and your wife let you take her in the wagon with 320K Km instead of the one with half? How?
On 2/15/06, John M McIntosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm pleased to say the old 83 wagon gave a steller performance over > the weekend. > > It managed to carry 3 adults, 2 teenagers, a german shepard, ski > rack, cargo carrier and food for a few days from sea level to 5200 > feet to our local ski resort, > (trip to the top twice actually) mostly foot to the floor to keep it > at 45 mph on the steep slope, temp never climbed over 100C, and then > 300 miles of travel at an average speed of 50 mph with max of 80 mph, > GPS are useful for something since it reports the speedo is off by 10 > mph at the high end. > > I'll note in 'S' it will tend to keep the speed down to 50 mph on the > trip down hill without braking, lots of folks riding their brakes > down, thus an intense smell of burning brakes & plastic at the bottom > of the hill during the mountain rush hour at the end of the day. > > Must have been a thousand trucks up there... only one classic benz > that I could see. > > John > 1983 300TDt 362k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac) > 1990 300TDt 160k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac) > 1993 500SEL 171k Kilometers (mobil 1 0w40) > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.striplin.net > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > -- Sunil Hari [EMAIL PROTECTED] 513-205-7474
