Am I the only person who saw this in the Wall Street Journal?

[mdsalemi]

In this past weekend‘s Wall Street Journal

[wwheeler]

A friend sent it to me as well and I haven't had a chance to look at it yet (on-line).

[Cees Klumper]

Another member posted this article in the thread about 'what does the future hold for our Pagodas / should we panick-sell now or later?' 

Different schools of thought, I was reassured by one member's comment that it should be possible to create fuel not from oil but otherwise pretty much indefinitely.

[mdsalemi]

Would someone please tell me:

1. how to get that squeal back? My friend had a 1967 250 SL, and my Uncle (before he got my 1969) had a 1964 230SL and all three cars had a most distinctive squeal--I knew either one was coming a block away.

2. Where are the "two chokes"?  Anyone have a part number for these chokes? Do I need them? My car seems to work fine w/o them...

 

Hey electrification is great, but why not just sort out this clearly un-sorted 250SL?

[wwheeler]

Technically the WRD is a choke of sorts. It functions the same in that it richens a cold mixture, is temperature dependent and stays on until the engine is warmed up. It works with coolant and I had a few other American cars with carbs that had coolant running through the choke housing.

Not sure what the second would be? Possibly referring to the CSV which is temperature dependent although not really a choke. The starting solenoid is certainly no choke. Neither of these last two stay on after cranking is over.