Today on my way back to the hotel my rented Malibu got in my opinion the snot kicked out of it. A really good 0-60 run and then 50mph into a section of where they'd ground the pavement off the street. I hit one bump where they'd ground around a manhole so hard I thought I'd broken the oilpan. Just kept driving, figured the idiot light would come on if there was a problem...
BTW overall I like the Malibu, its comfortable and really quick. My biggest complaint is the remote locking fob is busted and you can't use the interior 4 door locks when the door is open... Oh and interestingly if you put the key in and immediately start the car theres a delay before the starter kicks in. That doesn't happen if you turn the key to the run position and pause before you go to start. I theorize that its waiting for the fuel pump to come up to pressure before it'll crank. -Curt Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:24:04 -0500 From: "Gary Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: would you buy a rental car? To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I used to go fishing up in the mountains of Colorado on roads that were only passable by 4x4 trucks or rental cars. I would fly into Denver, rent a car, and bounce it all over those roads for a week. If it didn't have rattles in the dash before, it would after... YMMV. This was years ago. Course now all those roads are nicely paved, lined with RVs, and the fishing has gone to crap :^( Gary Thompson 1995 E320 On 10/16/07, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah I was thinking pretty much along those lines, myself. > > Minivan is the subject of my search. Only thing that gives me pause > is a story a co-worker told about how they rented a Grand Caravan and > proceded to load it up with 7 adults and camping gear enough to have > the springs nearly flat, then drove it around in the mountains about > 1,800 miles in a week. > > I'd guess *most* minivans would not get that treatment, however. I do > agree about the low end econo cars. > > Allan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
