Single seat electric, 68 mile range, faster acceleration than his wagons, top
speed of 75 mph. Roughly $13k plus monthly battery lease fee.
http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20150128-meet-the-tiny-colibri-germanys-one-seat-wonder
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On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 9:33 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Single seat electric, 68 mile range, faster acceleration than his wagons,
> top speed of 75 mph. Roughly $13k plus monthly battery lease fee.
>
>
> http://www.bbc
Interesting article.
3-D printing poised to advance cleaner cars
Published: Thursday, January 29, 2015
It's rare that a gleaming, azure legend on wheels fails to turn heads, but
at the Detroit auto show earlier this month, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory's Shelby Cobra faced stiff comp
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So will the "no right to complain" police arrest me for what I write in
this forum?
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 10:06 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
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> More from our friends at Techdirt:
>
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> https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150127/18110029835/dea-collecting-massive-da
No, silly.
I think this whole situation is such that depending on how you view the role of
government, you either perceive these actions as protective or overreaching.
As I see it, much of what is happening today is a result of people trying to
control information, for whatever reason. In som
You must have a desire to move very S L O W.
Don Snook
-Original Message-
From: Kaleb C. Striplin [mailto:ka...@striplin.net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 3:26 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: [MBZ] I must be pregnant
Because I have a strange urge. I have the urge for ab
I was purposely being silly. Should have appended a "winkie" icon to my
post.
Surprisingly, I think there are broad areas of agreement across the
political spectrum on the need to control how "big data" is collected, used
and destoyed by law enforcement.
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 10:49 AM, Dan
Kaleb's email about wanting a car like his first car got me thinking about my
first car. My first car was a 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88. It was light
metallic blue. It was my older brother's car and he was going to sell it or
trade it in. I ended up buying it from him. It had the crappy 260
Slow down & smell the diesel. My 2.5t is a rocket compared to 240D.
On Jan 29, 2015 11:04 AM, "Donald Snook via Mercedes"
wrote:
> You must have a desire to move very S L O W.
>
> Don Snook
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Kaleb C. Striplin [mailto:ka...@striplin.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, Jan
My 1983 300TD performs like a Porsche.
Only a slight exaggeration, but it is very quick!
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 11:33 AM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Slow down & smell the diesel. My 2.5t is a rocket compared to 240D.
> On Jan 29, 2015 11:04 AM, "Donald Snook via
My first two cars were both 1950 DeSotos with the semi-automatic
transmission. Bought one for $89 and sold it for $75, the other for $20
and then junked it for $0. One broke down on Boylston street in Bahston
during rush hour; the other gave up the ghost during the particularly
brutal Minneapolis
Mine was a 71 Monte Carlo, a sorta light metallic blue. My dad went
halves with me on it, I think he got the better deal as I was no longer
bugging him for his car. It was a nice car, and I wish I still had it
but it was starting to rust, ball joints going bad, etc. so I traded it
on a Grand
My first car was a 1970 Ford Maverick two door with the inline 6, 170 ci, the
smallest displacement version of that engine. Had a three on the tree with
worn out bushings that made shifting a search every time you went to shift.
I owned it about 6-8 months before I lost control on some ice on a
A working example which we "free Americans" can look to is the files which
still exist, some of which are 70 years old, gathered by the USSR
government by the KGB on soviet citizens. Based on that data collected,
Stalin is reported to have executed or killed by forced labor in Gulag,
some 20 millio
The falcoon has the I6 144, 3-on-the-tree. It did not have
any radio at all, and heat was an option on that model/year.
(The only option that Grandma opted for.) I never did put
in any kind of sound, it's still got the original plate over
the hole.
-- Jim
_
1960 Falcon, nicknamed by some the "Falcoon." It was grandma's
last car, and my first. I'm essentially the second owner.
(Dad owned it at first, but I was the only driver. OTOH, I
think he was the one who actually purchased it in the first
place. I figure it all averages out to me being #2.)
A guy I worked for while I was in tech school had one of these that belonged to
his Mom. It was parked at the shop and rarely driven.
I always remember the size of the steering wheel - that thing was HUGE!
Dan
> On Jan 29, 2015, at 12:21 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> 1960 Falcon
I was purposely being silly. Should have appended a "winkie" icon to my
post.
Surprisingly, I think there are broad areas of agreement across the
political spectrum on the need to control how "big data" is collected, used
and destoyed by law enforcement.
There is a HUGE debate over BIG data c
We will never really know exactly what happened to Erik Scott because that
security camera (at COSTCO main entrance), and only that one camera, failed
that day, according to COSTCO and LVPD (yeah, right!). As many of us know,
eyewitness evidence is the least reliable of all, as the many conflictin
My first vehicle driven was the 9n Ford tractor to pull loose hay
into the barn. at about 8 or 9
My first car (bought and owned) was a 56 Karmann Ghia@ 17
First driven was the 47 Chevy truck i drove in the dermader fields
while the dermaders were loaded on to take to the canning plant. I
was ma
Keep up the great storeis, guys.
My first MERCEDES was a 1973 280, manual windows and no sunroof. Test
drove it at night - down the street and back. Maybe 5 minutes. Sold by
"Tony" Alami, who was actually an Iranian. in those days the only used
Mercedes on sale were being sold by Iranians.
I was the first in the family to NOT have a VW Beetle for a first car. Not
sure how that happened, but
When I was in either late middle school or early high school, my brother had a
60's Beetle of some sort. He played baseball after school, so he would often
ride with a friend to school a
First MB I drove (learned to drive) was my dads 170D ragtop. First wheels I
bought other than my 10 speed was a '58 Ford Taunus 12M station wagon.
On Jan 29, 2015 10:21 AM, "Donald Snook via Mercedes"
wrote:
> Kaleb's email about wanting a car like his first car got me thinking about
> my first c
That is amazing that you still have it. I can't think of a single car I had
from 16-20 years old that I would have kept or even want back.
Don Snook
-Original Message-
From: Jim Cathey [mailto:jim.cathey...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 11:21 AM
To: Donald Snook; Merce
My older brother's first car was a VW. It was an early 60's (can't remember
what year). But, I do remember it was the last year that was a 6 volt car. The
next year, and thereafter, they were all 12 volts. When I was 13 I was invited
to a party at one of the "cool kids" house. For some reaso
That is amazing that you still have it. I can't think of a single
car I had from 16-20 years old that I would have kept or even want
back.
Don Snook
THe car I wish I had kept is the 67 chevelle SS396 /327 I had in HS
before the 190Dc. It would be worth big $ now, even with the 327.
Some
My first car, 1966 Ford Mustang, 289 4 bbl V8. Blue with blue interior.
That car was fun. I regularly kick myself when I think about it, should
never have sold that car.
EdB
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 11:20 AM, Donald Snook via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Kaleb's email about wanting
I had a hand me down from my father to start with (a 64 Anglia) but the
1st one I bought was a 65 Mustang.
It was Rangoon Red with a Red interior. It's orginal color had been
cream but it had been painted red by the time I got it.
It was a 6 cylinder with a 3 speed manual transmission. A nice li
6VDC electrics until 1966. That model also had trunk lid badging of "1300" on
it, too.
We used to convert them to 12VDC and leave the 6VDC starters in them. They
would spin like you couldn't believe!
Dan
> On Jan 29, 2015, at 2:56 PM, Donald Snook via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> My older brot
I also owned a 1952 Morris Oxford and 1960 Wolseley when in Fiji. Both
Brit cars, neither excessively reliable.
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 3:43 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> 6VDC electrics until 1966. That model also had trunk lid badging of
> "1300" on it, too.
>
>
Scroll down to the story with the vid and if you have a few minutes you
can get some entertainment
http://charlestonthuglife.net/2015/01/a-number-of-updates/
--R
On 1/29/15 12:57 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes wrote:
But I'll reiterate my initial point: there is little to be gained by acting
I don't know how anyone can get any joy out of watching that sad spectacle.
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Scroll down to the story with the vid and if you have a few minutes you
> can get some entertainment
>
> http://charlestonthuglif
Just routine stuff around here, in amongst the murders by the young
(self-described) thugs and other random idiots.
The cops showed remarkable restraint on the woman, and her husband was
lucky he didn't get ventilated when he ran up on the cops with their
weapons drawn.
--R
On 1/29/15 4:04
My last year in high school my dad gave me an '84 Ford Tempo 2dr mostly because
the dealer offered him $50 in trade on it. It sat for a year from the time he
bought the replacement '91 Tempo until I could drive which of course didn't
help anything.I fiberglassed a floor into it which I then had
Weren't we (well, not me, I wasn't born yet) doing nearly the same thing at the
same time (minus the killing and gulag of course) with things like the House
Un-American Activities Committee and Hoover's FBI files on people?
-Curt
From: G Mann via Mercedes
To: Andrew Strasfogel ; Mercedes
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 11:35 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
wrote:
> My 1983 300TD performs like a Porsche.
My 87 300SDL also performs like a Porch, except that it mostly blocks
out the breeze with the doors closed.
(RIP RLE.)
Best,
Tim
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My first car was a 48 dodge coronet with the semiauto
transmission and a flat head 6. At 14 I took the head off freed
up the pistons put new rings and rod bearings on it and got it
started and running. I felt great till my dad sold it to the
garbage man for $50 two months later. I never even go
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 4:40 PM, Andrew Strasfogel
wrote:
> LOL!
>
> I withdraw the mirth in case you weren't trying to be funny.
All I have to say is, the breaks work on that car.
-Tim
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My father had a 1968 Camaro SS/396 CONVERTIBLE and it was white with the orange
stripes. After I was born, (1973) they traded it for a new Buick Station.
After my brother was born in 1969, my father was Stationed in Ethiopia and he
bought an Alfa Romeo Spider Convertible. Sadly, when they le
I have wanted a 68-72 Chevy C10 or GMC for a long time. I went to an auto show
a few weeks ago here in town and there was an orange one (I think it was a
1970) and it was totally stock original and perfect! It had 19,000 miles.
Don Snook
-Original Message-
From: Randy Bennell [mai
I bet. We're talking about converting our '52 Farmall Super M to 12v and
keeping the 6v starter. I've heard a couple and the difference is amazing. 12v
batteries are so much cheaper too and for the amount the tractor sits its hard
on batteries.
-Curt
From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes
To: Mer
You and me both although I actually want a K20 although I'd take a K10 in a
pinch. :)
Looking on Craigslist for Las Vegas there are lots of C10s and a few K10s. Also
quite a few of each in the pacific northwest.
-Curt
From: Donald Snook via Mercedes
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Sent: T
Gulags and black listing aren't even close to being similar. In one it was
hard to get a job. In the other you (and often your family) disappeared and
usually died painfully.
Also, in the US it was ideological anti-communist while in the USSR it was
political and personal.
> -Origin
I did except the gulags. I meant that the US was keeping an awful lot of
information on people who, with the benefit of hindsight (well and not being
ideologues) were really doing nothing wrong. The House Committee seems very
much of the time with the "rat out your friends" mentality. Stalin mus
On 29/01/2015 4:48 PM, Donald Snook via Mercedes wrote:
I have wanted a 68-72 Chevy C10 or GMC for a long time. I went to an auto show
a few weeks ago here in town and there was an orange one (I think it was a
1970) and it was totally stock original and perfect! It had 19,000 miles.
Don Snoo
I learned to drive on a 57 Ford wagon (stick) bit the first car I considered
mine was a 1963 Chevy Impala, dark metallic green, 283 auto. AM radio and
heater only. No seat belts. It was my dad's car but he let me take it to
college after my freshman year. Poor handling but a good car for dating
Anybody watching The Americans on Bravo? Great series - well actedl! It's
about deeply embedded KGB spies, a married couple having adventures in D.C.
during the height of the Cold War. Suspenseful, taut, authentic.
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 6:19 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.c
Funny you should mention that... I picked up an automatic 79 240D in
December with 100k miles on it. The body has had its share of paint and
repairs from some fender benders, but its not rusty and the interior is
wonderful. Its the first 240D I've had since about 2004... and the second
one since
I'm still investigating a battery for the '82 240D/3.0.
I talked with the manager of the local NAPA store this afternoon and
asked him about the batteries Interstate took away from his store, as
Curly suggested, hoping to get an outdated one at a discount. He was
quite confident that Interstate di
Here is a 300D you should be looking at - it's got 15" bundts!
http://www.benzworld.org/forums/sale-wanted-trade-giveaway/2231705-sale-w123-82-300d-turbo-diesel.html#post10901897
Dan
> On Jan 29, 2015, at 7:58 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Funny you should mention that... I
I concur. Make it so.
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Charleston, SC
On January 29, 2015 8:06:39 PM EST, Craig via Mercedes
wrote:
>I'm still investigating a battery for the '82 240D/3.0.
>
>
>It seems the Bosch from Pep Boys is what I should go for.
>
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Auto box twin to the '78 240D that Dwight, Dimitiri and I have (or in Dimitri's
case currently) owned. I can't really tell from your link but it looks as
though theres probably no hole in the roof..
You ought to buy the '78 from Dimitri and transplant the 4spd.
The series plugs are easy to do awa
Agreed, you're probably not going to beat that deal.
-Curt
From: Max Dillon via Mercedes
To: Craig ; Mercedes Discussion List
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 8:24 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Back to batteries ...
I concur. Make it so.
--
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Charleston, SC
On January 29, 201
When you get ready to sell it let me know
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 29, 2015, at 6:58 PM, Jaime Kopchinski wrote:
>
> Funny you should mention that... I picked up an automatic 79 240D in December
> with 100k miles on it. The body has had its share of paint and repairs from
> some fender b
On Fri, 30 Jan 2015 01:49:45 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes
wrote:
> Agreed, you're probably not going to beat that deal.
> -Curt
>
> From: Max Dillon via Mercedes
> To: Craig ; Mercedes Discussion List
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 8:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Back to batt
Thats pretty common though, even "maintenance free" batteries still have the
holes for the caps even if you can't open them. I knew a guy who would get
batteries that were "dead" and drill out the holes. He swore about half the
time he'd get a couple more years out of them for the cost of a pint
Andrew wrote:
> Anybody watching The Americans on Bravo?
I liked The Americans a while back when it was on hulu. Now hulu wants $$.
There ain't nuthin' we can do - processes are too deep and there is
not enuf angst. We love our color tvs. We like china prices. So,
grin. Or be sure to keep out
That is amazing that you still have it. I can't think of a single car
I had from 16-20 years old that I would have kept or even want back.
It's been far too long since I've driven it. That car is my
time machine. So long as I drive it only infrequently, it
takes me right back!
If I had taken
Rick wrote:
> I would not use them if they were free... WITH free shipping...
>
You don't love your color tv?
mao
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On Fri, 30 Jan 2015 02:34:37 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes
wrote:
> Thats pretty common though, even "maintenance free" batteries still
> have the holes for the caps even if you can't open them. I knew a guy
> who would get batteries that were "dead" and drill out the holes. He
> swore ab
So the Bosch battery from Pep Boys is either made in Malaysia or Germany.
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Charleston, SC
On January 29, 2015 9:56:18 PM EST, Craig via Mercedes
wrote:
>BTW,
>
>In doing research, I found some good information sources:
>
>http://batteryfaq.org/
>http://www.scoop0901.net/AWAKE/FAQ/B
On Thu, 29 Jan 2015 22:03:37 -0500 Max Dillon
wrote:
> So the Bosch battery from Pep Boys is either made in Malaysia or
> Germany.
That's what it looks like.
Craig
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You're forgetting I'm an originality freak. I'm happy to keep the series
plugs :)
They work!
Jaime
On Thursday, January 29, 2015, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Auto box twin to the '78 240D that Dwight, Dimitiri and I have (or in
> Dimitri's case currently) owned.
Ok, I'm ready. I'll probably list it this weekend for $5k
Jaime
On Thursday, January 29, 2015, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
> When you get ready to sell it let me know
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 29, 2015, at 6:58 PM, Jaime Kopchinski > wrote:
>
> Funny you should mention that... I picked
You sound ripe for recruitment by the KGB.
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 9:51 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Andrew wrote:
> > Anybody watching The Americans on Bravo?
>
> I liked The Americans a while back when it was on hulu. Now hulu wants $$.
> There ain't nuthin'
My Diehard fore the 300TD with 950 CCA lists for $199 but with exchange for
the old one that died under warranty cost half that.
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 10:05 PM, Craig via Mercedes
wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Jan 2015 22:03:37 -0500 Max Dillon
> wrote:
>
> > So the Bosch battery from Pep Boys is eithe
What kind of dumb a** wouldn't replace the switches so 3 of the 4 windows
would work again. It must have some other major problem...
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 8:21 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Here is a 300D you should be looking at - it's got 15" bundts!
>
>
> htt
KGB no longer exists. It went away with the fall of USSR.
Replaced by another agency.. still rude, but less power.
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 8:16 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> You sound ripe for recruitment by the KGB.
>
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 9:51 PM, Mou
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Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 8:55 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Reply To: Mountain Man
Subject: Re: [MBZ] (MBZ) '84 300D multi-purpose stalk
Rick wrote:
> I would not use them if they were free... WITH free shipping...
>
>You don't love y
Andrew wrote:
> You sound ripe for recruitment by the KGB.
KGB is not as kool as ISIS or Snowden.
I am also an originality freak and I like liberty which appears to
draw little attention these days as a reality worth cherishing.
Liberty is We the People and We the People need to be careful against
Rick wrote:
> What does that have to do with cheap, inferior Chinese parts...?
>
Mitsu is inferior Chinese parts, no?
I like Bill Whittle/PJTV also:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T-F_zfoDqI
mao
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for $50 and rebuilt the engine myself. I got stuck with dri
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