Zorba
"The Veiled Male"
It was a pleasant change from the contractor that did our MBR addition that took 7 months to do a 2 month job...
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Greek Bonfire
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This has nothing to do with bellydance, but this is how I'm feeling so far this year (muahahahaha!):
Greek Bonfire
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And let's not forget Zorba's favorite, which could be applied more and more to the trash I see on Instagram:
Zorba
"The Veiled Male"
Greek Bonfire
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LOVE IT! Because I'm a Jeep girl myself!!
Zorba
"The Veiled Male"
You're welcome! I didn't know you were a Jeep gal!
Shanazel
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I had a Wagoneer that cured me of Jeeps forever- the fuel pump was located in the hottest part of the engine and all the times I spent waiting on the side of the road because the damn thing vapor locked made me vow to never have another one. I did, however l love my WWII era army-issue jeep. I learned to drive stick shift in it and it was my main transportation around the university ranch for four years. Way more fun than a four wheeler and not as likely to roll.
Zorba
"The Veiled Male"
Funny you should bring up vapor lock. Jeep TJs like mine ('97-'06) have a known "heat soak" problem. Fuel left in the injectors and fuel rail will vaporize on hot days after a short shutdown. If its left for 30 minutes or so, the fuel will re-condense, otherwise upon restart, it will run like crap until you blip the throttle a couple of times. Its the same thing as vapor lock, but it doesn't "locK' because its fuel injected. There are certainly things on Jeeps that are sub-optimal in design - I'm spoiled by my old Mercedes.
Shanazel
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The Wagoneer overheated and vapor locked in Moorcroft one hot summer day. A mechanic in town showed me how to pour a stream of water over the fuel pump to cool it off, then gave me the gallon milk jug filled with water and sent me on my way, refusing payment for his time. What a great guy. What an infuriating vehicle.
I had a 1973 Mercedes in the late nineties, and had so much fun with it. There were several like-era Mercedes in town and it was like belonging to a select informal club. We honked and waved at each other, and occasionally crosssed paths on foot, saying things like, "Oh, you're the two-tone blue Mercedes, aren't you?" Alas, I haven't seen one of these cars on the road in years. When mine started needing substantial repairs, I sold it along with the service manuals and bought my first Camry. I love my Camrys, but I still think fondly of Ingaborg. On an empty Wyoming road with no cops in view, I once hit 110 mph and felt like I was going 55. I still had pedal left, but not the nerve to floor it.
I had a 1973 Mercedes in the late nineties, and had so much fun with it. There were several like-era Mercedes in town and it was like belonging to a select informal club. We honked and waved at each other, and occasionally crosssed paths on foot, saying things like, "Oh, you're the two-tone blue Mercedes, aren't you?" Alas, I haven't seen one of these cars on the road in years. When mine started needing substantial repairs, I sold it along with the service manuals and bought my first Camry. I love my Camrys, but I still think fondly of Ingaborg. On an empty Wyoming road with no cops in view, I once hit 110 mph and felt like I was going 55. I still had pedal left, but not the nerve to floor it.
Zorba
"The Veiled Male"
I grew up with Mercedes - learned to drive on a '71 220D, and later owned a '74 240D. I'd still have the latter except it had a terminal case of cancer. My '85 is a 300SD. They were a dime a dozen in California, but you very rarely see one here. When I drove it out to Florida from California, I remember stopping off at some 1 horse town in a square state somewhere. I might as well had been driving a Lambo from the looks I got! Dem good ol' boys had never seen themselves anything like that!
Had a friend who had a '73 W108 280 SEL 4.5. I've always loved the W108s, the last of the high grille cars. I wouldn't own a Mercedes any newer than the one I have - Lexus pretty much ruined them.
What model was your '73?
My late father in law told the story of a good friend who had a "slightly modified" '63 300SLR. Sometime in the mid 60s, they were blasting down back roads in rural Illinois at nite, top down. Some kids blew by in a hopped up Buick. The guy told my F-I-L, "In about half a mile, there's a nice straightaway. Those kids are about to see what real performance is. My F-I-L said they went past those kids so fast that their eyeballs spun around. He looked over to see that they were going 135 MPH. "Got any more?" he asked. "Yep" came the reply. Even though the top was down, my F-I-L's hair wasn't even messed up!
Zorba
"The Veiled Male"
My absolute FAVE mercedes from those years. Was it the 4.5 V8, or the 2.8 straight 6? Last of the high grille cars - I'd like to own one with the diesel engine out of my '85 put into it (its been done) - but I'd be fine with either of the gas motors too. Auto or manual?
Shanazel
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I think it was a 6. Automatic. It had been sitting in a rancher's barn for years and had some problems that didn't show up until after we bought it, but over all, I had a grand time with it. The Mercedes symbol lived in my glove compartment the entire time I owned the car- the original had been stolen and I just never got around to putting the replacement on the hood.
Greek Bonfire
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My first Jeep was a 2001 Cherokee Sport and it served me well. I hated to see it go. I now have a 2018 Renegade and the technology on it is ridiculous-buttons going on when everything is fine.
Zorba
"The Veiled Male"
That was a FINE motor!