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> Similar to a '
n Oz is getting
more sophisticated and blind brand loyalty is starting to fade.
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From: "Tom Hargrave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'"
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Old benz v
All the below points out the "over engineered" part of the magazine's
remark. The W115 looked a lot like a '55 Chevy, but that's where the
similarity ends.
On 7/15/07, Peter Frederick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yeah, if you really push one, a swing axle Benz will start to jack in
> the rear -- a
Yeah, if you really push one, a swing axle Benz will start to jack in
the rear -- at well over 100 mph. The low scrub front end (better
after 1962) does give minor bump steer and some understeer, but nothing
like the floating rear axle and zero caster front end on a 55 Chevy, to
say nothing of
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Similar to a '55 VW, then. Can you spell oversteer?
<< I
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Similar to a '55 VW, then. Can you spell oversteer?
<< I certainly remember a '56 Chevy being a road whale in comparison to my
'72 W108,
> which has a quite similar suspension to a '55 Benz.>>
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No design advances underneath from '55 to '72, then. Pitiful. And I remember
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