I have taken a few of those newer soul-less rattle box cars out for a spin. They are nothing like the 35 year old SD in build quality, handling, or cabin noise. I would go nuts having to put up with the rattles, hums, squeaks, and blatant low quality plastic interior, alongside the video game cluster and blinking light knobs and controls. They might be safe, but are crap boxes that should be far more efficient.
I must be spoiled from owning bottom feeder Benz cars. clay > On Jun 15, 2019, at 7:15 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Weight.Your '78 Celica was a little tin can with seats, it weighed nothing > and if you got in an accident with something bigger than it you died.Today's > cars are considerably more substantial, they've got bracing in the doors and > a safety frame that will stay together and protect you in an accident.For a > good comparison go back and find the old Fifthgear video where they crash a > '90's Volvo, a car that I thought seemed pretty safe. Then they crash some > little Asian crap box at the same speed into the same barrier. The people in > the Asian crap box would have walked away, the people in the Volvo MIGHT have > survived... > Cars today are way safer than even just 20 years ago, they emit less > pollution and will last 200,000 miles with minimal maintenance. > Go back and drive any car OTHER than a Mercedes (or maybe Volvo) from the > '70s, they were not nice vehicles compared to the stuff made today... > > -Curt clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out. _______________________________________ 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
