Craig McCluskey wrote:
So how did you tear up a set of motor mounts in 8,000 miles?
By driving like a diesel-mad lunatic.
For some examples: I broke the rear end loose on the wagon at approximately
85mph with a slightly more abrupt than usual lane change. I'm probably 60-75%
through the brake pads in the wagon that I installed - you guessed it - 8,000
miles ago. I drive our 300SD in S simply because I love fishtailing when
turning at stoplights when the car shifts into 2nd. I've worn the outer edge
off of all the tires on all the cars from taking turns at excessive rates of
speed and grinding the tread off on the fenderwell.
I'm admittedly *very* hard on cars. That's another reason why I don't cheap out
on repairs. I anticipate a front suspension rebuild - including Bilstein heavy
duties - lasting 50kmi, maybe 75kmi if I'm lucky, before the play and slop is so
severe that I can't stand it and drop the money and do it all again. I buy
80kmi rated tires, and - if I'm lucky - will see half that tread life out of them.
The world is my autocross.
--
John L. Ervine
1981 240D 4-spd 268+kmi
1980 300TD 170+kmi
1980 300SD 277+kmi
1977 280S 4-spd 80+kmi
