Sounds like somebody needs to learn how to rebuild his suspension.
Would be easier than convincing everybody with functional suspensions
that their cars are unsafe.
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Their opinions do not conform to my experience. I had the OM603 SDL running at
80 mph through MT on I-90 and I-94 to cross the state with no issue, other than
a 3am blizzard that was tossing other cars into the median and ditches. The
OM617 in the SD only got lead footed to 80 for long stretch
On 2021-12-30 17:19, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
Wow, so the time I drove my (formerly Dwight's) '78 240D from Albany
to Syracuse with my foot on the floor the car was running away the
whole time? That's crazy... /s
My brother's worn out Rabbit would run away if you wound it out to the
go
I drove a Detroit fire engine in the 90's. No choice but to push it hard dn
then idle at the scene. They held up pretty well. Allison C4 trannies.
Dwight E. Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 5:21 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Not really, a Detroit w
Yes that is myth. I drove my 240D commuting 140 miles RT for 2 or 3 days a
week for 3 years. Ran middle lane on 3 lanes in MA. Ran it about 80-. In MA
the left lane is 85-90.
Had 300K on it when I sold it. Needed blower and body work. Engine and
trans had M1 only.. My Dad was a truck driver in the
I always heard never lug a Detroit, and never over-rev one. There is like a
500RPM "happy" range (I may be exaggerating a bit).
Never driven one though.
On Thu, Dec 30, 2021, at 5:20 PM, Curt Raymond wrote:
>
> Not really, a Detroit wants to be run hard. It's idling the destroys them.
> There
The Mustang II was a crime against humanity. Whoever okayed that design should
have been flogged in the center of Detroit.
Same with the new electric Mustang SUV thing. Doesn't tick any of the boxes
that say "Mustang is cool because". I figure the design discussion went "People
like Mustangs, p
Not really, a Detroit wants to be run hard. It's idling the destroys them.
There are so many in marine use if they ran away from running hard there would
be a lot more dead boats...
-Curt
On Thursday, December 30, 2021, 03:57:14 PM EST, Allan Streib via Mercedes
wrote:
> Foot to the
Wow, so the time I drove my (formerly Dwight's) '78 240D from Albany to
Syracuse with my foot on the floor the car was running away the whole time?
That's crazy... /s
-Curt
On Thursday, December 30, 2021, 02:39:59 PM EST, Rick Knoble via Mercedes
wrote:
A 123 isn't designed to run at
One of my wife's cousins had a Mustang II in the early 70's in Chicago.
He went over a railway crossing and ripped the front crossmember out of
the car. Totaled!
He replaced it with a Pontiac Fire Chicken.
Randy
On 30/12/2021 3:50 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote:
I remember when I was in
I remember when I was in college my buddy and I took his dad's sedan
out, this would have been like a 74 or something, I don't recall which
model but it might have been a diesel. Anyway we were out and he was
driving quite spiritedly, and we were going down this road with a RR
crossing that wa
The Mercedes suspension isn't designed for that kind of speed.
That's why a US car will break your teeth if you hit a RR crossing at
60mph while a W116 or W123 just gobbles it up.
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There is only so much time I can allocate to pointing out this idiot’s
fallacies.
Good job summarizing.
-D
> On Dec 30, 2021, at 1:50 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> My favorite
>
> "The S class gassers (think Euro 500SEL) etc we're designed for the autobahn,
> but not in their
> Foot to the floor for hours on end will buy you a runaway on most diesels.
Confusing a Mercedes OM with a Detroit Diesel.
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My favorite
"The S class gassers (think Euro 500SEL) etc we're designed for the autobahn,
but not in their US form, as they are too unstable at speed. Foot to the floor
for hours on end will buy you a runaway on most diesels."
A 560SEC. Unstable at speed.
A 560SE. Unstable at speed.
A 300D turb
I have sometimes wondered if that is why the throttle is responsive over its
entire range of travel, unlike many gassers where 90% of the throttle response
seems to be in the first 25% of throttle travel and it doesn't seem to have
much effect beyond that. Note that I've never driven a modern MB
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