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Came through loud and clear...
From: Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2014 2:32 PM
Subject: [MBZ] test message
I need some replied to this
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Came through loud and clear...
From: Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2014 2:32 PM
Subject: [MBZ] test message
I need some replied to this
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Mine replies to both you and the list.
From: Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: Mercedes List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2014 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] test message
It appears with it setup this way
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This also looks good, I see both you and the list in the to box.
From: Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 1969 7:00 PM
Subject: [MBZ] test 2
Which came to everybody. I hit reply and I can see its going to go to
everybody...
Curt
From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: Kaleb Striplin ka...@striplin.net; Mercedes List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2014 2:53 PM
Subject:
The phantom...
From: Mercedes Discussion List via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2014 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] test 5
Yea, thats right, as I have no idea who this is, haha
On
You and the list...
From: Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2014 3:03 PM
Subject: [MBZ] last test
Last one, same as before
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Interesting, for me its showing you and the list once again...
From: Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2014 3:08 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] last test
Do when a reply
Ooo, if I reply to all I get the list twice...
I guess this is the best compromise though, makes the list work without the
bounce issues...
Curt
From: Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Who was it that had Republic wireless?
I've been thinking of making the switch, which phone do you have? The two
choices are Moto X and Moto G. I'm curious if the X is worth the extra $150. It
looks like either of them will smoke my iPhone.
I guess the fact that with Republic wireless I'll be
What Dan said, I did the replacement on one of my cars, can't remember which
one.
Curt
From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net; Mercedes List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2014 4:07 PM
Subject:
I didn't mean to go offlist, good catch.
T-mobile IIRC uses the ATT network which my wife has been reasonably happy
with. Actually it looks like just by switching to t-mobile I could save $30/mo
while getting 1GB more data than I have now.
T-Mobile is sly about the price of the phone though. $0
the iPhone in that regard. It's sealed and
not supposed to be opened by the consumer for any reason. However, the question
was cost, and in my opinion the X was worth the extra money. Your own mileage
may vary.
Ed
On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 3:27 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
mercedes
Forgive my ignorance, I brought my iPhone to my Verizon plan, does that mean
I'm locked into a contract? Assuming I stay with Verizon I see no reason to
upgrade my iPhone, it works well enough.
One thing I did notice about Straight Talk is that the choice of phones is
limited to stuff I don't
Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com; Mercedes Discussion List
mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Republic wireless
Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
Forgive my ignorance, I brought my iPhone to my Verizon plan, does that mean
I'm locked into a contract
I had a female co-worker come over to my '83 240D as I was leaving work Sure
sounds rough! I got out really, you think so? She showed me her Honda Civic
and how quiet it was. I suggested we see how well her Civic was running in 20
years. Then pointed out the diesel badge on mine...
-Curt
O the temptation...
-Curt
From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: Mercedes List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 7:40 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Today's CL Find
Price is a little high, but nice nevertheless.
Ahh the house poor. Growing up in the '80s and early '90s in an affluent suburb
there were so many families around us with a huge house and a BMW but no
furniture...
I own 4 old jalopies and have a house I can afford. In fact when we bought the
house I asked for $180,000 pre-approval. The
I can't imaging living on 3G... I've also been told the 4s has really bad
battery life. If I don't use it much my iPhone 5 will go 2 days between
recharges, a friend says her 4s needs charging every 12 hours.
-Curt
From: Kevin Kraly via Mercedes
Isn't that about what a real one would be worth?
If the engine is the 2.2l its actually a good little engine. Angie had a Dodge
Lancer with that engine and other than the fact that the car was garbage and
rotting all around it it as a good engine, lots of power, reasonable gas
mileage.
-Curt
Yeah, that'll do.
Must have quite the air compressor to fill all those tires that fast.
-Curt
From: archer75--- via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 11:08 AM
Subject: [MBZ] Curts
.
On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 1:09 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Where is the Mercedes content?
--R
On 7/14/14 12:56 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote:
Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
Forgive my ignorance, I brought my iPhone to my Verizon plan, does
11:49 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] New phone
On 14/07/2014 8:42 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
I can't imaging living on 3G... I've also been told the 4s has really bad
battery life. If I don't use it much my iPhone 5 will go 2 days between
recharges, a friend says her 4s needs charging
in this regard.
Dan
Sent from my iPad
On Jul 15, 2014, at 11:53 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
4 or 4s? She says the 4 is much better than the 4s. Another friend had a 4s
and went back to a 4.
-Curt
From: Randy Bennell rbenn
Its just some web-aggregator, here's a link to the video in question:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaNk116b2kw
-Curt
From: Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: arche...@embarqmail.com arche...@embarqmail.com; Mercedes Discussion
List
I think all the manual trans cars had non-turbo engines. I the right hand drive
cars are the same.
-Curt
From: MG via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Today's CL Find
Did the
The nice thing about a paper towel is the texture, it kept everything in place
as long as I didn't bump it too much.
-Curt
From: Mitch Haley mi...@mitchellhaley.com
To: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com; Mercedes Discussion List
mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent:
Dwight's neighborhood. Fred lives north of Boston.
-Curt
From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 8:00 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Here's one for Fred!
See below...
From: Mountain Man via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 9:07 PM
Subject: [MBZ] How come?
How come I can't get my messages to all appear with ...via
Mercedes... like
I think your email reader was editing that part out. Try this one, I took you
out of the to: line for the reply.
Curt
From: Mountain Man via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 9:24 PM
Blame the spammers. As with anything it doesn't take many bad apples.
From: Mountain Man via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 9:34 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] How come?
Curt wrote:
I
Says out of stock online
About what I'm paying for Car Quest full synthetic 5w40 which carries the VW
spec the Jetta wants. I've more or less standardized on that for most
everything although the 190D is still running M1 since I had a gallon at its
last change interval.
-Curt
around here. I have
gotten into the habit of checking the two Supercenters in the area online
about once a week, and when they have it I buy a couple of jugs.
With three MBs running the stuff I can't afford to run out.
Dan
Sent from my iPad
On Jul 16, 2014, at 2:49 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
, 2014, at 2:49 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Says out of stock online
About what I'm paying for Car Quest full synthetic 5w40 which carries the
VW spec the Jetta wants. I've more or less standardized on that for most
everything although the 190D is still
: Re: [MBZ] Mobil 1 $23 at Wally World
Did you know that stuff is not really synthetic anymore, it's just group 3 base
stock. Better off using delvac 1 Dino because you should not go extended oil
changes with m1 anymore
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 16, 2014, at 2:17 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Is the lack of analysis on stationary engines a factor of short run times?
Caterpillar has a super aggressive program of analysis that helps them keep
machines running for way longer than ever before and lowers maintenance costs
by allowing fluids to run longer. If I had an engine with a sump
One last thing and I'll shut up, the analysis is so easy the hassle and
expense is laughable. Remember you do it 3-5 times which shows you the
duration that the oil is viable.
You contact Larry and give him $60, he sends you 3 bellows bottles. You put the
tube down the dipstick hole, crush all
Did you see the pics of the plane where the whole dang top ripped off? This
damage is minor in comparison. The only person that died in that one was a
stewardess that was standing up. Imagine riding back to the airport in a
convertible...
-Curt
From: Randy
In the 2 190Ds I've had neither had a properly working fan clutch (the 190Ds
are electric) and as long as the car is moving it doesn't really matter. Its
puttering along in heavy traffic that gets ya.
-Curt
From: clay via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To:
So clearly the money for fixing everything will come when your solicitor calls
shop A right?
-Curt
From: clay via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 6:27 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hot
Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 6:39 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mobil 1 $23 at Wally World
On Jul 16, 2014, at 5:38 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Is the lack of analysis on stationary
Depends on what you're looking for. If the idea is just to figure out a safe
OCI you make a couple tests, like 5,000, 7,500, 10,000. If 10,000 looks good
its probably fine to repeat. If 10,000 looks marginal you could make another
run at it (I had to do that with my '85 190D, the previous owner
Analysis don't lie.
The weak point on 61x is the soot levels get high. I never took my 240D past
8,000 miles.
-Curt
From: Mitch Haley via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: OK Don okd...@gmail.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent:
Attaboy!
From: Peter Frederick via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca; Mercedes Discussion List
mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2014 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] more on valve adjustment
Repeat the job in a
I love how the news droid completely misses from Howard Stern's ass and
continues like she's going to salvage something out of it...
-Curt
From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: Mercedes List mercedes@okiebenz.com; Banned List
The Smart electric is to my mind the only one of the current batch where the
price seems to fit what you're actually getting...
-Curt
From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net; Mercedes
I've never seen a 107 key but on a 123 matching an ignition to the doors is
simplicity itself if you have the original lock, you pull the tumblers and swap
them over. Tumblers is not a very descriptive word here, they're little
spring loaded wafers. The biggest part of the job is cleaning
On 7/18/2014 9:15 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
I've never seen a 107 key but on a 123 matching an ignition to the doors is
simplicity itself if you have the original lock, you pull the tumblers and
swap them over. Tumblers is not a very descriptive word here, they're
little spring
Anything you put in the cloud should be seen as giving it to the public... If
you want it there and need it private it should be encrypted. PGP has been
around for years...
When I was in college I was reasonably sure (and in retrospect correct) that
the school was reading my email. So my
From: Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com
To: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com; Mercedes Discussion List
mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Anyone for Dropbox?
why were they reading your email?
On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Curt Raymond
HA!
When I worked for the fire alarm company I was just starting to play with Linux
and managed to get it working on an old laptop. I was also just starting to
learn about networking and found a pretty cool packet sniffer. I installed said
sniffer, plugged it into the corporate network in one
Dr. Fatty's website says $41 for 5 meters so the dealer seems a bit high.
I bought some stuff from McMaster-Carr at one point. It worked just fine. My
invoice from 2008 says High-Temperature viton rubber tubing, Firm, 1/8ID,
1/4 OD, 1/16 wall, Black. $3.22/ft part number 5119K11. I see today
As long as I had the car :)
Honestly, I dunno. I tried it in a 240D and a 190D. I kept each about 3 years.
-Curt
From: Mountain Man via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 6:14 PM
You'll also note I checked your site #1.
Drove my 190D today, rear brakes are squeaking which Angie finds unpleasant.
They've done it off and on since I put the pads on. Apparently the car doesn't
like Car Quest rear brakes. The fronts have been fine...
-Curt
How much does it cost though? The Smart IIRC is something like $13-14k...
-Curt
From: Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net; Mercedes Discussion List
mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2014 2:00
You need to try a better class of lumberyard. We've got one near here that
keeps ALL of their lumber indoors all the time. They sell super high quality
stuff. They get a pretty penny for it but theres no picking around for the most
straight 2x4s like you do at Home Despot.
-Curt
I meant the B class that Jamie was talking about
The Smart website says they start at $12,490. Oh wait, the main Smart EV page
says that for the starting price, when you go to the build page it says
$25,000. Quite deceptive.
-Curt
From: OK Don via Mercedes
Too bad, we have a fair amount of local yards, one within 1/2 mile of my house
even. They focus on service and seem to be doing pretty well.
-Curt
From: OK Don via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent:
It's not really that bad, I did one a couple weeks ago. Took maybe 2 hours.
Curt
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 20, 2014, at 11:08 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
wrote:
I've got a cracked screen on one of mine. I see the part is relatively
inexpensive, but the RR is
on parts
and repair plz?
--R
On 7/20/14 11:12 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
It's not really that bad, I did one a couple weeks ago. Took maybe 2 hours.
Curt
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 20, 2014, at 11:08 AM, Dan Penoff via
Mercedesmercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
I've got a cracked
Found the exhaust pipe had split on my '84 190D again, this is the pipe from
the exhaust manifold to the first muffler. I've repaired it twice already, this
time the break was in a new spot.
Somebody suggested I weld a piece of new exhaust pipe over the break and thats
what I did. It made the
] Welding again
Sounds like it is about time to just replace the exhaust
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 21, 2014, at 11:45 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Found the exhaust pipe had split on my '84 190D again, this is the pipe from
the exhaust manifold to the first
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 21, 2014, at 11:45 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Found the exhaust pipe had split on my '84 190D again, this is the
pipe from the exhaust manifold to the first muffler. I've repaired it twice
already, this time the break
My family had German POWs on the farm during the war. My grandmother tells
stories of how they all wanted to hold my dad on their breaks and how they
missed their kids back home and whatnot. She says the guard used to leave his
gun in the car and do farm work too. According to her none of the
he say it with a straight face?
On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
My family had German POWs on the farm during the war. My grandmother tells
stories of how they all wanted to hold my dad on their breaks and how they
missed their kids
Thats spec for most manual transmissions. My '88 GMC used the same.
The Jetta uses GL4 gear oil but the transmission on that FWD car is really a
transaxle...
-Curt
From: Dwight Giles via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Somebody with the right computer magic should be able to tell you whats going
on. I'd guess theres a sensor somewhere thats gone stupid. The nice thing about
modern computer controlled vehicles is you can have that level of electronics
interrogation.
-Curt
...@mitchellhaley.com wrote:
Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
Thats spec for most manual transmissions. My '88 GMC used the same.
The Jetta uses GL4 gear oil but the transmission on that FWD car is really a
transaxle...
When my 1977 Saab was made, the spec was SAE 70 gear oil, I forget the GL
When I registered the Jetta the guy at the DMV noticed it hadn't been
registered for 2 years Oh geez, you're going to have to pay a fine. I'd been
expecting it so I asked what it would cost me. Oh geez he says, its fifty
bucks. looked at me like it was my left arm he needed...
-Curt
Was that for big trucks? My '88 was only an S15...
-Curt
From: Fmiser via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 4:30 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1980 300SD Tranny Issue
Max wrote:
+1 on the M1 ATF.
I've repeatedly been shocked by what VW owners will accept. People will live
with dead glow plugs (and attendant CEL) for months or years as long as the car
starts relatively well. Their cars belch smoke, start hard, slurp fuel and they
just kind of shrug its a couple years old. Its weird
I've had that happen with BMW drivers mostly. A quick slap on the trunk lid
usually gets me yelled at. One guy stopped and said How dare you! I explained
that if he was close enough for me to slap he was too dammed close and if he'd
like to call the police I'd explain my side of the story and
Thats amazing and horrible, can't even see it coming. I went back and played
the video a bunch of times and you can spot just a blur coming from the side...
From: Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
The speedy lube place we use has a system where they unhook the trans at the
trans cooler and hook that to a tank which then pushes new fluid into the
system as the transmission pumps the old out. Seems to work pretty well, we had
it done a few times on the Dakota which went 222,000 on the
I've had little problem with ethanol in tanks that I can keep clean and dry.
The snowmobiles don't fall into that category very well... Since I started
using Seafoam gas additive in every tank the problems have been significantly
lessened.
-Curt
From: Fmiser
There is one system by which the fluid gets forced through the system
backwards, I've heard that that system can damage transmissions. Seems legit,
but flushing in the normal direction doesn't seem like it'd hurt anything.
-Curt
From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes
The Audi diesels are VW TDIs. Many of the parts on my Jetta have both the VW
badge and the Audi linked rings.
-Curt
From: LarryT via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: clay redgh...@comcast.net; Mercedes Discussion List
mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday,
I'm also seeing it. Weirder still the iOS7 mail app lists all the emails as
Mercedes while the Android Yahoo mail app and the Yahoo web interface both
show x via Mercedes which is much preferred because some folks don't sign
their messages and those who don't I can't identify. I asked a kid at
Trip #3 to try out new trucks took us to a Mazda dealership that had a 2010
Chevy Silverado and 2010 Ford 150. We decided we liked the Ford better but it
was a crew cab (and $28k).
We don't need a crew cab full size so we decided to go over to the Ford dealer
who actually persuaded us that it
I just looked and our local dealer (the one we tried today was just over the
border in NH) has nearly the same truck for $33,000. Seems like if he's got it
for $3k less than the other guy he ought to meet my $25k price. I should ask
$22k... I'll have to run over and try one tomorrow so when the
9:54 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: How is this game played exactly?
Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com writes:
They tried to tell us that when the 2015s come out (with the new
aluminum body panels) that the 2014s will get scarce and they'll stop
the incentives. That seems
exactly?
Original Message
From: Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2014 8:23 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Reply To: Curt Raymond
Subject: [MBZ] OT: How is this game played exactly?
So I said $25,000. They came back with $28,000.
$28000 would keep the Ranger on the road
When we went to Michigan last month I bought a new navigation system at our
local sporting goods store. Its put out by National Geographic and has pressed
wood fibers between two plastic layers. I like the plastic layers for
protecting the wood fibers. Its large but thin, kind of like a serving
Toyota seems the least likely to deal. Used sellers of Toyotas seem to think
that every time they've farted in the seats its raised the price $1000.
I was unhappy at the Ford dealership at first, it was the old school come in
and lets talk about things. Where what we really wanted was to drive
I think he could be the only email at deadsledwrenchers.net, I've never tried
to set up mailboxes on there but I think I get a bunch of 'em...
From: Mitch Haley via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: Gerry Archer arche...@embarqmail.com; Mercedes Discussion
Apparently I'm not up on the terminology, how much is a bomber?
The last thing I need is another hobby and Angie doesn't like beer at all. I
drink maybe 1 gallon a year so home brewing would be a total waste for me. I
figure anything I get for less than $10 for a 20oz bottle isn't a bad price.
aggressive this way, as they know
you're not screwing around. You want to be sure they know you're shopping
everyone and that they get one and only one shot. You alos don't have to mess
with the game playing that way, too.
Dan
On Jul 28, 2014, at 7:17 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes
at the 0.0%
rate right? So unless Ford gives me more than $1745.38 in incentives I'm better
off taking the 0.0% interest.
-Curt
From: Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Whoops!
Ran it one more time adding in a $7000 downpayment (which doesn't include my
Ranger for trade) and got a different answer, now the interest at 2.9% is down
to $1226.18 in interest.
Actually at this point the payments are down to the point I can start to thing
about a 48 month loan
My local credit union is saying 2.79% for 60 or 2.49% for 48. Based on the link
you posted yesterday I wonder if they'd pre-approve me for a quick sale. I'm
assuming $25k is possible for what I want, if I could get $23k it might be
worth it.
-Curt
From:
, July 29, 2014 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: How is this game played exactly?
What's the best deal on a 30 year mortgage these days?
On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
My local credit union is saying 2.79% for 60 or 2.49% for 48
I briefly considered a Touareg to replace my Ranger. Theres a video on Youtube
of one in some serious offroad situations where it does remarkably well
considering its a fairly simple soft roader.
I think the worst thing for VWs is that the dealers seem to be almost
universally schysters.
Nice!
We had a similar problem with our '52 Farmall at camp this year, it wouldn't
fire at all until we wiggled some wires, then it would run but only at low rpm.
We rewired the whole tractor (10 whole wires! :) ) and it runs great. We'd been
having off and on problems with it bogging and
Which is what pleases me about the 6spd in the F150 (and some Chevys too) which
gives a nice low first and a good high 6th.
-Curt
From: Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: OK Don okd...@gmail.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent:
No diesels in half ton Fords. Dodge is the only one that does that and it only
comes in the fully tarted $50,000 monster...
I'm back to looking at used trucks, I can't believe I'd never looked at
Autotrader before. Turns out a Toyota dealership I pass every day has a couple
trucks I'm
I *think* the one I'd use is the Straight Talk one though, its similar money
and they don't spam the crap out of your email. I was also very unhappy with
how un-straightforward Freedom Pop's website is. Looks like they're hiding
stuff.
-Curt
From: Craig via
I was thinking the same thing although I've never seen one for sale that wasn't
rusted to pieces... I'd probably be more into it for $5k.
-Curt
From: OK Don via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Thursday,
Some people like the abuse.
I held onto my Yahoo account long enough that we figured out a solution. It
seems like Gerry will need to go to his ISP to get his problems fixed though.
-Curt
From: Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: Meade Dillon
So the Jetta has passed 250,000 miles and although I wanted to change the oil
at 250,000 miles I didn't get around to it. Yesterday I had some time and got
to changing it. The Jetta is a bit of a PITA for this, you can't pull it up
through the dipstick like on a MB and the car is so low I can't
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Sent: Friday, August 1, 2014 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] What a day...
I'm not feeling any love for VWs here.
On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
wrote:
On Fri, 1 Aug 2014 08:15:49 -0700 Curt Raymond via Mercedes
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