Hi Peter: I guess that's why my college physics class had a lab component. Theories need to be tested out in the lab to see if they really worked! Adding a sandbag or two to the trunk has a trivial effect on the overall weight, but shifts the CG enough to the rear to greatly improve traction.
Some cars I've driven have done surprisingly well in the snow without any added weight in the trunk. For example, several Volvo 122s and several Mercedes 123s I have owned. Others were transformed by adding even one sandbag to the trunk, such as a police model Chevy Caprice (1990?) I used to drive. Greg Fiorentino '85 300SD '80 240D 4 spd. manual '79 300DT (with new crate engine) '95 and '97 Crown Vics '97 F-250HD Crew Cab 7.3 Powerstroke -----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of pm7...@comcast.net Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 7:08 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Kid cars I've never been able to come to grips with adding weight to a car foe snow. Added mass was is harder to start and stop in physics lab 101. My 2 WD Ford F-250 is terrible in the snow, it gets stuck on wet grass with my 5th wheel on (About 2,000 pin weight) -- Peter Arnold Windsor, CT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Curt Raymond" <curtlud...@yahoo.com> To: "Diesel List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Monday, August 3, 2009 9:08:26 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [MBZ] Kid cars I'm pretty well convinced that people who have trouble driving in the snow have never had snow tires or properly weighted their car and are probably clueless... The only time I've ever had real trouble was the second winter I had my 240D when it had balding all season tires and it was a disaster. Got snows put on and it was like it was glued to the road. -Curt Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 16:52:55 -0500 From: OK Don <okd...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Kid cars To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Message-ID: <437bc980908021452g42493643m7b1dbb97db977...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" In what snow we get in OK - yes. I never had any problems driving my SLC in snow - at least not any different from any other car i've owned. My wife has expressed an interest in one too. Are they fairly driveable in > the snow assuming snowtires and proper weight? > > -Curt > > > -- > OK Don > Pair of W124 300D 2.5 Turbos -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090803/92 7c5da7/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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090803/c6 49496b/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
