Sounds impressive. Especially if it was on dry pavement. You must emulate the slide-around-the-corner techniques displayed on the cop shows - a la Rockford Files or A-Team. You know what's impressive, are the J-turns executed in the Presidential limousines. They get the front end bouncing off the ground during execution of that move.
Brian 83 240D On 4/6/06, Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I only lost a hubcap off my 240D once and that was when a tire monkey lost > a clip. > > Several times I had my 240D sliding sideways thinking "Hmm, what do I do > now?" To say I drove that car hard would be somewhat of an understatement, I > beat the everloving snot out of it. > That said I always had cheap tires on it too... > My 190D handles like its on rails by comparison although I think maybe the > 240D rides a little nicer. > > -Curt > > Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 12:29:42 -0500 > From: "Zoltan Finks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] 300D Bundtcake Rims > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Me too! Surprised to hear myself say that as I've always loved > aluminum wheels - unsprung weight and all that. I just like the > character the steels and caps give (or as wife calls it "cute"). > > Here's a question I've had: Has anyone seen or heard of the > wheelcovers popping off a Mercedes under hard cornering? I know that > this happens on a lot of cars, and it's why police cars would always > have "hubcaps" (just covering the middle of the wheel), rather than > "wheel covers" which cover the whole diameter, attaching to the outer > lip of wheel (and thus are succeptible to popping off under wheel > flex). > > I know on that old TV commercial that was posted to the list some time > ago, that orange 300D was cornering at the limits of its capability, > and the wheel covers stayed on. Unless I'm forgetting and it had > bundts. Or unless they sneakily adhered them to the wheels in > preparation for the handling demonstration. > > Brian > 83 240D > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates. > _______________________________________ > 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 >
