Re: [MBZ] Missing titles

2018-06-05 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
The “market price” thing for charging sales tax is a total scam. Thankfully Florida doesn’t do this. On Florida titles there is a place for listing the selling price and that’s what you’re taxed on. You can also provide a bill of sale, but they go by what’s on the title. When I sell a car

Re: [MBZ] Electrics and Hybrids

2018-06-05 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I'd never heard of that Honda Clarity either, but I think that concept (plug-in hybrid) will be the long term winner. Plug the car in at home to charge during the night, then use all-electric power for the short trip to/from work. Gasoline (or better yet a diesel) engine that kicks in to both

Re: [MBZ] Electrics and Hybrids

2018-06-05 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
As demand increases the electric providers will be encouraged to increase capacity no? It's not like electric cars will take over tomorrow... Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 11:10 AM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: OK, all good points, and I hear them. Just a

Re: [MBZ] Electrics and Hybrids

2018-06-05 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
As demand increases the electric providers will be encouraged to increase capacity no? It's not like electric cars will take over tomorrow... Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 11:10 AM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: OK, all good points, and I hear them. Just a

Re: [MBZ] Electrics and Hybrids

2018-06-05 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Oh yeah, good points. We need to build more Nukes! - Max Charleston SC On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 11:10 AM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > OK, all good points, and I hear them. Just a "Little Question" however > that has to be answered first... > > Where are you going to get the

Re: [MBZ] New lawn tractor?

2018-06-05 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
We bought a new JD D130 when we bought this 1 1/4 acre lot in 2011. I've had to replace the blades after trying to mower large rocks, and one battery when I didn't trickle charge it over the winter, but that's all. I do change the oil and air filters every year. I went with the 130 for the v-twin

Re: [MBZ] Missing titles

2018-06-05 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
When I bought my '95 E300, I think it took me a about a year or so to get all the mess straightened out so it could be driven. I had to pay taxes before I could get it licensed, and the tax guy was very cool about it. He asked why I had not immediately paid the tax and license to drive the car,

Re: [MBZ] Check Out This Color

2018-06-05 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
How about this color? (sold for $3650 BTW) https://www.copart.com/lot/27987828 Started out 197U - OBSIDIAN BLACK ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Electrics and Hybrids

2018-06-05 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
OK, all good points, and I hear them. Just a "Little Question" however that has to be answered first... Where are you going to get the power to charge all these electric vehicles that are going to "take over how the world drives"? The electric power grid is falling apart. There are elements

[MBZ] Snookmobile

2018-06-05 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
https://www.copart.com/lot/33177698 No license required to bid, $700 (+ fees) Buy It Now. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Electrics and Hybrids

2018-06-05 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
I doubt that the electric cars will exceed the AC daytime use - they will just even out the load, making life easier for the power companies. On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 10:46 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > As demand increases the electric providers will be encouraged

Re: [MBZ] Electrics and Hybrids

2018-06-05 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
I am curious. Are nuclear power plants really a bad idea or did we just screw it up with government regulation? On Tue, Jun 5, 2018, 11:18 Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: > Oh yeah, good points. We need to build more Nukes! > > - > Max > Charleston SC > > On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at

Re: [MBZ] Snookmobile

2018-06-05 Thread Donald Snook via Mercedes
If the timing chain guides have been done, it could be a great car. If they have not been done, it is potentially a ticking time bomb. Mine lasted until 245K miles, but a lot of folks have had them fail at 150,000. It is a nasty big job with a ton of labor and $1200 in parts. Don

Re: [MBZ] Snookmobile

2018-06-05 Thread Donald Snook via Mercedes
Around $72,000. Don Snook From: Andrew Strasfogel [mailto:astrasfo...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 5, 2018 11:49 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Mitch Haley ; Donald Snook Subject: Re: [MBZ] Snookmobile What did this cost when new? On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 12:29 PM, Donald Snook via

Re: [MBZ] Electrics and Hybrids

2018-06-05 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On June 5, 2018 at 12:17 PM OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > > > I doubt that the electric cars will exceed the AC daytime use - they will > just even out the load, making life easier for the power companies. If people don't get home from work at 5-6pm, plug in the car, then go inside and

Re: [MBZ] Snookmobile

2018-06-05 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
What did this cost when new? On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 12:29 PM, Donald Snook via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > If the timing chain guides have been done, it could be a great car. If > they have not been done, it is potentially a ticking time bomb. Mine > lasted until 245K miles,

[MBZ] This Blows

2018-06-05 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
Wife calls this morning: “The battery in my car is dead. Nothing, no lights, no crank, nothing.” Hmm. She makes alternative arrangements for work and the eldest son hooks up the charger for me as requested. Few minutes later the eldest son texts me: “ACC blower is on full speed as soon as I

Re: [MBZ] Electrics and Hybrids

2018-06-05 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
My bad... reality is so ugly. On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 9:30 AM, Mountain Man via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Grant wrote: > > Electric car/ hybrid is a grand scheme... but it's missing a whole lot of > > pieces to really make it work. > > Don't confuse us with the view of the forest

Re: [MBZ] Electrics and Hybrids

2018-06-05 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Great question. I live downwind of the last Nuke plant certified in USA [I think] Palo Verde Nuke plant west of Phoenix, AZ. The hoops required to keep it running are often discussed at the steak house [with cold beer] about 2 miles from the site, by engineers that work there. "I'm from the

Re: [MBZ] Electrics and Hybrids

2018-06-05 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
Where’s Bob? I believe he works there. -D > On Jun 5, 2018, at 2:55 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > > Great question. > > I live downwind of the last Nuke plant certified in USA [I think] Palo > Verde Nuke plant west of Phoenix, AZ. The hoops required to keep it > running are often

Re: [MBZ] Electrics and Hybrids

2018-06-05 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
Grant wrote: > Electric car/ hybrid is a grand scheme... but it's missing a whole lot of > pieces to really make it work. Don't confuse us with the view of the forest - all we wanna do is look at the tree!! Full cycle cost/implementation is verboten. It doesn't match my mantra. mao

Re: [MBZ] Spanish Speaker Needed

2018-06-05 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
Just dictate into Google translate, cut and paste into the email. Not perfect, but it can usually get the meaning across. On Mon, Jun 4, 2018, 5:08 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > Anyone here conversational in Spanish? I’m trying to communicate with a > seller on a car and they don’t speak

Re: [MBZ] This Blows

2018-06-05 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
R129/SL500 > On Jun 5, 2018, at 3:35 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > > Which vehicle? > >> On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 3:01 PM, Dan--- via Mercedes >> wrote: >> Wife calls this morning: >> >> “The battery in my car is dead. Nothing, no lights, no crank, nothing.” >> >> Hmm. She makes alternative

Re: [MBZ] Electrics and Hybrids

2018-06-05 Thread Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
The Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor (LFTR) deals with all these problems: It produces minimal and relatively benign waste products, can "burn" and obtain energy from other nuclear waste, has a fail-safe system to preclude any runaway reaction, and uses a primary fuel source (Thorium) that is

Re: [MBZ] Snookmobile

2018-06-05 Thread Donald Snook via Mercedes
I checked the sticker on my old one. It was $70,590. Don Snook -Original Message- From: Donald Snook [mailto:dsn...@kklawoffices.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 5, 2018 11:52 AM To: Andrew Strasfogel ; Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Snookmobile Around $72,000. Don Snook

Re: [MBZ] This Blows

2018-06-05 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Which vehicle? On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 3:01 PM, Dan--- via Mercedes wrote: > Wife calls this morning: > > “The battery in my car is dead. Nothing, no lights, no crank, nothing.” > > Hmm. She makes alternative arrangements for work and the eldest son hooks > up the charger for me as requested. >

Re: [MBZ] Spanish Speaker Needed

2018-06-05 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
I need to be able to converse in person, over the phone. -D > On Jun 5, 2018, at 3:25 PM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes > wrote: > > Just dictate into Google translate, cut and paste into the email. Not > perfect, but it can usually get the meaning across. > > On Mon, Jun 4, 2018, 5:08 PM Dan

Re: [MBZ] Spanish Speaker Needed

2018-06-05 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes
On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 10:57 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > You been watching Cocaine Cowboys or Narcos again, puta? > I don't speak much Spanish, but what I do speak is high-octane! :D -MMM- ___ http://www.okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] Electrics and Hybrids

2018-06-05 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
A couple of thoughts: 1. we need to find a way to make the waste material usable so that it keeps on producing instead of looking for a place to hide it. If it remains dangerous, one would think there is some way to harvest more energy from it. 2. regulation is not a bad thing - when they

Re: [MBZ] Snookmobile

2018-06-05 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Somebody got a discount! Very minor depreciation in 18 years - about 97%. On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 3:05 PM, Donald Snook wrote: > I checked the sticker on my old one. It was $70,590. > > Don Snook > > -Original Message- > From: Donald Snook [mailto:dsn...@kklawoffices.com] > Sent:

Re: [MBZ] I Simply Don't Know What To Say...

2018-06-05 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
OM616 in a 110 is a NICE combinationIf you figure out how to handle the oelfilter. Dwight Giles via Mercedes wrote: Best of both worlds for you Dan. A finny 240D. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Electrics and Hybrids

2018-06-05 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I think the negative, from the political standpoint is they make too much sense. Can't have any sense invading our political discourse... -Curt On Tuesday, June 5, 2018, 6:55:21 PM EDT, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: I have posted several links regarding thorium reactors, sodium

Re: [MBZ] Electrics and Hybrids

2018-06-05 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Yes, Greg and Rick have it - thorium . . . . On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 5:55 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I have posted several links regarding thorium reactors, sodium and > flouride cooled. I have found no negatives, except they can't be used to > create nuclear

Re: [MBZ] Three point star truck

2018-06-05 Thread Dimitri via Mercedes
It’s quite beautiful actually Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 5, 2018, at 6:18 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > wrote: > > ran when parked20 years ago > > > Pay me to haul off my junk > > Parts for Curts trail groomer > > clay monroe via Mercedes wrote: >>

Re: [MBZ] Poos

2018-06-05 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes
I need a tetanus shot just from LOOKING at the interior photos! -MMM- ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Poos

2018-06-05 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Wouldn't wish that car on my worst enemy. On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 10:05 PM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I need a tetanus shot just from LOOKING at the interior photos! > > -MMM- > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search

Re: [MBZ] Electrics and Hybrids

2018-06-05 Thread Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
LFTR looks like appropriate technology to me. I am not a candidate, have no interest in LFTR other than a desire to see safe, cheap, and reliable electrical power. I suppose LFTR is one of many "candidates" for that goal. As such it competes with wind, solar, fossil fuels, and other nuclear

Re: [MBZ] Electrics and Hybrids

2018-06-05 Thread Larry Turner via Mercedes
Govt Regulations.   I worked in the construction management business in the 70's when construction was booming.  Then, 3 Mile Island happened and the govt began issuing regulations based on what was portrayed in the movie "China Syndrome".   It's never a good idea to base law on movies.  After

Re: [MBZ] Electrics and Hybrids

2018-06-05 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
The Pharmacist that sells drugs to the House sends a lot of Alzheimer's meds over there, but he can't say which Congresscritters' names are on the bottles. Mitch. > On June 5, 2018 at 8:19 PM G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > > I raise the suggestion that Congress should have to pass drug and

[MBZ] For the Oldetimer Enthusiast who has everything

2018-06-05 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
A handsome hubcap clock! https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercedes-Benz-W123-Hubcap-Clock-With-Advertising-Flag-Must-See-Blue-Glow/263480568169?hash=item3d58aa6969:g:hckAAOSwObhaeS3L ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/

Re: [MBZ] This Blows

2018-06-05 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Oh. That was a nice car. Sorry for your loss. On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 4:19 PM, Dan--- via Mercedes wrote: > R129/SL500 > > > On Jun 5, 2018, at 3:35 PM, Andrew Strasfogel > wrote: > > > > Which vehicle? > > > >> On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 3:01 PM, Dan--- via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com>

Re: [MBZ] FBI or Keystone Kop?

2018-06-05 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
+1 But, but, but the laws are for peons, not the elite! Back to the original question: Pretty much one and the same. Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: On June 4, 2018 at 11:59 AM Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: Video looks as though he pulled the trigger when he grabbed for it to

Re: [MBZ] FBI or Keystone Kop?

2018-06-05 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
As Usual, Herr Mann has it right. G Mann via Mercedes wrote: I've been following this episode via other links, same cam video. My take away on the event is it is a stack of errors on the agents part. First question [unanswered at this point] is "Was he consuming alcohol?".. if he was, having a

Re: [MBZ] Electrics and Hybrids

2018-06-05 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Curt, What about offshore,wind farms? We have 1 off RI & another big one is planned for south coast MA. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Jun 5, 2018 6:45 PM, "Curley McLain via Mercedes" wrote: > > > Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > >> As demand increases the electric providers will be

Re: [MBZ] Electrics and Hybrids

2018-06-05 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Near as I can tell mid-westerners aren't very smart about renewables. Theres 3 great big ones within about 10 miles of my house, the distribution of energy production is a good thing for the grid, its easier to make energy where you use it than to string big heavy lines all over. I've been and

Re: [MBZ] Electrics and Hybrids

2018-06-05 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
I have posted several links regarding thorium reactors, sodium and flouride cooled. I have found no negatives, except they can't be used to create nuclear weapons grade fuel.   Rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Electrics and Hybrids

2018-06-05 Thread Larry Turner via Mercedes
And wood stoves! ;-) Larry Chester, Va On 06/05/2018 11:18 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: Oh yeah, good points. We need to build more Nukes! - Max Charleston SC On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 11:10 AM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: OK, all good points, and I hear them. Just a

Re: [MBZ] Electrics and Hybrids

2018-06-05 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
"You have to pass it to see what's in it" only works with stool samples, not bills before congress.. Grant... Circa 2018 I raise the suggestion that Congress should have to pass drug and alcohol testing as well as mental competency testing, before every vote, and before taking the Oath of

[MBZ] Poos

2018-06-05 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1965-Mercedes-Benz-200-Series-220SE/253671398780?hash=item3b0ffe5d7c:g:AvkAAOSwKwBbFucD=mtr --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Electrics and Hybrids

2018-06-05 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
You sound like one of 30 candidates in a crowded primary race. On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 4:32 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor (LFTR) deals with all these problems: > It produces minimal and relatively benign waste products, can

Re: [MBZ] Three point star truck

2018-06-05 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
ran when parked20 years ago Pay me to haul off my junk Parts for Curts trail groomer clay monroe via Mercedes wrote: https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/d/1974-mercedes-benz-l1113/6597583122.html This will buff out. Maybe Dan or Kaleb need something clay 1974 450sl -

Re: [MBZ] New lawn tractor?

2018-06-05 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
buy a used zero turn. Brand does not matter much. condition does. Dimitri via Mercedes wrote: I need a lawn tractor to cut lawn on my 2/3 acre property in Maine. Is a low end John Deere any good? Like an E100? I don’t really want to spend 2K or more on a fancy machine as I’m not into lawns

Re: [MBZ] Electrics and Hybrids

2018-06-05 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: As demand increases the electric providers will be encouraged to increase capacity no? Curt Right! The answer is NO! At least not anytime soon. Goobermnt regulations, planning time, construction time, cash availability, etc. BTW, MidAmerica Energy got

Re: [MBZ] Electrics and Hybrids

2018-06-05 Thread Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
I have read that offshore windmills suffer early failure because of the corrosive environment, resulting in unacceptable cost increases. Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dwight Giles via Mercedes Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2018

Re: [MBZ] Electrics and Hybrids

2018-06-05 Thread Larry Turner via Mercedes
dittos!! LarryT On 06/05/2018 4:32 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes wrote: The Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor (LFTR) deals with all these problems: It produces minimal and relatively benign waste products, can "burn" and obtain energy from other nuclear waste, has a fail-safe system to

Re: [MBZ] Electrics and Hybrids

2018-06-05 Thread Larry Turner via Mercedes
I worked on a pilot plant in Oak Ridge Tn which would have proved on a large scale that all that nuclear waste could be reprocessed/recycled and used to create even more electricity. After spending several Billion on equipment, more money on environmental lawsuits and much of the site prep and