You didn't check with SRJ? Our investment guru?

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Not MBZ nor A/C trained professional but a die-hard DIY and green engineer. Use the info at your own peril. Picked up 2 Infractions because of disagreements. NOW reversed.

W124 Keyless remote, PM for details. http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/mercedes-used-parts-sale-wanted/334620-fs-w124-chasis-keyless-remote-%2450-shipped.html

1 X 2006 CDI
1 x 87 300SDL
1 x 87 300D
1 x 87 300TDT wagon
1 x 83 300D
1 x 84 190D ( 5 sp ) - All R134 converted + keyless entry.

Interesting responses.

Yeah, we have Jet A but it costs $5.05/ gallon as of last week. But I noticed diesel went up to $4.07 this weekend at the cheap place.

Jet A is kerosene that shouldn't gel until Texas freezes over. I have had to add unleaded gas to a truck when it was -25 just east of Pueblo one night. I just made it into Fowler, CO with "gelling" symtoms. That was scary; I carried real cold weather gear after that.

Seems like a diesel would do well in a small plane environment where the engine has to run near full power most of the time. That's what we did with truck engines and they ran lots of miles.

Yeah, my job is like a dream. Don't supervise anyone anymore, my boss doesn't know what I'm doing, and I get a vehicle to drive. Wish it was a diesel... it's a Chevy Colorado that I think is made by Isuzu. Wonder if they make a diesel version somewhere in the world.

r

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1985 300SD
1998 Jetta TDI
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Walking isn't a lost art: one must, by some means, get to the garage.

Good stuff!

I wouldn't press my luck converting a Chevy into a diesel unless you have a lot of time on your hands! heh!

My avatar shows the office. MD80 somewhere over the US.
ATP SEL
ATP MEL DC-9 type
CFII
FE 727

22,500hrs Total
15,500hrs MD80 American Airlines

And 3 years to go to retirement, at age 60

Dave

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1970 220D, owned 1980-1990
1980 240D, owned 1990-1992
1982 300TD, owned 1992-1993
1986 300SDL, owned 1993-2004
1999 E300, owned 1999-2003
1982 300TD, 213,880mi, owned since Nov 18, 1991- Aug 4, 2010 SOLD
1988 560SL, 100,000mi, owned since 1995
1965 Mustang Fastback Mileage Unknown(My sons)
1983 240D, 176,000mi (My daughers) owned since 2004
2007 Honda Accord EX-L I4 auto, the new daily driver
1985 300D 264,000mi Son's new daily driver.(sold)
2008 Hyundai Tiberon. Daughters new car

Isuzu D-Max, small diesel pickup. Very common in Iraq and Afghanistan, as are diesel Ford Rangers and diesel Toyota Hilux. All are sadly not available in the U.S.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

I got my Single Engine Land in 1990, flew recreationally for about a year, and realized that you need both time and money to keep this as a hobby. I didn't have either...still don't. Haven't flown in 20 years. back when I flew there were TRSAs and ARSAs.

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Mark in MA
05 MB E320CDI 402k Granite Grey Metallic
05 MB E320CDI 267k Black
05 MB E320CDI 232k White
05 MB E320CDI 209k Tectite Grey
99 Dodge 2500 Cummins 5sp 148k
62 Jeep CJ-6 120k

dmorrison, I had seen you avatar and figured you flew a skybus. Hope you make retirement without incident.

Yeah, flying is expensive. I was going to get current again and fly to Vegas to see my new grandson instead of the 8 hour drive each way. But it's just too expensive to be practical unless I had at least two others sharing costs.

Anyway, if any of you are our flying, consider stopping in.

r

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1985 300SD
1998 Jetta TDI
Previous: lots of diesel VW's, MB's, KW's, Pete, Freightliner


Walking isn't a lost art: one must, by some means, get to the garage.

TRSAs are still around. And they cause plenty of confusion, because they don't "fit" very well with the "new" airspace designations. ARSAs, TCAs, CZs, the PCA and ATAs all got new names. And new airplanes feature TV screens instead of those neat-looking instrument panels! And you don't need to understand navigation anymore; they have this new thing called GPS.

I have never stepped on an Airbus and don't want to.
I don't like their design philosophy. To many tails coming off, and the computer only allows you to operate in a very particular envelope. Sometimes when between a rock and a hard place we need to exceed the design limits. Airbus will not let you do that, ever. Boeing limits you but allows you to exceed limits. Mcdonnell Douglas's 1965 design of the MD80 (DC9-80) is fly by wire, their called cables and the limiter on the aircraft is the Captain and Copilot.

Besides, the one group of pilots who have crashed more Airbuses than any other group are the Airbus Test Pilots. 4 fatal crashes since the company started.

So I'm not really a Airbus fan.

Dave

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1970 220D, owned 1980-1990
1980 240D, owned 1990-1992
1982 300TD, owned 1992-1993
1986 300SDL, owned 1993-2004
1999 E300, owned 1999-2003
1982 300TD, 213,880mi, owned since Nov 18, 1991- Aug 4, 2010 SOLD
1988 560SL, 100,000mi, owned since 1995
1965 Mustang Fastback Mileage Unknown(My sons)
1983 240D, 176,000mi (My daughers) owned since 2004
2007 Honda Accord EX-L I4 auto, the new daily driver
1985 300D 264,000mi Son's new daily driver.(sold)
2008 Hyundai Tiberon. Daughters new car

22K hours was the TT a friend I grew up with accumulated at age 56 when he quit at Continental. He flew 22 yrs. for them; DC9 and 737. Ending his career as a Captain. (737 - 700?) He had had enough of commercial piloting he told me.

I was his 1st passenger when we were 21 yr. olds immediately after he got his license. He rented a Cherokee 140 at the Millard Airport near Omaha, and flew to Lincoln NE airport. I had no idea how dangerous it was flying with a new pilot. Flew several times with him as a passenger in various prop aircraft when he was a flight instructor at Martin Aviation in Santa Ana, CA.

You kind of have to choose your poison. With Airbus you have all the unknowns in the fly-by-wire system. With the 737, you have the chance of it spontaneously becoming a 737 Cabriolet Edition.

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I flew back to the States from Kuwait in a DC-10. I was surprised that there are any of them still in service. I can't remember when they last made them. The flight to Kuwait was in a C-17. Not the greatest aircraft for comfort, but it beats a C-130. I was rather impressed when I was a passenger on a Blackhawk. We flew low, followed the ridgelines, and got into some seriously banked turns. The view was incredible. As far as commercial, I'm rather partial to the Dash 8's that I sometimes take to Seattle for business.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

I think I flew in a DC 10 in 1970.

I just checked in Wiki. it as an 8.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Private SE Land here with a measly 122 hrs, but I at least have it, flying Archers, Skyhawks, and Diamond Eclipses (yuck on the Eclipse).

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85' 300D No inspection, No registration fees, Cheap insurance
"If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're going to see some serious %$&^."

I have had the chance to own and fly the following
Extra 300, Cap 231, Cap 232, Edge 540, F-16, J-3 Cub, Pilatus Porter, Rearwin Speedster, Mistu "Zero"..............Oh sorry you guys are talking "Full" sized aircraft! Sorry couldn't help myself. The in person facial expressions are usually very amusing! We have over 50 aircraft from 12 inch to 103 inch wing spans. Would love to fly full scale but until my son becomes an aerospace engineer, it will have to wait. No BS on the engineer part.