Posts Tagged ‘benz’
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013
Here’s the news of the day:
“Working with some of the largest and most respected banks in the country, Tesla has been able to create a financing product that combines the surety and comfort of ownership with all the advantages of a traditional lease.
US Bank and Wells Fargo will provide 10% down financing assuming a good credit rating, and the down payment is covered or more than covered by US Federal and state tax credits ranging from $7,500 to $15,000. New Jersey, Washington and DC also have no sales tax for electric vehicles. These advantages are not available when leasing.
After 36 months, you have the right, but not the obligation to sell your Model S to Tesla for the same residual value percentage as the iconic Mercedes S Class, one of the finest premium sedans in the world, made by Daimler (also a Tesla partner and investor).
Not only is Tesla guaranteeing that resale value, but Tesla CEO Elon Musk is personally standing behind that guarantee to give customers absolute peace of mind about the value of the asset they are purchasing.
We also encourage you to think about Model S ownership in terms of true out of pocket cost. When considering the savings from using electricity instead of gasoline, depreciation benefits, and other factors, buyers will save hundreds of dollars per month compared to owning a gasoline powered car.”
The problem with this, or rather, one of the problems with this, is that Mercedes Benz S-Class cars have horrible resale value.
Just horrible!
Check it.
So if Elon Musk really wants to put his money where his mouth is, why doesn’t he use cars more desirable and practical for the residual value percentage guarantee?
How about the Nissan Versa or Honda Fit?
Just askin’.
Tags: 2013, bank, bay area, benz, bev, buy, buy back, california, cr, electric, elon musk, lease, loan, Mercedes, model s, s class, San Francisco, sedan, tesla, Tesla Motors
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Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
Here it is:
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Tags: 230 sl, 230sl, benz, car, clement, convertible, coupe, green, hardtop, Mercedes, mercedes banz, pagoda, pgoda roof, richmond district, roadster, roof, six cylinder, sl 230, sl230, slow, street, w113
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2012
Two luxury cars, two handicapped placards, yet again:
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Why is it that most Mercedes Benzeses you see parked on the street in the Financial District, you know, the 94111 and the 94104, have handicap placards hanging from the rear view?
Could it be that California’s handicapped placard system is being abused by wealthy bay area drivers who feel that parking should be cheaper and easier for them?
Yep.
Are you kind of a sucker for NOT having a handicapped placard considering that you could easily ask your doctor to sign the form for the DMV?
Yep.
Zoom zoom.
Tags: 2012, audi, bay area, benz, bmw, california, car, cars, free, handicap, handicapped, infiniti, lexus, luxury, Mercedes, park, parking, placard, San Francisco, subsidy
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Friday, November 9th, 2012
California registration? No thanks, that’s not for me. I prefer to use license plates from the Land of Enchantment and the Empire State.
But have you seen the urban snorkel (camera left, near the windshield) on my G-Wagen?
Breaking Bad:
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Sometimes I just don’t know.
Tags: banz, benz, car, CARB, cars, chp, days, dmv, DPT, empire state, EPA, g-wagen, g500, Land of Enchantment, Mercedes, mercedes benz, new mexico, new york, registration, sedan, SFMTA, SFPD, snorket, western addition
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Thursday, August 2nd, 2012
Wow, this case ended up with a plea bargain for just twelve months in jail?
The case of Nils Linke used to be a BFD.
See?
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But late last month it evaporated into nothingness, into a simple jail term.
So, you can booze it up at world-famous Kokkari restaurant, run over a German tourist despite your gf yelling at you to look out, get out of the car to move the German tourist’s bike off of the road (no, not him himself, just the bike, you leave the dude himself to die), get back into the car after switching seats with the gf, and then drive away, and your punishment, years later, will be, what six months, eight months, in county jail because that’s what District Attorney George Gascon is willing to sign off on. No trial, no nothing, just a plea deal.
So what would Joshua Calder have gotten without the hitting and the running and the seat switching? Three months? Community service?
Mmmm….
Tags: $28, 13, 200 jackson, 2010, 2012, 21, 2WZF851, accident, Aug. 13, august, ave, avenue, bay area, benz, bicycle, bike, bottles, calder, california, candle, cycle, cyclist, death, department, dept., Derailleurs, dram, driver, dui, flowers, friday, George Gascón, german, Germany, ghost, ghost bike, ghostcycle, girlfriend, golden gate, gross, hit, hit-and-run, intersection, intoxicated, jail, joah, josh calder, joshua calder, Jüergen, Jüergen Schneider-Linke, June Soelberg, Kevin Lancaster, killed, kokkari, laws, lawsuit, light, lights helmet, Linke, manslaughter, map, masonic, memorial, memorial ride, Mercedes, mercedes benz, Nicole Mairs, Nils Linke, Oakland, painted, Petra, Petra Linke, plea, police, posters, restaurant, ride, run, San Francisco, Schneider, SFPD, SFSU, shop, shots, shrine, street, turk, Veen Firm, vehicular, WDBEA26D9KA909858, white, wine, wrongful, Yannick
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Wednesday, June 27th, 2012
Old Mercedes diesels* might be really slow, and they might emit more particulates than a fleet of new cars, and they might get converted to run on french fry grease, but…
The most cartoonish cloud of smoke coming from a car exhaust I’ve ever seen:
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…they will never die.
And here’s the thing – old diesels are exempt from California’s annual smog check program.
That’s a giant loophole big enough that you could drive a big old honking Mercedes Benz diesel through.
Hurray!
“I’ve only been a Benz owner for less than a year now. However, I’m beginning to think that stamping out smoke on these 616s is like trying to rid your yard comletely of dandelions – it’s a fool’s errand.
I’ve had my IP rebuilt, rolled in a new timing chain, and had the valve seals replaced all within the last 6 months. Injectors are also new and the valves were adjusted when the seals were replaced. Fuel filters and fuel lines are also new and all fluids are fresh. The only differences between mine and yours are that I have lower compression and I use perhaps a 1/2 quart of oil in 2,000 miles.
Despite this, I still have some smoke. There’s a hint of whitish smoke on cold idle at start up and a bit of black smoke when I get on the throttle or climb steep hills.
I have another set of injectors that I had rebuilt and will install them in due course. I’ll also rebuild the vacuum pump as a preventative measure. But after that, this game of “whack a mole” has to end.
There is one good thing to come from all this work, however. My engine sounds silky smooth. No knocking, no nailing, and no hicccups. The only underhood sounds you hear are the clickity click of fuel injectors popping and the combustion inside the engine. So long as this continues to be the case and my oil consumption doesn’t increase, I should consider everything else to be inconsequential.”
*Pray that this particular old Mercedes is a diesel. ‘Cause otherwise this rig prolly needs to get oil added on a daily basis…
Tags: 1998, 2012, aging, annual, bar, bay area, benz, Blue Smoke, california, car, CARB, cars, diesel, exempt, gray, grey, Mercedes, oil, old, San Francisco, smog, smoke, smoking, test, testing
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Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
See? The brand-new Mercedes Benz and the Lexus have blue placards but the Honda has to make do with just a red placard.
Financial District, San Francisco:
Why is it that every brand new Mercedes parked in San Francisco’s Financial District has a blue handicap placard hanging from the rear view? Are these things like a no-cost option or something?
The fact that no California physician has ever been disciplined in the slightest for improperly signing the DMV form in the history of the state puts a lot of pressure on area doctors. Everybody knows that they won’t get caught. It’s like all the doctor needs to do is write down his or her name once and that will earn said doctor a fan for life.
A long healthy life.
In a new Mercedes Benz.
With an improperly-gotten handicap placard.
Hurray! Free parking. For life!
And when those downtown core congestion charges come, then free driving. For life!
Tags: 2012, bay area, benz, Blue, california, car, DPT, free, handicap, handicapped, luxury, Mercedes, mta, parking, placard, red, San Francisco, SFMTA, space, spot, zone
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Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
I don’t know, somebody screwed up real bad yesterday AM at the intersection of Polk and McAllister right in front of City Hall.
Couldn’t tell if it was the fault of the driver of this aging Mercedes Benz E320 or the driver of the Lexus RX300 jelly belly car that wound up far away in the crosswalk.
Alls I know is that both people were well protected by airbags (despite the age of both vehicles). The penalty for stupid driving is less than it used to be, back in the long ago, that’s for sure.
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In a fast german car
I’m amazed that I survived
An airbag saved my life
In the next world war
jack-knifed juggernaut
I am born again
Tags: 2012, accident, airbag, airbags, bay area, benz, Blue, california, City Hall, e class, lexus, mcallister, Mercedes, mercedes benz, rx, rx320, San Francisco, sedan, SFPD, sheriff, street, white
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Wednesday, February 15th, 2012
Do you know how long you can park at these new SFPark meters? Like four hours, baby. Just pop in your credit card.
Do you know who appreciates that? Rich people, the demographically-desirable who drive BMW’s and Mercedes Benzeseses.
Here’s five in a row. Thanks SFPARK!
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Here’s an exercise. Just as you can add “in bed” to your fortune cookie message, you can append the phrase “FOR RICH PEOPLE WITH MERCEDES AND BMW CARS” to any statement from the horrible SFPark people from the horrible SFMTA. Like this:
“SFMTA established SFpark to use new technologies and policies to improve parking in San Francisco FOR RICH PEOPLE WITH MERCEDES AND BMW CARS. Reducing traffic by helping RICH PEOPLE WITH MERCEDES AND BMW CARS find parking benefits RICH PEOPLE WITH MERCEDES AND BMW CARS. More parking availability makes streets less congested FOR RICH PEOPLE WITH MERCEDES AND BMW CARS. Meters that accept credit and debit cards FROM RICH PEOPLE WITH MERCEDES AND BMW CARS reduce frustration and parking citations FOR RICH PEOPLE WITH MERCEDES AND BMW CARS. With SFpark, RICH PEOPLE WITH MERCEDES AND BMW CARS can all circle less and live more.
SFpark works by collecting and distributing real-time information about where parking is available so RICH PEOPLE WITH MERCEDES AND BMW CARS can quickly find open spaces.
To help achieve the right level of parking availability FOR RICH PEOPLE WITH MERCEDES AND BMW CARS, SFpark periodically adjusts meter and garage pricing up and down to match demand FROM RICH PEOPLE WITH MERCEDES AND BMW CARS. Demand-responsive pricing encourages drivers to park in underused areas and garages, reducing demand (FROM POOR PEOPLE, THE 99%, THOSE FUCKERS) in overused (OVERUSED BY WHOM? BY POOR PEOPLE, THE 99%, THOSE FUCKERS) areas.
Through SFpark, real-time data and demand-responsive pricing work together to readjust parking patterns in the City so that parking is easier to find FOR RICH PEOPLE WITH MERCEDES AND BMW CARS”
On It Goes…
SFPark: “Let us “manage” your parking the same way we manage MUNI!”
SFPark: “Parking meters everywhere (eventually, including the entire Sunset District!) and for all (except for the specific whites of Pacific Heights). Hurray!”
Tags: bay area, benz, bmw, california, luxury, Mercedes, meters, mta, Muni, people, rich, San Francisco, sf park, SFMTA, sfpark, smartmeters
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Monday, January 23rd, 2012
This is a 1969 (or so) 280S (or thereabouts) with a straight six engine and (possibly) a four-on-the-tree manual transmission:
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It pollutes* more than all the other cars you see put together…
No matter, he’s going the distance.
*Leaving the carbon dioxide issue aside.
Tags: 2012, 280, 280s, bay area, benz, cake, california, car, carbon, carbon dioxide, dioxide, duboce, going the distance, Mercedes, mercedes benz, old, San Francisco, staright six
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