Ah - sounds like you need an ML - the full time four wheel drive ws really impressive (to me) in the ice and snow, it weighs around 5000 pounds, and is short enough that's no problem to drive in town. All the early quality control issues have long since been taken care of, etc.
On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 11:25 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Yes, my thoughts too. I cannot and do not want to drive around in a dump > truck but I would still like a bit more car around me than the Honda Civic > offers. > I would love to swap my 300D for an early 80's 300SD but that becomes more > difficult with time. There are fewer of them that are not worn out etc., > and as I said earlier, I don't think of something like that as a year round > daily driver here where we get a fair amount of cold and snow and salted > roads etc. It would be a crime to subject a nice old one to that. I really > do not need or want a car show car. I don't take my 300D to car shows and > although I like it, I hardly drive it so it would make more sense for me to > swap it and the Civic for something a bit bigger but usable year round. I > have my F150 for the really bad winter days with 4 wheel drive etc but for > the most part it is a beast to drive in the City. I am always reluctant to > try to go into elevated ramps for parking etc. A car is easier to use in > the City. I also do not want a beater MB as I want something that is going > to be pretty reliable and I don't want a rusty example. We cannot get a > safety certificate here if there are any holes etc. There are also fewer > old MB around here and thus little or nothing available in the junkyards. > The current exchange rate makes bringing stuff out of the USA less > attractive than it was a few years ago. > > RB > > > On 09/05/2017 11:07 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > >> Did you see that link to the Jalopnik article on the cost to repair newer >> cars' safety systems, and how it was causing a lot of them to be totaled >> even after a minor accident as a result? >> >> Mass is always going to be on your side. If you’re in a Prius and you go >> up against a soccer mom in an SUV, you’re going to lose no matter what. >> >> That’s one thing I don’t worry about with my cars. With the exception of >> maybe the SL500, they’re all big and substantial enough that short of a >> semi or locomotive, they’ll most likely come out of it OK. And if the car >> is totaled, so be it. It will have served its purpose. >> >> -D >> >> >> >> On May 9, 2017, at 11:56 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes < >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Anyone have any good suggestions on researching auto safety records? >>> >>> I have been looking online but it seems to be more difficult than it >>> ought to be. I keep coming up with information on new vehicles but little >>> on used ones. >>> >>> The powers that be want me to believe that a tiny new car is safer than >>> a larger old car because it has some new fangled electronic doodads that >>> might prevent me from wandering into an oncoming lane etc. >>> >>> I am really more interested in something that will provide superior >>> protection if some texting driver happens to run into me when I do not have >>> time or space to dodge out of the way. >>> >>> I know you folks think that the older MB's are wonderful cars when it >>> comes to safety but I am curious as to how they and others compare. >>> >>> For example, I always thought that the Ford Crown Victoria should be >>> reasonably safe as it is a larger car etc but apparently the fuel tank is >>> in a bad spot and serious rear end collisions are bad news with them. I >>> assume it would be similar for the Lincolns which were built on the same >>> chassis. >>> >>> I have no interest in buying a new car but I am interested in finding a >>> larger used car. I have been driving the Honda Civic that I acquired from >>> my mother and it is a nice little car but a bit too little for my tastes. >>> It gets good fuel mileage but I do not want to be in it if it gets hit by >>> something bigger. >>> >>> RB >>> >>> >>> ____ >>> >> > > _______________________________________ > 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 > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ 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
