Re: [MBZ] Diesel prices going back up

2022-05-03 Thread mitch--- via Mercedes
On 2022-05-03 08:26, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: Just we we thought it couldn’t go any higher and seems to be trending down, it shoots up to new recoded highs. I am thinking this was far higher than it got in 2008/2009 which crashed the economy. The worst I can remember from pre 2010

Re: [MBZ] Diesel prices going back up

2022-05-03 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Why? We are out of heating oil season. This time of year if should be dropping. If it’s this bad now would hate to see what it’s going to be like this winter. Sent from my iPhone > On May 2, 2022, at 10:54 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > 87 Unleaded was still $3.99 here tonight

Re: [MBZ] Diesel prices going back up

2022-05-03 Thread mitch--- via Mercedes
On 2022-05-03 08:25, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: Why? We are out of heating oil season. This time of year if should be dropping. If it’s this bad now would hate to see what it’s going to be like this winter. Gas should be jumping as they switch over to the better summer stuff and

Re: [MBZ] Diesel prices going back up

2022-05-03 Thread Bob Rentfro via Mercedes
I just paid $6.49 for diesel in San Diego. $85 to fill the Passat. Dumb. AZBob Sent from my iPhone > On May 3, 2022, at 5:47 AM, mitch--- via Mercedes > wrote: > > On 2022-05-03 08:25, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: >> Why? We are out of heating oil season. This time of year if should

Re: [MBZ] Diesel prices going back up

2022-05-03 Thread mitch--- via Mercedes
On 2022-05-02 23:53, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: 87 Unleaded was still $3.99 here tonight but diesel has jumped to Buy all that unleaded you can. Jumped to 3.99 here last week, faded to 3.97, and today it's 4.39. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search

Re: [MBZ] Diesel prices going back up

2022-05-03 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Just we we thought it couldn’t go any higher and seems to be trending down, it shoots up to new recoded highs. I am thinking this was far higher than it got in 2008/2009 which crashed the economy. Sent from my iPhone > On May 3, 2022, at 7:22 AM, mitch--- via Mercedes > wrote: > > On

Re: [MBZ] Diesel prices going back up

2022-05-03 Thread mitch--- via Mercedes
On 2022-05-03 16:00, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: The only sensible reason to buy a new diesel today is in a truck where you need the torque for towing or hauling heavy loads.

Re: [MBZ] Diesel prices going back up

2022-05-03 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
*42 mpg driving from Phoenix to San Diego, average 38.4 mpg driving from SD to LA and back (stupid, ridiculous traffic (stop and go…mostly stop) then stupid speed keeping up in traffic (85-90mph). * Year and model car, Bob? On Tue, May 3, 2022 at 4:49 PM mitch--- via Mercedes wrote: > On

Re: [MBZ] Walmart AGM battery

2022-05-03 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Perhaps more info than you want, but this is a decent write-up on lead/acid batteries followed by another one a chargers: A look at the differences between auto and aircraft batteries, plus some tips on maintenance. Bob Fritz - May 20, 2009 The engine wont start, or it turns slowly. But your

Re: [MBZ] Diesel prices going back up

2022-05-03 Thread Bob Rentfro via Mercedes
2014 Passat SEL TDI Sent from my iPhone > On May 3, 2022, at 1:57 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > *42 mpg driving from Phoenix to San Diego, average 38.4 mpg driving from SD > to LA and back (stupid, ridiculous traffic (stop and go…mostly stop) then > stupid speed keeping up

Re: [MBZ] Diesel prices going back up

2022-05-03 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
A gasoline Jetta with the 1.4 engine gets ~34mpg mixed, probably better on the highway. So here, with unleaded at $3.99, that's 11.7 cents/mile. The diesel at 42mpg with fuel at $5.19 would be 12.3 cents/mile. So there's no fuel cost savings driving a diesel any more. The higher energy content

Re: [MBZ] Diesel prices going back up

2022-05-03 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
The auto box or the larger size of the Passat is seriously hurting mileage. Last week to PA and back my Jetta consistently turned in 51+mpg. We took it fairly easy on the way down but I flogged it on the way back. IIRC on the way down we did 51.7 on the way back it was more like 51.2. Traffic

Re: [MBZ] Diesel prices going back up

2022-05-03 Thread mitch--- via Mercedes
An oil distributor in Ohio said this a couple of days ago: Diesel prices are straight up street price margin grabs. Wholesale diesel is $3.89 ish right now. that’s raw wholesale cost. No taxes - state or fed - added in. No freight or margin in. Just simply raw wholesale cost. Major gas

Re: [MBZ] Diesel prices going back up

2022-05-03 Thread Bob Rentfro via Mercedes
42 mpg driving from Phoenix to San Diego, average 38.4 mpg driving from SD to LA and back (stupid, ridiculous traffic (stop and go…mostly stop) then stupid speed keeping up in traffic (85-90mph). AZBob Sent from my iPhone > On May 3, 2022, at 12:27 PM, mitch--- via Mercedes > wrote: > >

Re: [MBZ] Diesel prices going back up

2022-05-03 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Yep -- the same station that had $3.99 posted last night was $4.19 today. I found another station that was still at $3.99 and filled up. On Tue, May 3, 2022, at 7:21 AM, mitch--- via Mercedes wrote: > Buy all that unleaded you can. > Jumped to 3.99 here last week, faded to 3.97, and today it's

Re: [MBZ] 1973 450SLC - 61k miles - $8,000

2022-05-03 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Wheelwell chrome probably hides a multiple of sins. On Mon, May 2, 2022 at 11:59 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Paint color looks good but I don't care for the powder blue interior. > Points deducted for tacky aftermarket radio, and isn't there supposed to be >

Re: [MBZ] 2006 S600 - 83k miles - $13,000

2022-05-03 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
What sort of ghetto? On Tue, May 3, 2022 at 12:09 AM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > A Mercedes with ghetto wheels. Right at the top of my list. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On May 3, 2022, at 12:01 AM, Allan Streib via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

[MBZ] 2007 E350 - 142k miles - $4,950

2022-05-03 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
"Runs and drives but roughly" Since seller included the VIN I checked the engine serial number and it's lower than the cutoff for the improved balance shaft parts. With that and the peeling paint, probably an extra zero in the price...

Re: [MBZ] Diesel prices going back up

2022-05-03 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 03/05/2022 8:02 AM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes wrote: I just paid $6.49 for diesel in San Diego. $85 to fill the Passat. Dumb. AZBob At least that diesel Passat should get good mileage. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] I had an interesting day

2022-05-03 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
She bought it 12/17 for her son for $8k. Threw more money at it, finally gave up. It’s been sitting for quite some time, coupla years. She is clueless except didn’t want to spend more money. Had some shop look at it, they had no idea how to deal with it. Someone had been trying to get it

Re: [MBZ] 2011 Sprinter Ambulance - $13,600

2022-05-03 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
$12k would likely get it, that would be a good deal. Good base for a camper. --FT Sent from iFōn > On May 3, 2022, at 10:36 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > >  > https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/d/wheeling-2011-mercedes-benz-sprinter/7479111590.html >

[MBZ] W124 - 94k miles - $6,900

2022-05-03 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Looks nice. Black/black, as it should be. https://chicago.craigslist.org/nch/cto/d/des-plaines-mercedes-w124/7479209992.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

[MBZ] 2003 E55 AMG - 172k miles - $10,000

2022-05-03 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
CAR HAS A REBUILT TITLE THAT POSSIBLY CHANGED NOTHING SERIOUS https://dayton.craigslist.org/cto/d/dayton-mercedes-e55-amg-2003/7479141952.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change

[MBZ] Lots of compliments

2022-05-03 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/738740370482652/ Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

[MBZ] I had an interesting day

2022-05-03 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
https://raleigh.craigslist.org/cto/d/raleigh-2002-mercedes-cl500/7471538733.html --FT Sent from iFōn ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

[MBZ] 2011 Sprinter Ambulance - $13,600

2022-05-03 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/d/wheeling-2011-mercedes-benz-sprinter/7479111590.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] W124 - 94k miles - $6,900

2022-05-03 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Yes and not too many miles. --FT Sent from iFōn > On May 3, 2022, at 10:32 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > Looks nice. Black/black, as it should be. > > https://chicago.craigslist.org/nch/cto/d/des-plaines-mercedes-w124/7479209992.html > ___ >

Re: [MBZ] Diesel prices going back up

2022-05-03 Thread Clay via Mercedes
#1 boy reports he just paid $6.0199/gal for #2 in the work truck in ND. This from the oil fields area of NW ND. Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On May 3, 2022, at 4:25 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > Why? We are out of heating oil season. This time of year if should be

Re: [MBZ] I had an interesting day

2022-05-03 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Bring a battery, drive it away. Could be that simple, sounds like the seller is clueless. On Tue, May 3, 2022, at 10:20 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: > https://raleigh.craigslist.org/cto/d/raleigh-2002-mercedes-cl500/7471538733.html > > --FT > Sent from iFōn >