The best snow car was (and still is, in my opinion) the VW bug made through the mid-70s.
Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com 256-656-1924 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Loren Faeth Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 10:14 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cerberus wants money back Many (most) 4wd vehicles have tires with too much ground contact for the weight. This leads to spinning with all 4 wheels, where a 240D with its relatively small tires, (but proper weight distribution per square inch of contact area) can do right up the hill. I learned this the hard way with my 66 bronco way back when 11-15 tires were new. sucker would not go anywhere with 11-15s. I put 7.50 15 Bandag capped Michelin radial truck tires on it and i pulled 4wds out of ditches and uphill on ice. the only thing fat tires on 4wds are good for is flotation on soft sand. At 09:51 AM 12/9/2008, you wrote: >"Curt Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > That includes last December when at one point I was climbing a hill > > slowly in my 190D thinking "thank God I got my snowtires this week" and > > looked over to see a Toyota pickup crabbing up the hill sideways will all > > 4 tires spinning. Finally the car in front of me slid off the road, I > > opened the taps and easily pulled away from the Toyota and all the other > > 4wds with their crappy "all season" offroad tires. > >Had a similar experience to that in my 4WD Nissan trunk this week. >Roads had about an inch of icy mix, and I was in 2WD. Got about halfway >up the incline on the road near my house and the wheels started to spin. > Put it into 4WD and still could not get going -- all 4 wheels were just >spinning and I was making no forward progress and sliding slightly >sideways. > >Had to back down the hill and start from the bottom in 4WD, made it no >problem. Had I been in my 300D I'd probably not have made it, >regardless of tires (maybe if I'd had studded snows....) > >Allan > > >_______________________________________ >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 Loren Faeth _______________________________________ 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.9.15/1838 - Release Date: 12/8/2008 6:16 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.9.15/1838 - Release Date: 12/8/2008 6:16 PM _______________________________________ 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
