Hi Larry,

Basically just want to wish you all the best in the future.
I have always enjoyed your posts and anecdotes. However, I did NOT enjoy the situation regarding the 300d of your daughter and the FLOORED IP

Anyway, I have learned much and appreciate all of your (and everyone else's posts.
Good luck and ENJOY the security of the new job! I do know that we certaintly have not heard the last from LARRY BIBLE!
Wait..........................what is that I hear???..............perhaps...........yes, I do believe.....an excellent 300d engine in your neighborhood, just waiting for a transplant
...............Besides, a slow modem WILL work just fine!
How about the stick shift euro 123? What's up with that one?

Best wishes always, and keep those diesels humming!!!
Spo out.

Sorry to hear that Larry, you've been a big help to many here including me.. don't let the slow connection keep you away.

Larry,

Great to hear things are looking up for you. I know you will figure out how to stay in touch though as the technology exists and the problem can be readily overcome. Besides, dial up for a bulletin board type website is fine.

I use a two way satelite system from skycasters.net, and it supports a VPN hook up very nicely on the download. The uploads are about twice the speed of the dial-up connection. It is expensive, and my company paid for mine. I now can get cable access though and my satelite may become obsolete (in a few months). The only real drawback of the satelite system is the cost, which is about $120 or so per month. It is quite adequate on speed though, not what you get with DSL, T-1, or cable, but about 8 to 10 times what we get on a phone line here.

Let me know if you want my satelite stuff if I switch to a cable internet connection. I have a buddy who might be interested who lives out in the Atlantic Ocean (Turks and Caicos) if he can figure out how to set the stuff up so it may not be available if he learns how to aim these things soon enough. And don't even think about not checking in here and helping out. I only got my faster satelite connection in February this year.

Good luck, and don't avoid us! Jim

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Own:
1986 Euro 190E 2.3-16 (291,000 miles),
1998 E300D TurboDiesel, 231,000 miles -purchased with 45,000,
1988 300E 5-speed 252,000 miles,
1983 240D 4-speed, purchased w/136,000, now with 222,000 miles.
2009 ML320CDI Bluetec, 89,000 miles

Owned:
1971 220D (250,000 miles plus, sold to father-in-law),
1975 240D (245,000 miles - died of body rot),
1991 350SD (176,560 miles, weakest Benz I have owned),
1999 C230 Sport (45,400 miles),
1982 240D (321,000 miles, put to sleep)

your were the first to welcome me when I got my 300sd in march and you also helped me with my ac when I wasn't able to post because of fear. Your imformation was right on as I was driving today it was 96 and inside big blue it was 51, thanx so much steve

Good news for Larry, bad news for me. How am I going to keep this stable running? About 3000 of your posts were ones that helped me either directly or indirectly. My favorite posts are ones about leaks and the unlikely culprits. Took you forever to find them and your wisdom took me about 2 minutes to read.

Thanks for all

Don

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DAILY DRIVERS:
'84 300DT 298k (Aubrey's)
'99.5 Jetta TDI IV 251k (Julie's)
'97 Jetta TDI 127k (Amber's)
'97 Jetta TDI 186k (Matt's)
'96 Passat TDI 237k (Don's
'84 300D 211k Mint (Arne- Undergoing Greasecar Conversion)

SOLD:
'82 240D 229k (Matt's - Converted-300DT w/ 4 speed

Thanks Larry:
Thanks for all your help and suggestions. Best of luck with your new job. Also hope your area gets a broadband fast so we can have you back on the forum full time.
Regards
MVK

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One penny saved is three penny earned.

1985 300D Turbo 179,000miles

Larry,
Want to thank you for all the help you have provided new and old members alike! I especially want to thank you for the help you have given to me on non-Mercedes cars. Best of luck with your new job and "Keep it between the ditches"!!!! Come back when you can, we will be waiting.
THANKS!!!!!!!
Jerry

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Jerry -
If you don't learn something new every day, you aren't paying attention!!
1971 108 280SE 2.8 "Ronnie"
1985 300TDT (76,904 Original miles ) "Sadie" (Sold-went back to Arkansas)
1984 300DT "Green-go" (Sold)
1984 300DT "Silver Bullet" (Sold)
1956 220S Ponton
1985 300D (Sold)
1984 300D

Good Luck Larry! I am putting in some freeze-12 tommorrow into my ac system and will be thinking of you. Just kidding----Thanks for all the posts!

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RT


1984 300D---Sold
1995 E420 - 106K - Brilliant Silver Metallic/Orion Gray --- Sold
1984 300SD - 151K Manganese Brown Metallic/Mostly Black --- Sold
1982 240D - 79K - Manila Beige/Palomino---Sold

As a newbie (sort of) it was interesting to read the threads above this one. Doing so, it became obvious that you must be very steadfast. Parroting some of the others . . . you were one of the first to respond to my inquiries when first testing the waters of MB ownership. Having read so many of your postings and replies to other folks postings, I knew you were someone that I could trust with both direct and indirect guidance. If not for that fact, I would not now be a proud MB owner. Though as the expected repairs/maintenance issues I may occasionally wonder why I let myself get into this situation, I am certain I will have more moments of pride than despair. It is now clear to me that you are one of the elite leaders of a special group of automotive enthusiasts. Best of luck in all you do and I will continue to look forward to your posts.
Steve
'87 300TD

www.direcway.com
Direct TV has broadband for people who live in the boonies...
uploads are 125k and downloads are very very fast

Spo123,

The picture in the original post of this thread is my Euro 123. It's an '84 240D, 4 speed with manual everything. It is like a member of the family although it is currently in Cryogenic mode.

I hope to now have the money to rebuild the original engine and put it back in to get the car on the road. I have had a different engine in the car for about the last 20,000 miles or so before it lost so much compression that it wouldn't start.

I'm not so driven to put my daughters old 300D back on the road since I'm just not taken with automatics and five cylinders, but Ol' Silver will definitely live again at some point in the future.

Everyone,

I am flattered by all the posts and good wishes. I won't be disappearing, it's just that my logon time will be limited.

Have a great day,

He likes a slow diesel MB but not a slow internet? Hm...

I've learned to avoid the posts with the paperclip unless they look interesting (my rural internet has a top speed of 26K, average 21-24K, and I give up when it occasionally hits 16K). Without the paperclip it's the same speed as work DSL. Perhaps a LarryBible rant about pics in the signature section is in order.

Good luck on the new start, and keep posting. Those you irritate simply haven't broken and fixed enough yet. Experience matters. And so does sharing your wisdom.

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daBenz - 1970 220D

Congrats on the new opportunity, I wish you the best of luck with it.

I travel a bit myself and am addicted the Diesel Discussion forum. I use a nationwide ISP that has access numbers everywhere I go, so logging on with my notebook is not a problem. I actually enjoy being able to scan the days posts in my hotel at night while enjoying a brew and burger. A nice way to end a day on the road.

Jerry

Thanks for your wisdom and knowledge, Larry. By the way, I've lived with a 26K dialup here in the sticks for years and Mercedesshop is definitely one of the fastest sites to load. I don't think it should cramp your style too much.

Good luck with your new job.

Chris W.
'95 E300D

Larry, Direcway has a two way satellite system that my neighbour and I share at home. This sytem works great. The only time it needs a dialup modem was for initial setup. With the home office, the system should be a tax deduction, and you'll get your two way broadband system. Since it's a buisness thing, I would still keep the dialup as a backup system for storms as satellite broadband is susceptible to the same rain fade as the TV is.