Speaking of little cars, every time I see a MB "Smart Car" I think,
Geez, I'd hate to be in that thing when I was involved in a wreck!
They look like they'd roll up like aluminum foil.. but hopefully I'm
wrong - right?
LarryT
On 8/30/2013 3:04 PM, clay wrote:
I am using my mothers Corolla while she is out of town. I hate that car. It
is buzzy and feels like it is made of tinfoil and chicken wire. You feel every
ripple in the road and get whiplash when you strike an errant pebble. I drove
it to Montana and back a few years ago. That was a mind rending experience.
Eight plus hours of drone and skiffle about the roadway while your back and all
ached from the poor support.
IT does get wonderful mileage though
clay
On Aug 30, 2013, at 6:01 AM, Richard Hattaway wrote:
Rented a Toyota Corolla the other day for a trip while the wife's car was in
the shop. It was one of the 'Sport' models.
That thing was a rocketship compared to any older MB I've owned. Course most
of my stuff was diesels, but did have a coupla M110 engines in my career.
The little nippon car handled like it was on rails, and although it did not see
100 mph, it did see 40 mpg with great flair (c:
________________________________
From: Gary Hurst <jabbahur...@gmail.com>
To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 11:30 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 108
i guess it is heresy, but cars are soooo powerful and fast today
which is odd as in much of the USA, driving fast is a thing of the past.
gone are the days of getting clocked and triple digit speeds and paying 100
bucks for it
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:27 PM, Andrew Strasfogel
<astrasfo...@gmail.com>wrote:
Off with his head!
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:25 PM, Gary Hurst <jabbahur...@gmail.com>
wrote:
compared to a modern powerful engine, they are all a joke
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 8:11 PM, <dsereta...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Yes the 4.5 is quite the beast. My brother had a 280SE 4.5 and shit
that
thing was fast! Can even imagine what a 6.3 would be like.
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 29, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Peter Frederick <psf...@earthlink.net>
wrote:
It's almost twice as big and gets about the same milage -- 3.23 gears
instead of 3.88, uses less fuel.
I suspect at 4.5 can be safely tuned to get around 18 on the highway
if
you use only premium.
No comparison in terms of power, the 4.5 is a real beast. Factory
specs
are 9.5 sec 0-60, and most of that is on the "fast" end. It's
actually a
pain to drive on the open road, it keeps wanting to go faster and it's
necessary to keep lifting your foot to stay near the speed limit. Top
speed
is 125 for the 4.5 and 118 for the sixes, although if you are brave you
can
push them faster. You will wear the cylinders out pretty fast if you
do
(as in a couple runs).
Peter
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