Re: [MBZ] OT: Rental car this week
I always thought they were good looking. I remember when I first read that they were going to be produced. I was interested until I found out how small they were going to be. I initially envisioned something the size of a Suburban - sort of like the original cars they are modeled after - tall and long. I still think they are cute but unfortunately, they have real bad crash statistics too. That sort of turns me off. Randy -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]on Behalf Of Rich Thomas Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 4:01 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Rental car this week I had one of those a year or two ago in BNA, and even though I have a fairly skinny butt the seats felt like I was sitting in a 5 gal bucket. I can't imagine a fatass sitting in one, though I guess the padding would help. I thought it was buzzy and noisy, and the radio was not particularly intuitive (whatever happened to a tuning knob and a volume knob and a few buttons to push/hold to set for the stations?). Once I figured it out it sorta made sense in a Chinglish kind of way. The first one I got from the rental place (just a few thou miles on it), I got about 100 ft and the RF half shaft/CV was clunking and screeching, so I went back and got another one. (CV joint, whussat? Uh, that means the wheel might break or fall off if I hit a good bump.) When I got back a couple days later they still had that first one on the rental lot. But you are right it was a reasonable mover and easy on gas. --R Curt Raymond wrote: So this week I'm back in southern California. I flew in late on Monday thinking I would get a better rental car, WRONG! I've got a PT Cruiser. Actually if I'm honest I'll admit that its not anywhere near as crappy a car as I thought it'd be. Its UGLY sure, and the headrests are about the most uncomfortable I've ever seen... The floor mounted shifter is kinda cool, the gauges are mostly obscured by the steering wheel and the radio controls are annoying although it does have an aux jack... I'll tell you what though, I've been thrashing the crap out of the thing, every freeway onramp I've taken has been at full throttle and the thing that surprises me is that there isn't the torque steer I'd expect from such a reasonably powerful small car... I wouldn't buy one but its not all that bad a car. -Curt -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090611/f4c75357/attachment.html ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] OT: Rental car this week
Just proves that everybody's tastes are different. I hate the PT Cruiser and the copycat Chevy HHR... -Curt Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:15:53 -0500 From: R A Bennell b...@mts.net Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Rental car this week To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: nhbblomcoljnegblbjcpmecfnfaa@mts.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I always thought they were good looking. I remember when I first read that they were going to be produced. I was interested until I found out how small they were going to be. I initially envisioned something the size of a Suburban - sort of like the original cars they are modeled after - tall and long. I still think they are cute but unfortunately, they have real bad crash statistics too. That sort of turns me off. Randy -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090612/36eb3ae7/attachment.html ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] OT: Rental car this week
I had one of those a year or two ago in BNA, and even though I have a fairly skinny butt the seats felt like I was sitting in a 5 gal bucket. I can't imagine a fatass sitting in one, though I guess the padding would help. I thought it was buzzy and noisy, and the radio was not particularly intuitive (whatever happened to a tuning knob and a volume knob and a few buttons to push/hold to set for the stations?). Once I figured it out it sorta made sense in a Chinglish kind of way. The first one I got from the rental place (just a few thou miles on it), I got about 100 ft and the RF half shaft/CV was clunking and screeching, so I went back and got another one. (CV joint, whussat? Uh, that means the wheel might break or fall off if I hit a good bump.) When I got back a couple days later they still had that first one on the rental lot. But you are right it was a reasonable mover and easy on gas. --R Curt Raymond wrote: So this week I'm back in southern California. I flew in late on Monday thinking I would get a better rental car, WRONG! I've got a PT Cruiser. Actually if I'm honest I'll admit that its not anywhere near as crappy a car as I thought it'd be. Its UGLY sure, and the headrests are about the most uncomfortable I've ever seen... The floor mounted shifter is kinda cool, the gauges are mostly obscured by the steering wheel and the radio controls are annoying although it does have an aux jack... I'll tell you what though, I've been thrashing the crap out of the thing, every freeway onramp I've taken has been at full throttle and the thing that surprises me is that there isn't the torque steer I'd expect from such a reasonably powerful small car... I wouldn't buy one but its not all that bad a car. -Curt -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090611/f4c75357/attachment.html ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] OT: Rental car this week
My wife has 100Kmi on hers. She thinks its wonderful. One $1000 repair to a water leak at the front of engine. Pete Curt Raymond wrote: So this week I'm back in southern California. I flew in late on Monday thinking I would get a better rental car, WRONG! I've got a PT Cruiser. Actually if I'm honest I'll admit that its not anywhere near as crappy a car as I thought it'd be. Its UGLY sure, and the headrests are about the most uncomfortable I've ever seen... The floor mounted shifter is kinda cool, the gauges are mostly obscured by the steering wheel and the radio controls are annoying although it does have an aux jack... I'll tell you what though, I've been thrashing the crap out of the thing, every freeway onramp I've taken has been at full throttle and the thing that surprises me is that there isn't the torque steer I'd expect from such a reasonably powerful small car... I wouldn't buy one but its not all that bad a car. -Curt -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090611/f4c75357/attachment.html ___ 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
