Yes-skill and commonsense are not replaced by a 4WD. After years of 4WD-Jimmy, Subaru's, Land Rover I thought I would miss it when I switched to the 240D automatic-RWD of course. With 4 studded snows, I was surprised at what I could do in deep snow, rutted muddy dirt roads, etc. Here in RI-ice and shallow packed snow are more the challenges of daily driving. I tell my wife that she is better off in winter with the 300D with 4 wheel discs and ABS than in the Forester which has rear drums and no ABS. The challenge here is STOP not GO. Of course, you have to stay off the turbo on the 300D-not an issue on the 240D or Subaru.
Dwight E. Giles, Jr. 1978 240D 4 speed. 218K miles. 1979 240D- auto -250K + miles. (SOLD). 1990 300D 2.5t 160K miles. Wickford, RI -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Curt Raymond Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 9:22 PM To: Diesel List Subject: Re: [MBZ] 2wd vs 4wd My standard practice is to go in with 2wd so I can come out in 4wd... A co-worker back when I was working as a land surveyor's assistant for my Dad had just bought a Ford Ranger. We had to go into the bush for a job and it was easier to put the equipment in his brand new pickup than my Jimmy. He had us in 4wd immediately and had the pickup stuck in the first mud hole. I climbed out through the sliding rear window (I was the youngest and riding in the jump seat) and walked back to get my Jimmy. Snatched the Ford out and proceeded to drive through the same mud hole in 2wd. City kid (the co-worker) had never driven in mud before, thought it was like a truck commercial and you were supposed to get into the mud and hit the throttle... -Curt Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:26:05 CST From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] 2wd vs 4wd To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Or if used wisely 2wd will bet you there 4wd will get you home. Mike _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
