Great testimonial Dimitri. Makes me miss my 79 240D. It was auto but had winter studs on all 4 corners. Have never had this extreme test for the 90 300D. On Jan 19, 2014 7:35 PM, <dsereta...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I've said it before but I want to say it again. The 240D with a manny > tranny and Michelin harmony all season tires kicks ass in the snow! OK it's > not an all wheel drive Subie or anything but for a rear wheel drive sedan > it does really well. > So it was snowing here today up in Maine and I couldn't work on my garage > build so instead I decided to make the 1 plus hr drive to Liberty Tool in > Liberty, Maine. This is a tiny town 20 miles inland. Basically, in serious > booneyville. This used/antique tool store and its associated museum > basically define the entire town. > The drive up Rt. 1 went just fine but once I turned left onto 220N going > inland I was in for a surprise. The road had not yet been plowed and there > was about four inches of wet snow on this 20 mile long stretch full of long > and fairly steep inclines. I went with my GF and she started to get very > nervous. I made it up most of the hills just fine until about halfway into > it I hit this long steep hill. I knew I was in for trouble. I made it about > 2/3 of the way up but that was it. I had no more traction. I decided to > back all the way down and try again a bit faster but not too fast as I > didn't want to end up in a ditch on the side of the road. Still no luck. I > then decided to back up slightly and try again. I made some progress a few > feet at a time then I got stuck again, backed up and repeated a couple of > times until I reached the point where the car was able to billy goat up the > hill at 1/2 mile per hour in first gear! Phew! I love this car! > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________ > http://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 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
