Re: [MBZ] What is it with idiots?

2022-06-12 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
I was visiting some friends last night at Pawleys Island and some other friends from Beaufort down the coast a ways were there. Interestingly most of these folks tend toward the bluer end of the spectrum but also have some sense.  We got talking about the growth in our respective areas, and it

Re: [MBZ] OT: JD 330 diesel

2022-06-12 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Yeah just a bit too far away to jump on immediately; now already sold. On Sat, Jun 11, 2022, at 4:09 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > That seems like a steal. I had a Kubota diesel mower a while back. > Should have kept it. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jun 11, 2022, at 2:56 PM, Allan

Re: [MBZ] OT: JD 330 diesel

2022-06-12 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
Too bad. The Yanmar 3TN is a solid engine, used them in marine and RV (Class A) applications. Pretty bulletproof. -D > On Jun 12, 2022, at 9:32 AM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > Yeah just a bit too far away to jump on immediately; now already sold. > > On Sat, Jun 11, 2022, at 4:09

[MBZ] WTF - being sold by a private seller, Milton -- 2012 Mercedes-Benz GL Class - $14, 119 (_Mercedes-Benz_ _GL Class_ _SUV_)

2022-06-12 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
I don't understand... https://columbia.craigslist.org/ctd/d/columbia-2012-mercedes-benz-gl-class/7495504411.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] What is it with idiots?

2022-06-12 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Floyd, you need to chill. Article in today's Wash Post about a lady who migrated to SC from upstate NY during the pandemic. She lasted 2 years before throwing in the towel and heading back north. There will be others. On Sun, Jun 12, 2022 at 12:11 PM dan penoff.com via Mercedes <

Re: [MBZ] What is it with idiots?

2022-06-12 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Sounds good.  Now another 10k or so need to follow her.  Send me the article so I can make it go viral, and maybe some others will take it to heart. --FT On 6/12/22 12:26 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: Floyd, you need to chill. Article in today's Wash Post about a lady who

Re: [MBZ] Anyone need a generator?

2022-06-12 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
The 60kW is a good deal, especially with the 210 gallon base tank. -D > On Jun 12, 2022, at 9:30 AM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > > https://indianapolis.craigslist.org/grq/d/lena-2004-generac-60kw-generator/7494032601.html > >

Re: [MBZ] This is the sort of topic discussed on Fakebook

2022-06-12 Thread mitch--- via Mercedes
When E85 was 20% cheaper than 87, which in turn was 25% cheaper than 93, I thought of running 50/50 E85/87 instead of 93. Knock resistance would be there, and MPG would be down maybe 15%, but cost would be down more than 15%. It depends on what sort of corrosive damage might result, and

Re: [MBZ] Anybody ever used Maaco?

2022-06-12 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
How much are frills? On Sat, Jun 11, 2022 at 11:05 PM G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > The days of the $29.95, one color enamel job is long gone. > The EPA rules on VOC's have made the price of paint per gallon rocket into > the $500 per gallon range for good quality paint, plus additives, plus >

Re: [MBZ] This is the sort of topic discussed on Fakebook

2022-06-12 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I accidentally pumped 87 octane into my 300TD and lived to tell the tale. On Sat, Jun 11, 2022 at 11:07 PM G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > Yes, go ahead and run gas in your diesel. After one tank you will never > have to buy fuel for that car again. > > On Sat, Jun 11, 2022 at 7:58 PM Kaleb

[MBZ] Project car: where to begin?

2022-06-12 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Bidding war in progress for W112 300SE coupe. Handyman's nightmare. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1963-mercedes-benz-300se-coupe/ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery

[MBZ] What is it with idiots?

2022-06-12 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Pull into gas station, all 4 diesel pumps are occupied so I pull in behind a fiat 500 with nobody in sight. Finally she shows up out of the store after doing her shopping and stares at me pointing to all the other empty gas pumps. She then proceeds to pump. You mean she has not even start yet.

[MBZ] Fwd: Auction 107 green/black, realtor spec 129 in NC

2022-06-12 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Sent from my iPad >  > 380SL > > https://bids.ironhorseauction.com/lot-details/index/catalog/32049/lot/5033262 > > > And a 91 500SL > https://bids.ironhorseauction.com/lot-details/index/catalog/32049/lot/5033263 > > Sent from my iPad ___

Re: [MBZ] What is it with idiots?

2022-06-12 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Yes. Thank god the new Tesla plant did not get built in tulsa and it went to Austin instead. Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 12, 2022, at 9:35 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes > wrote: > > California and New Yorkers are turning red states blue. It will only get > better. > > > Rick > > From:

[MBZ] I'm having trouble wrapping my cabeza around this -- no motor or transmission -- 1990 Mercedes-Benz 300ce Coupe 2D, $3, 900

2022-06-12 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Car looks really nice otherwise.  Project fail?  Interior bits missing? would a 606 fit in there?  Would a M113 fit in there?  I could see going $1k on it if you had an engine in mind. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/346108857639272/ -- --FT ___

[MBZ] Anyone need a generator?

2022-06-12 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
https://indianapolis.craigslist.org/grq/d/lena-2004-generac-60kw-generator/7494032601.html https://indianapolis.craigslist.org/grq/d/lena-generac-40kw-generator/7493821566.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] What is it with idiots?

2022-06-12 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
I see a similar thing in Flagstaff. Lots of people from the PRK, both short-timers and vacationers. They drive like sh*t, are generally dismissive to locals, and have no respect for the area or city. Case in point: When they come up (and this applies to Phoenicians, except for AZ Bob, of

Re: [MBZ] What is it with idiots?

2022-06-12 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Actually it was a Yahoo News item: https://news.yahoo.com/im-yorker-moved-south-2-122500378.html On Sun, Jun 12, 2022 at 12:40 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Sounds good. Now another 10k or so need to follow her. Send me the > article so I can make it go viral,

Re: [MBZ] Harbor Fright Tools

2022-06-12 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
Great. Now I have something to look forward to on the 2008 ML550. I figured it would be a real bear to do mounts on just because of the limited space with the larger engine. Fortunately, the mounts that are on it are in good shape. I definitely checked them when I inspected it. -D > On Jun

Re: [MBZ] What is it with idiots?

2022-06-12 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
California and New Yorkers are turning red states blue. It will only get better. Rick From: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: June 12, 2022 9:31 AM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: ka...@striplin.net Subject: [MBZ] What is it with idiots? Pull into gas station, all 4

Re: [MBZ] What is it with idiots?

2022-06-12 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Well we were in Branson this weekend and it’s just getting worse and worse these as far as these type of people. At one point I was sitting in the w210 in the Walmart parking lot and this punk ass in a big truck with Texas plates backs his truck in next to mine where his drivers side is on my

[MBZ] Diesel travel

2022-06-12 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
Folks, I drove the isuzu rollback from tybee to the Alabama I-20 line then to above Huntsville AL where I grabbed some presses then back to Atlanta and over to Aiken, SC all on Thursday. I rested Friday in Aiken then dropped the stuff in Denmark SC and came home to Savannah … 1050 miles and

Re: [MBZ] I will take offers thrown at me - 2008 C300 - 157k miles - $3, 000

2022-06-12 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
I feel for the guy. Maybe worth $1k to the right buyer --FT Sent from iFōn > On Jun 12, 2022, at 2:44 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > "ran like a dream" ... before it stopped running. > ' > https://richmondin.craigslist.org/cto/d/richmond-2008-c300-read-de-ion/7495567267.html >

Re: [MBZ] OT: JD 330 diesel

2022-06-12 Thread mitch--- via Mercedes
The elusive 1986 Deere 330 Diesel. Interesting write up: https://grresto.com/john-deere-330/ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Stripping paint off S550 front bumber

2022-06-12 Thread mitch--- via Mercedes
On 2022-06-12 15:53, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: The bumber is a sorta flexible plastic but pretty stiff and the paint seems kinda flexible so I wonder if that’s special paint not like regular body paint. Is there such a thing? With auto paints, the paint manufacturer supplies a

Re: [MBZ] Stripping paint off S550 front bumber

2022-06-12 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
I see this stuff for painting the bumper. Looks like the kit is enough to do it, says up to 4sqft. I guess that’s enough for bumper. They mix up your color. https://www.paintscratch.com/neworder/store/item/spukitNM/Spray-Paint-Kit-(non-metal)/ It’s not clear there are specific strippers for

Re: [MBZ] Project car: where to begin?

2022-06-12 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Sold for $15K, purely for rarity value not resale. On Sun, Jun 12, 2022 at 11:59 AM Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > Bidding war in progress for W112 300SE coupe. Handyman's nightmare. > https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1963-mercedes-benz-300se-coupe/ > ___

[MBZ] Stripping paint off S550 front bumber

2022-06-12 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
It’s ratty and needs to be repainted. The paint on it now seems pretty thick where it is peeling off. I need to get the rest of it off before repainting. I was thinking a paint stripper might not be a good idea on the plastic except maybe that citrus stuff but I’ve never used that. The solvent

Re: [MBZ] Stripping paint off S550 front bumber

2022-06-12 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
There is stripper specifically for plastic parts, I know I’ve used it before but I can’t recall the name or manufacturer. I’m sure it’s something you could Google. Also be sure to use a paint for plastic parts or there’s a prep spray you can use before painting with regular paint. I’ve done a

[MBZ] The dents are from backing boats into it - 1995 E320 Convertible - $4, 000

2022-06-12 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Potato cam pics https://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/d/la-vergne-1995-mercedes/7495713174.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] WTF - being sold by a private seller, Milton -- 2012 Mercedes-Benz GL Class - $14, 119 (_Mercedes-Benz_ _GL Class_ _SUV_)

2022-06-12 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Note to seller: Please send details of your photography school and graduation certificate. We need this information to file the lawsuit. On Sun, Jun 12, 2022 at 8:27 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I don't understand... > > >

Re: [MBZ] 1989 190E for parts or project - $1,200

2022-06-12 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
I guess money is not worth much anymore --FT Sent from iFōn > On Jun 12, 2022, at 9:39 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > Does not run. > > https://kalamazoo.craigslist.org/cto/d/vicksburg-1989-mercedes-benz-190e-good/7495737140.html > ___ >

[MBZ] 1989 190E for parts or project - $1,200

2022-06-12 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Does not run. https://kalamazoo.craigslist.org/cto/d/vicksburg-1989-mercedes-benz-190e-good/7495737140.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

[MBZ] I will take offers thrown at me - 2008 C300 - 157k miles - $3, 000

2022-06-12 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
"ran like a dream" ... before it stopped running. ' https://richmondin.craigslist.org/cto/d/richmond-2008-c300-read-de-ion/7495567267.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery

Re: [MBZ] Stripping paint off S550 front bumber

2022-06-12 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
If the paint stripper is sold in a plastic container, maybe it would be safe? "Test in a hidden area first" as they say There's always sandpaper On Sun, Jun 12, 2022, at 3:53 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: > It’s ratty and needs to be repainted. The paint on it now seems

[MBZ] More diesel travel

2022-06-12 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
And the trip was hell … I lost an AC belt so was hot and it simply wore me out!! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] The dents are from backing boats into it - 1995 E320 Convertible - $4, 000

2022-06-12 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Crackhead --FT Sent from iFōn > On Jun 12, 2022, at 9:42 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > Potato cam pics > > https://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/d/la-vergne-1995-mercedes/7495713174.html > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list