As far as model Americans, one can always blow a hole in this.
Companies that spend (waste) time doing market research have found that
people will say what they think you want to hear, but do something
entirely different. For example, in the early 50's, Chrysler did some
one-on-one market
Todd, I'm glad I brightened your day. There's nothing like a good
laugh..
As I get older (these days, I'm 46), I have found that I'm losing
patience with any sort of politics. In my mind, both the government in
general, and most, if not all, ecology groups fall into the realm of
Todd/John, sorry for the late response. I did go to Hemp Car, but have
been short of time this week. I did notice that they are using an older
123 series car, with the old 617 series cast-iron turbodiesel. That
would be my choice if I was to experiment-it's a tough old stove, hard to
destroy.
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Thursday, July 05, 2001
By Reuters
WASHINGTON - U.S. consumers are reacting to higher gasoline prices
with their wallets, according to a new Harris Poll. The poll showed
that half of those surveyed are cutting gasoline consumption and also
plan to buy more fuel-efficient cars in the
Todd, you should expect this, and worse from the Sierra Club. If they
had their way, we would all live like savages, in caves, without heat or
light, because this causes the formation of greenhouse gases. Each of
us would also have a catalytic converter welded to our ass, as well as
would every
The USA has done the same thing, in many, if not all areas. Being a
Mercedes tech, I expected to see much in the way of problems, because of
the switch. The reality? I saw no problems at all, either with
customers' cars, or my own. The repair consists of replacing old seals
in the pump
I second the motion-I've had 2-a 505 gasoline sedan, and a 505 gasoline
turbo wagon. Both had ride quality second to none-it didn't matter if
the car was loaded, or not. The best seats in the industry were in these
cars, and the diesel in the 505, designed from a clean sheet is the
most
Todd, (John) I wanted to say amen.
I also wanted to tell you that I'd rather not use my Mercedes 300D as the
guinea pig for the biodiesel experiments-I have purchased an
ex-military truck, with a giant 6 cyl multi-fuel diesel. I don't think
that they had biodiesel in mind, when they built this.
I just have to throw in my 2 cents' worth here. Being a retired
Mercedes-Benz mechanic, I have watched for 25 years as the fuel mileage
of these cars has increased..from an average of 14 MPG in the early
70's, to an average of 24 MPG today. This mileage is for V-8 equipped
cars. In
Very good point-one I hadn't even considered. Bush' oil buddies wouldn't
like conservation-oops, I meant competition...
E.J.
On Tue, 19 Jun 2001 09:50:51 -0700 Ken Provost [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
E.J. writes:
...Unfortunately, this gives the government a very powerful
argument for
Well, I'll give Ian credit where it is due. Because the folks on this
list are a careful bunch, who can read, and follow instructions, doesn't
mean that you can trust everyone with the production of anything. There
is always a fool to muck it up, and wreck it for the rest of us. And,
yes-the
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