Jim, You make a really excellent point here: MB is really good at engineering cars, and they always have been. So often I read posts on forums about how fast someone's engine is turning on the highway and they're looking for a way to correct it. This seems especially common with W111 and W108 6 cylinder cars.
The real solution: If the high engine speed bothers you for some reason (noise, vibration, etc), then something in your car needs to be fixed, not reengineered! Now, its fun to fool around with this stuff and mix and match parts sometimes. But achieving a final result that is truly reliable, works well in all driving conditions, all weather, and is generally of high quality is very difficult. Its also worth noting that everyone's definition of quality is different, and quality is a relative thing! Jaime '82 300Dt 4 speed (its nice, but not factory nice) On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Jim Cathey <j...@windwireless.net> wrote: > The whole car drives 'wrong', and now that we've > > got a few miles on it (and now that the suspension is sufficiently > rebuilt) I can blame most of it on the gearing. The old 200D > is _so_ nice to drive around, whereas this is so.... not. > MB's really quite good at engineering cars, seems to me. > > _______________________________________ 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://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
