Several years ago, during the first rain after a long summer of drought, I fish tailed all the way up a hill in a '76 300D - it was like driving on wet, glare ice -- dirt, grease, oilo and water on hot asphalt.
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Mountain Man <maontin....@gmail.com> wrote: > BillR wrote: > > I still remember some terror associated with I75 going into Atlanta when > it > > was snowing and the road had about 3" of slush. > > I remember driving to PHX about 25 years ago. We did not drive > interstate all the way, and when we did get on the interstate north of > town, there had been a slight bit of mist/rain and the drive seemed to > get a bit touchy - I thought the van had tires deflated or something. > So, I stopped and checked the tires. It was really scary driving as > it felt almost like it would fishtail any moment. My suspicion is > that it was dry desert mud that got slight wet and slick. > mao > > -- OK Don Panic! (the national past time). _______________________________________ 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
