Iron butt = monkey butt? You get behind the semi and draft off of him. That way your mileage goes WAY up.
Dan Sent from my iPad On Feb 23, 2016, at 9:57 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Hard to go back once you've had an OM603 turbo, especially in a 126 > > Now Martha will need to find excuses for more iron butt ( 1000 miles in a > day) driving in this new SDL. The chowdahheads could be one reason. Cruisin' > the coast could be another reason for a shorter jaunt. > > I used to finish a class at 10 pm in Columbia MO at 10 pm, get packed up by > 10:30 and then drive 8 hours to get home. Much of it on 2 lane roads. I > could not have done it in a lesser car. Still, it was hard to stay awake. > > There were a few weeks I finished one class at noon, packed up and drove > nearly 300 miles on 2 lane heavily prowled roads (55) to get set up for the > class the next day. It is hard to drive an SDL for 6 hours and stay at 55 or > less. I did get stopped once, but they guy let me off. > > The most fun I had was one night I was headed home, got to the interstate for > the last 1/2 hour, and this semi flew around me as I got on. I stepped on it > and got behind him and finished the interstate stage at 90. The car loved > it. THAT is what a 126 is made for. The truck made a MUCH bigger target for > radar, and evidently he had his passport. > > _______________________________________ > 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
