I much prefer that sort of ride in a classic car than in a newer import. There are many lower cost "volks" wagons on the road that do much the same rattle, jounce, and noise, but with much less elan. Toyota and all that like are so loosely built they make long drives very stressful.
#1 boy was co-pilot for the AlCan drive with SWMBA. Five days on the road had him jangled and near orgasmic to get behind the wheel of his 92 300SE. Two decade old plush ride was luxe compared to the four year old Rav 4. La-Z-boy recliner v. radio flyer wagon. Gump was a nice ride for a 40 year old car. Not so luxe as the E300D, but both had great road feel and were fun to drive. The w124 was great for cross country drives. The w115 would tire you out after 6 hours on the freeway. Then, again, six hours on the BMW R65 required and delivered the same excitement and race consciousness. You have to pay attention and experience the whole ride, not just snuggle into the sofa and snooze along at speed. clay 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers On Aug 15, 2014, at 9:16 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > Go back and drive a car from the '60s. A friend's brother bought a late '60s > Mustang, we went to pick it up for him. Nice car in decent shape but boy did > it ride hard. We've been spoiled by fuel injected engines and multi-link > suspensions. I felt every bump that car went over and it sure felt like my > fillings were going to fall out. Plus all the interior noise, little rattles > and whatnot. It was a good looking car but not all that fun to live with. > > -Curt > > > ________________________________ > From: Randy Bennell via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Peter Frederick <psf...@earthlink.net>; Mercedes Discussion List > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 12:12 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Review for the 3.5 > > > On 14/08/2014 10:34 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes wrote: >> Yup, the 3.5L is the "stroker" version -- stroke is shorter than the >> bore is wide. Turns 6200 rpm, believe it or not, and produces >> prodigious horsepower at high rpm. Sort of a dog from standstill, >> though, that's why Benz switched to the 4.5L in later years -- more >> grunt off the line. >> >> Vastly better car to drive than a '68 anything made in the USA. >> >> Peter >> >> _______________________________________ > > I am not so sure about that last statement. > America was building some nice cars in 68. > Mustang, Camaro, etc. > Good power and reasonable handling. > Before they went all bloated and the emission stuff made then a mess. > I had a 68 Cougar with a 289 that was quite a nice little car. > > Randy > > > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > _______________________________________ > 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 > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
