[MBZ] I've been working on this car for months 1996 Mercedes-Benz E-Class E 300D Sedan 4D, $3, 000

2021-04-23 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
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[MBZ] Outstanding in its field -- 2000 Mercedes-Benz C-Class C 230 Sedan 4D, $800

2021-04-23 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Bluesmobile

2021-04-23 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On 2021-04-23 12:52, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: So what is the reference to the lighter all about? You need to see 1:45 to the end. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrMnkbkzvik ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] OT: Bluesmobile

2021-04-23 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
So what is the reference to the lighter all about? Randy On 22/04/2021 7:18 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Can’t be. The lighter works. -D On Apr 22, 2021, at 7:54 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Earth Day was Re: OT Something Controversial To Someone

2021-04-23 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
Shouldn't be a problem to dispose of old Tesla cars. Just toss a lit match into it and walk away. Randy On 22/04/2021 10:19 PM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes wrote: True. The Tesla will end up in a toxic materials landfill in 10-15 years while my diesels will likely still be on the road.

Re: [MBZ] OT: Bluesmobile

2021-04-23 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On 2021-04-23 13:01, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: https://youtu.be/jKmuKjpKPIo That's the punch line, but how do you get the joke if you don't see what he does to the lighter beforehand? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

[MBZ] Tires

2021-04-23 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
I’m at a dealership in Ohio and they were talking about the price of tires going up. Somebody ordered some tires and by the time they came in price had gone up $100. They suspect prices of tires will go up quite a bit this summer. Just something I heard that I figured might be of interest.

Re: [MBZ] OT: Bluesmobile

2021-04-23 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
You know you can link to any point in a YouTube video, don’t you? https://youtu.be/BrMnkbkzvik?t=105 When you use the “Share” button there’s a check box at the bottom that says “Start at” where it will grab the current time on the video or you can enter it.

Re: [MBZ] OT: Bluesmobile

2021-04-23 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
https://youtu.be/jKmuKjpKPIo -D > On Apr 23, 2021, at 12:52 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > wrote: > > So what is the reference to the lighter all about? > > Randy > > On 22/04/2021 7:18 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: >> Can’t be. The lighter works. >>

Re: [MBZ] OT: Bluesmobile

2021-04-23 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I had forgotten how good that was - especially Ackroyd's CHicago accent. On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 1:12 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > You know you can link to any point in a YouTube video, don’t you? > > https://youtu.be/BrMnkbkzvik?t=105

Re: [MBZ] Tires

2021-04-23 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
They are working on recycling dead Tesla batteries into tires. On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 1:19 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I’m at a dealership in Ohio and they were talking about the price of tires > going up. Somebody ordered some tires and by the time they

Re: [MBZ] Tires

2021-04-23 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Tire prices track oil prices, roughly. Allan Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes writes: > I’m at a dealership in Ohio and they were talking about the price of tires > going up. Somebody ordered some tires and by the time they came in price had > gone up $100. They suspect prices of tires will go up

[MBZ] Odometer reads 184k. Actual mileage 130k. 2006 Mercedes e350 - $4, 499 (Shelby)

2021-04-23 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
This makes no sense https://charlotte.craigslist.org/cto/d/shelby-2006-mercedes-e350/7311453578.html -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] OT: Tesla

2021-04-23 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
This is the case we've been talking about for the last week... -Curt On Friday, April 23, 2021, 3:40:05 PM EDT, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: What do you folks think of the crash in Texas recently,  where the Doctor and a woman will killed when his Tesla went off the road and hit

Re: [MBZ] OT: Bluesmobile

2021-04-23 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
I have wanted a Crown Vic or Mercury Grand Marquis too ever since we had a couple of 2011 models as rental cars when we were in Hawaii, but I have no place to park another vehicle. I was tempted a couple of times recently when some decent looking cars were advertised locally but resisted.

Re: [MBZ] OT: Tesla

2021-04-23 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
There was an update where the hours of water was mostly due to the car being flat on the ground and little bits of fire continuing to come back for some time. They said the 4 hours were basically somebody standing around with a hose cooling things off over and over. I used autopilot on a Tesla

Re: [MBZ] OT Truck AC

2021-04-23 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> yeah I'm watching a vid right now where the guy replaced the compressor and > R-D and orifice tube. I guess I should get those too. Was the video sponsored by FLAPS, by any chance? -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] I’m on a plane as 35k feet....

2021-04-23 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
People's behavior amazes me. Especially this kind of thing, if the airline has a mandate the aircrew has to comply, there isn't anything they can do about it. No matter how you feel about masks it's no good making somebody else miserable about it. Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On

Re: [MBZ] I’m on a plane as 35k feet....

2021-04-23 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Then he got up walking up and down the isle yelling and arguing with that flight attendant about her poor attitude and masks. Now we are having to vector around a lot of storms in Texas to land at DFW. Hopefully I make it out and back home. Looks like it will be storming in Tulsa about the

Re: [MBZ] I’m on a plane as 35k feet....

2021-04-23 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
One other thing I don’t get. Why is it people can’t keep in their seats when they turn on the seatbelt sign because of course they have to go to the bathroom. Usually when we start approaching the airport. Are they in kindergarten or something? Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 23, 2021, at 6:20

Re: [MBZ] I've been working on this car for months 1996 Mercedes-Benz E-Class E 300D Sedan 4D, $3, 000

2021-04-23 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Find another non-running '96 or '97 for $500 that I can purchase to harvest the exhaust system. - Max Charleston SC On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 10:11 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/816673045601897 > > -- > --FT >

[MBZ] I’m on a plane as 35k feet....

2021-04-23 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
And somebody is in the middle of throwing a baby fit over having to wear a mask and is about to be added to the no fly list. Hahaha. Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or

Re: [MBZ] Tires

2021-04-23 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
The price of Tesla tires won't be going up --FT On 4/23/21 1:24 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: They are working on recycling dead Tesla batteries into tires. On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 1:19 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: I’m at a dealership in Ohio

Re: [MBZ] OT: Tesla

2021-04-23 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
I got the impression they might have been engaging in amorous behavior And some folks do not believe in evolution and natural selection... --FT On 4/23/21 3:39 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: What do you folks think of the crash in Texas recently,  where the Doctor and a woman will

[MBZ] OT Truck AC

2021-04-23 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
My 96 Chebby truck AC has not worked for years, I am thinking I should fix it.  Advance Auto have the o-ring and gasket kit which looks to be all that are needed (wherever they go) for $7.  There might be some compressor seals too if that is leaking, I guess I would find out. Are there any

Re: [MBZ] OT Truck AC

2021-04-23 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
How to change AC Compressor, Receiver Dryer and Orifice Tube - 1997 GMC Sierra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oSNem5YQJQ On 4/23/21 4:44 PM, Jim Cathey wrote: yeah I'm watching a vid right now where the guy replaced the compressor and R-D and orifice tube. I guess I should get those

[MBZ] fast and loud, custom wheels and body valances. 2003 Mercedes CL55 AMG - $11, 500 (ST AUGUSTINE)

2021-04-23 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
ugly https://jacksonville.craigslist.org/cto/d/saint-augustine-2003-mercedes-cl55-amg/7311373454.html -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

[MBZ] OT: Tesla

2021-04-23 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
What do you folks think of the crash in Texas recently,  where the Doctor and a woman will killed when his Tesla went off the road and hit a tree and caught fire? The Firemen say the Doctor was in the back seat and the woman in the front passenger seat. The folks at the restaurant they had

Re: [MBZ] OT Truck AC

2021-04-23 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
I think it's generally advised that any time you open the system you should change the accumulator or receiver drier, whichever it has? Allan Floyd Thursby via Mercedes writes: > My 96 Chebby truck AC has not worked for years, I am thinking I should > fix it.  Advance Auto have the o-ring and

Re: [MBZ] OT Truck AC

2021-04-23 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
Receiver-dryer? On 23/04/2021 3:08 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: My 96 Chebby truck AC has not worked for years, I am thinking I should fix it.  Advance Auto have the o-ring and gasket kit which looks to be all that are needed (wherever they go) for $7.  There might be some

Re: [MBZ] OT Truck AC

2021-04-23 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
yeah I'm watching a vid right now where the guy replaced the compressor and R-D and orifice tube.  I guess I should get those too. --FT On 4/23/21 4:17 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: I think it's generally advised that any time you open the system you should change the accumulator or

[MBZ] Used Auto Prices

2021-04-23 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
A couple of quick articles. https://www.wardsauto.com/dealers/inventory-shortages-keep-used-vehicle-prices-high https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/used-car-prices-leap-on-u-s-economic-recovery-supply-crunch One thing I have noticed it the bottom feeder type cars are as cheap or getting

Re: [MBZ] Odometer reads 184k. Actual mileage 130k. 2006 Mercedes e350 - $4, 499 (Shelby)

2021-04-23 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
It gets better: odometer: 119000 So, has it had an instrument swap, or has it had an engine swap and the fellow thinks the actual mileage on the car is the mileage on the engine? But I'm having trouble coming up with a non-dumbass explanation for an ad that brief to have three different

Re: [MBZ] I’m on a plane as 35k feet....

2021-04-23 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Amtrak has gotten nicer. Trains are half full and fares can be super low. On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 7:32 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Flying has become worse than the Greyhound bus. At least there you know > half the clientele will have just gotten out of

Re: [MBZ] I’m on a plane as 35k feet....

2021-04-23 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Well that pilot earned his paycheck today. We had to thread the needle around the storms and he crabbed it in real nice. Now to see if I get out of here when it’s time. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 23, 2021, at 6:32 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > wrote: > > Flying has become worse

Re: [MBZ] OT: Tesla

2021-04-23 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
The "good doctor" bought a Tesla how could you dare to question his abilities to apply logic in his actions? [Extreme sarcasm here, just in case you missed my point] On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 12:40 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > What do you folks think of the

Re: [MBZ] OT Truck AC

2021-04-23 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Add to your list dye check fluid and a black light. Once you replace O rings and all the other bits, you will want to pull a vacuum on the system to see if it is "Tight and sealed" ... dye check will help you find pesky leaks, like a hose that has broken down.. in fact.. if the system is old, very

Re: [MBZ] I’m on a plane as 35k feet....

2021-04-23 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Flying has become worse than the Greyhound bus. At least there you know half the clientele will have just gotten out of prison. --FT Sent from iPhone > On Apr 23, 2021, at 6:31 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > One other thing I don’t get. Why is it people can’t keep in their

Re: [MBZ] Tires

2021-04-23 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
I think you can count on the price of everything going up. -Original Message- From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Allan Streib via Mercedes Sent: Friday, April 23, 2021 1:37 PM To: Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes Cc: Allan Streib Subject: Re: [MBZ] Tires Tire prices track oil prices, roughly.

Re: [MBZ] Tires

2021-04-23 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
That is what happens when you print money. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 23, 2021, at 6:56 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes > wrote: > > I think you can count on the price of everything going up. > > -Original Message- > From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Allan Streib via Mercedes > Sent:

Re: [MBZ] Tires

2021-04-23 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Which will be absolutely devastating to those on fixed incomes. Rick From: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: April 23, 2021 7:10 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: ka...@striplin.net Subject: Re: [MBZ] Tires That is what happens when you print money. Sent from my

Re: [MBZ] Tires

2021-04-23 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
And even those that are still working. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 23, 2021, at 7:36 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes > wrote: > > Which will be absolutely devastating to those on fixed incomes. > > > Rick > > From: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Sent: April 23, 2021 7:10 PM > To: