Re: [MBZ] IowaQ quotes
My '83 240D with snowtires was one of the best go-anywhere vehicles I've ever had. 2 winters ago it snowed about 18 while I was at work. When I came out to go home the plow guy said he'd get a chain and pull me out. I just hopped in, fired 'er up and backed right out of the parking spot like it was nothing at all. Didn't even clear the windows first. One other time we were at a hippy kind of arts festival following a big Ford pickup into the parking area which was just a field. There was a big puddle you had to drive through. Well the Ford guy thought he'd be cool so he got in the middle of the puddle and gunned it. His truck sank to the frame. I putted right around him in the 240D, asked if he wanted help and let him climb over and ride on the trunk to get out of the water. My wife thought it was the greatest thing ever. -Curt Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 19:07:55 -0600 From: Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] IowaQ quotes To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 My 240D has the perfect go-in-the-snow (and ice) system -- take the foot off of the brake and idle down the road until you achieve forward progress. - Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] IowaQ quotes
Curt, are you a hippie? Curt Raymond wrote: My '83 240D with snowtires was one of the best go-anywhere vehicles I've ever had. 2 winters ago it snowed about 18 while I was at work. When I came out to go home the plow guy said he'd get a chain and pull me out. I just hopped in, fired 'er up and backed right out of the parking spot like it was nothing at all. Didn't even clear the windows first. One other time we were at a hippy kind of arts festival following a big Ford pickup into the parking area which was just a field. There was a big puddle you had to drive through. Well the Ford guy thought he'd be cool so he got in the middle of the puddle and gunned it. His truck sank to the frame. I putted right around him in the 240D, asked if he wanted help and let him climb over and ride on the trunk to get out of the water. My wife thought it was the greatest thing ever. -Curt -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 94 E420, 92 300SD, 92 300D, 92 250D Turbo, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 300D, 90 420SEL, 89 560SEL, 89 260E, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 84 190D, 84 300D euro manny, 81 240D, 81 380SLC, 80 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, 72 250C, 69 250 http://www.okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] IowaQ quotes
Not in the traditional sense no. One word, guns. I really like guns, oh and hunting. And trucks, and snowmobiles and tractors and you get the idea. Oh I like being clean too. The hippy festival is actually the North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival which is a riot and does attact a large number of serious hippies, VW busses and all. It also attracts alot of folks with diesel cars, Benzes too. Theres one guy with a beautiful S123 300TD with a veggie conversion. He and I chat every year. He's done some ungodly number of miles since the conversion... My wife's best friend sells body oils and bath salts and such and we go to help her at the show. I'm off to look at the '71 Saab, the guy sounds like a decent sort, we'll see. -Curt Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2007 09:14:18 -0600 From: Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] IowaQ quotes To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Curt, are you a hippie? Curt Raymond wrote: My '83 240D with snowtires was one of the best go-anywhere vehicles I've ever had. 2 winters ago it snowed about 18 while I was at work. When I came out to go home the plow guy said he'd get a chain and pull me out. I just hopped in, fired 'er up and backed right out of the parking spot like it was nothing at all. Didn't even clear the windows first. One other time we were at a hippy kind of arts festival following a big Ford pickup into the parking area which was just a field. There was a big puddle you had to drive through. Well the Ford guy thought he'd be cool so he got in the middle of the puddle and gunned it. His truck sank to the frame. I putted right around him in the 240D, asked if he wanted help and let him climb over and ride on the trunk to get out of the water. My wife thought it was the greatest thing ever. -Curt -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 94 E420, 92 300SD, 92 300D, 92 250D Turbo, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 300D, 90 420SEL, 89 560SEL, 89 260E, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 84 190D, 84 300D euro manny, 81 240D, 81 380SLC, 80 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, 72 250C, 69 250 http://www.okiebenz.com - Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] IowaQ quotes
It naturally has that feature. --- Kaleb C. Striplin Cox Auto Trader 730-Tulsa FSBO Supervisor - Original Message - From: Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 3:17 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] IowaQ quotes Wonder why they didn't put one of those on a 240D? :-) On Dec 7, 2007 3:07 PM, John Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My personal favorite is when Regina figured out what the exclamation point indicator meant in the W140. -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ Proudly marching to the beat of a different kettle of fish. Make a small loan, Make a big difference - Kiva.org ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] IowaQ quotes
It has never gone off on me before. Would be hard to do normally on a 140SD. I tried it on gravel. --- Kaleb C. Striplin Cox Auto Trader 730-Tulsa FSBO Supervisor - Original Message - From: John Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 3:07 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] IowaQ quotes Luther wrote: Speaking of the carhere's a quote from IowaQ. Me do you have this thing floored? Don No, I didn't want to loose the people behind me. Note, the people behind us were: Regina, driving a w140 420SEL and Kaleb in John Robins '91? 300D 2.5. There's no way a 240D at full throttle could loose either of those drivers in those cars-especially in the 12 block town of Jefferson, IA! :D My personal favorite is when Regina figured out what the exclamation point indicator meant in the W140. Regina talking about driver her W140 SD: Oh! That thing lights up all the time! It always went away pretty quickly so I didn't think it was worth mentioning [directed at Kaleb] For those in the dark it is the traction control light telling you that you're loosing traction. :) John ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] IowaQ quotes
Luther wrote: Speaking of the carhere's a quote from IowaQ. Me do you have this thing floored? Don No, I didn't want to loose the people behind me. Note, the people behind us were: Regina, driving a w140 420SEL and Kaleb in John Robins '91? 300D 2.5. There's no way a 240D at full throttle could loose either of those drivers in those cars-especially in the 12 block town of Jefferson, IA! :D My personal favorite is when Regina figured out what the exclamation point indicator meant in the W140. Regina talking about driver her W140 SD: Oh! That thing lights up all the time! It always went away pretty quickly so I didn't think it was worth mentioning [directed at Kaleb] For those in the dark it is the traction control light telling you that you're loosing traction. :) John ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] IowaQ quotes
My 240D has the perfect go-in-the-snow (and ice) system -- take the foot off of the brake and idle down the road until you achieve forward progress. On Dec 7, 2007 5:26 PM, Zoltan Finks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Funny. Alas, traction control and anti-lock brakes - training wheels for cars. Brian -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ Proudly marching to the beat of a different kettle of fish. Make a small loan, Make a big difference - Kiva.org ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] IowaQ quotes
Funny. Alas, traction control and anti-lock brakes - training wheels for cars. Brian John wrote:My personal favorite is when Regina figured out what the exclamation point indicator meant in the W140. Regina talking about driver her W140 SD: Oh! That thing lights up all the time! It always went away pretty quickly so I didn't think it was worth mentioning [directed at Kaleb] For those in the dark it is the traction control light telling you that you're loosing traction. :) John ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] IowaQ quotes
It's naturally not turbo'd... :) Luther On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:17:23 -0600, Kaleb C. Striplin, work [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It naturally has that feature. --- Kaleb C. Striplin Cox Auto Trader 730-Tulsa FSBO Supervisor - Original Message - From: Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 3:17 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] IowaQ quotes Wonder why they didn't put one of those on a 240D? :-) On Dec 7, 2007 3:07 PM, John Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My personal favorite is when Regina figured out what the exclamation point indicator meant in the W140. -- Luther KB5QHUAlma, Ark '87 300SDL (272,xxx mi) head case '85 Ford F250 6.9 diesel (x58,xxx mi) '82 300CD (166 kmi) '82 300D (74 kmi) getting donor engine-sold '85 300D (280,176) parts car sans engine ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] IowaQ quotes
Ya, I've that on the 93 and 92 wagon. Field tested both the other day, er much easier in the 500 to abuse that lamp when wet out. Best favourite here is when my wife came home after driving 30 miles (50Km) and said oh ya the coolant lamp was on the whole way. (sigh). Oh no oops I mean the low windshield washer fluid lamp. Still wondering if she would keep driving with the low coolant lamp on tho. On Dec 7, 2007, at 1:07 PM, John Robbins wrote: Luther wrote: Speaking of the carhere's a quote from IowaQ. Me do you have this thing floored? Don No, I didn't want to loose the people behind me. Note, the people behind us were: Regina, driving a w140 420SEL and Kaleb in John Robins '91? 300D 2.5. There's no way a 240D at full throttle could loose either of those drivers in those cars-especially in the 12 block town of Jefferson, IA! :D My personal favorite is when Regina figured out what the exclamation point indicator meant in the W140. Regina talking about driver her W140 SD: Oh! That thing lights up all the time! It always went away pretty quickly so I didn't think it was worth mentioning [directed at Kaleb] For those in the dark it is the traction control light telling you that you're loosing traction. :) John John 1983 300TDt 385k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac) 1990's 300TDt 214k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac) 1993 500SEL 201k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac) ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] IowaQ quotes
Wonder why they didn't put one of those on a 240D? :-) On Dec 7, 2007 3:07 PM, John Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My personal favorite is when Regina figured out what the exclamation point indicator meant in the W140. -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ Proudly marching to the beat of a different kettle of fish. Make a small loan, Make a big difference - Kiva.org ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
