Speaking of older US models... Our first new car was a 1976 Chevy Chevette. It lasted us for 7 years, and with the savings we were able to purchase our first REAL car - the Mercedes 1973 280 - in 1982.
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 9:03 AM, Mike Esh <michael...@me.com> wrote: > I had two 1975 Vega wagons. One 4 speed stick which was pretty peppy. > The other was an automatic with AC and it was slow as molasses on a cold > winter day. > > Michael E. Esh > > > On Jan 11, 2012, at 4:55 PM, Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca> wrote: > > > Did the Pinto have a manual transmission? > > I can recall driving a 4 cylinder automatic Mustang that was about the > slowest thing going. > > > > Randy > > > > On 11/01/2012 3:49 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: > >> I have (I had a 1971-1/2 Pinto hatchback with the 2000cc four banger) > and the Pinto would definitely have won. > >> > >> When I had my first MB, a 1979 300TD, the wife refused to drive it > because, "It's not fast enough." I killed that argument when I got it up > to nearly 100 mph on I-43 south of Sheboygan, WI. Fortunately it's very > flat around there, and she didn't even realize how fast we were going as > there was very little traffic at the time. > >> > >> I pointed out, "Is this fast enough for you?" after which she politely > informed me that it wasn't the lack of speed, it was the lack of "get up > and go". > >> > >> <sigh> > >> > >> A good car, though. Definitely one of my favorites. > >> > >> Dan > >> > >> On Jan 11, 2012, at 4:25 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: > >> > >>> On 11/01/2012 3:14 PM, relng...@aol.com wrote: > >>>>> ....The cure is usually an Italian tune-up... > >>>>> > >>>> Speaking of my 300D in particular, it would have taken more than an > >>>> eye-talian tuneup to to even use the word performance when referring > to it. > >>>> > >>>> A miracle would have been required, in fact. > >>>> > >>>> RLE > >>> It is not that bad. One just needs to plan ahead and be on the > accelerator sooner than if one is driving a hot rod. Got to keep the > momentum up and the wheels rolling. > >>> > >>> I have driven slower vehicles. > >>> > >>> Ever drive a Pinto or 4 cyl Mustang from way back around the late > 70's?? > >>> > >>> Randy > >>> > >>> _______________________________________ > >>> 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 > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > 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 > > _______________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
