

2009-07-08 Thread Curt Raymond
and they may have done something unwise. The 6.2l isn't known for power but when maintained it appears to be a long lived engine. -Curt Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:22:45 -0500 From: Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net Subject: Re: [MBZ] Good article To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes

[MBZ] Good article

2009-07-07 Thread Donald Snook
10 Worst Automotive fads: http://editorial.autos.msn.com/listarticle.aspx?cp-documentid=1069499 Donald H. Snook -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090707/f8c7e28b/attachment.html

Re: [MBZ] Good article

2009-07-07 Thread WILTON
They left out port holes and continental kits. ;) Wilton - Original Message - From: Donald Snook dsn...@mtsqh.com To: Mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 9:19 AM Subject: [MBZ] Good article 10 Worst Automotive fads: http://editorial.autos.msn.com

Re: [MBZ] Good article

2009-07-07 Thread R A Bennell
Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]on Behalf Of Donald Snook Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 7:19 AM To: Mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] Good article 10 Worst Automotive fads: http://editorial.autos.msn.com/listarticle.aspx?cp-documentid=1069499

Re: [MBZ] Good article

2009-07-07 Thread Jim Cathey
I had a Suburban for 10 years. It was a great vehicle. The burbinator is about the only SUV that I _don't_ have a problem with. That's because it's really a UV, no S. When you need one nothing else will do and that's OK by me. But most wouldn't choose to drive the burbinator as a daily

Re: [MBZ] Good article

2009-07-07 Thread Greg Fiorentino
: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of R A Bennell Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 9:10 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Good article I would go along with pretty well everything except the comments about SUV's. The journalism schools must

Re: [MBZ] Good article

2009-07-07 Thread tyler
I agree, the suburban is probably one of the most practical cars ever made - *IF* you have a need for it's abilities and don't mind it's somewhat short life span/low build quality. Too many people buy them for single person commuting in heavy traffic! When I was a kid we had a 1982 6.2 liter

Re: [MBZ] Good article

2009-07-07 Thread Ed Booher
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Donald Snook dsn...@mtsqh.com wrote: 10 Worst Automotive fads: http://editorial.autos.msn.com/listarticle.aspx?cp-documentid=1069499 From the article: It’s hard to be too critical of the automatic seat belt. These mechanized devices meant well. And in the

Re: [MBZ] Good article

2009-07-07 Thread Mitch Haley
Ed Booher wrote: Most vehicles used airbags. But for those that were at the end of their life and already had prototypes and test versions ready to replace in the next couple of years, it was far cheaper to retrofit an automatic seat belt to the existing vehicle than to change tooling, added

Re: [MBZ] Good article

2009-07-07 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
I guess I dont know what you are talking about with the short life span/low build quality comment about suburbans. I have had several and have had the opposite experience. Had a 93 with a 350 gas v8, had close to 300k on original engine, didnt burn a drop of oil or leak any. tyler wrote: I

Re: [MBZ] Good article

2009-07-07 Thread brian . toscano
Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:22:45 To: Mercedes Discussion Listmercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Good article I guess I dont know what you are talking about with the short life span/low build