BillM

Can't wait! Been looking forward to this...

ISO6400, 30s, f3.5 Canon 60D + EF-S 10-22mm. Colour temp was 3200k if I'm not mistaken.

Nice report, I was out that way last week as well. We found a few gators in the low 40in range but no monsters (We'd take a break of maybe 1-2hrs a day fishing for them)

Northern Ontario is great for zero light pollution and clear skies. Took advantage of that last week on our fishing trip to setup the tripod and play around a bit. These are straight out of the camera. Still have some cleaning up to do, but I've got a pretty good base to start with. Milky Way from the shores of Lake Nipigon by billmarz, on Flickr Look close.. satellites! by billmarz, on Flickr Milky Way #2 by billmarz, on Flickr

The road is fine, you'll sand blast your boat and trailer however unless you keep the speed down.

Rocks, lots of rocks, lol.

You wanna talk plush interiors, look inside the new GC, lol! Let's face it, no one is buying a 60k GC and taking it offroad. That's what old beater Cherokees are for.

Mercedes makes arguably one of the best passenger diesel engines on the market today. What's wrong with the 3.0 CRD that you'd recommend someone not purchasing one?

Gorgeous water out there, lots of bottom end eating rocks as well Nice smallies!

If it's not a triploid, then more power to the guy that caught it. Just by looking at it, it screams triploid to me.

Fraying isn't the same as being nick resistant... I think we've all seen braid fray, that's nothing new. As for running over rocks and zebra mussels? I'll take mono/flouro everytime over braid.

I'd take a diesel over a Hemi any day, especially when that's 100% Mercedes diesel under the hood

Lew, that's the thing people rarely think about. Stopping! LOL!

Triploids shouldn't be considered for world records. Look at that nasty mutant.

Who do you know that's been denied warranty work because they bought a part for their car at a place OTHER than the dealer? I've had warranty work completed on cars I've otherwise done all the maintenance myself on (This includes TB jobs, clutches, whatever).... Sounds like you and your best friend is getting the gears from the dealer (I'm not surprised at all by this)

Where do people come up with this? As long as you're using a OE equivalent, your warranty is just fine. You actually think Mercedes makes ALL their own parts? There are all kinds of OE vendors out there that produce 'Mercedes' parts... Mahle, Mann, Bosch, Litens, Hepu... the list keeps going and going. Same thing with VW/Audi and all the imports for that matter. Stop spreading misinformation.

Al, high prices and bad service (I'm making a sweeping generalization here) :)

If you go to the dealer for parts, you deserve to get bent over, lol. Absolutely no need to . So many vendors out there that can get you the parts for a fraction of the cost. Also, the Sprinter vans were always Mercedes, there's no Dodge in them at all (Unless you count the badging)

Time to buy a kicker!

Engine is sourced from Mercedes (Unlike the VM Motori engine in the Liberty)... It's pretty much bulletproof. Can't go wrong, great choice.

^---- Rich always has a case of the Mondays :)

I try and go as light as possible, but like it was mentioned above.. If it's windy/wavy you wanna get down quick... Going to try to dropshot for lakers next week as well, should be a fun time if the weather co-operates.

Bell weights work fine for me and are cheaper.

Not really man, but yeah... It's more abrasion resistant that braid is which is a good reason to use that or mono.