Curley McLain via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > Bull crap: "My RWD diesels (W116 and W123) are useless in the snow." > They were only incompetent in schnee because they had bad tires on. The > 123 or 126 does not choose the tires it is on. > > As Jim says, tires and weight in the right places are key, as with any > vehicle.
As they say in the fine print, "your experience may differ." Willing to believe it's the tires, however I also feel like the asphalt used around here is somehow very slippery. Even on just a rainy day I'll get wheel spin driving up a slope, or starting uphill at a 4-way stop. Once in the winter I was driving back home from Nashville, IN in my 300D. It had been snowing for about an hour. There's a fairly long curving downhill grade at one point. Familiar with it, I crested the top at about 5 mph, and could not control the car on the downhill. Could not stop, the wheels locked at the slightest brake application and the car slid by its own weight. I was able to veer to the right and got two wheels on the gravel shoulder, got some traction, and drove down the rest of the hill like that. Allan _______________________________________ 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
