Get studs. Dwight Giles, Jr 1979 240D auto, 250K + miles 1990 300D 2.5t, 129K miles Wickford, RI
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Curt Raymond Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 9:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Traction in adverse conditions Limited slip in my opinion is not terribly useful on ice anyway as the two drive wheels will just hook up and spin the car in circles. My Dad had a Chevy Tracker with a limited slip rear and in ice and snow you had to be in 4wd because of its frightening propensity to fishtail. I never did try it with a bunch of weight in the rear end, in retrospect that seems like a good idea. At any rate, my 240D even with snow tires will spin the tires on ice. Its ICE for crying out loud... -Curt Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 19:56:10 -0600 From: "Rick Knoble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Traction in adverse conditions To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original >I think I asked this question quite a while ago and received minimal >response and some snickering (over the thought of a 240D spinning its >tires). My response is still the same. Why would one need limited slip on a car that will not spin a tire on ice?? Rick Knoble '85 300 CD '87 190 DT --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. _______________________________________ 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