Funny thing is, the car loves it, or appears to. She’s driven the 97 SL500 for nearly 70k, and despite being a reconstructed title, that car has been one of the most trouble free vehicles I’ve ever owned.
-D > On Jan 18, 2021, at 10:31 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> As Mrs. Dan is a believer in binary throttle control, she loved it. > > On / off. Same with brakes. > > I have had to troubleshoot engine issues and found no problems until I mashed > my foot to the floor. > > People that drive like that need to be given Hellcats or Charger SRT8's for a > couple days with the traction control disabled. > > "I don't understand why it won't go. And there's this awful burning smell and > smoke when I take off. And the car slides sideways." > > Rick > > From: mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: January 18, 2021 10:15 AM > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: d...@penoff.com <mailto:d...@penoff.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] 123 Tires and OT Truck Tire Questions > > Wife's Mazda 6 was like that. Feather on the throttle and you were > zoom-zooming big time. I hated it. So did the boys. > > -D > >> On Jan 18, 2021, at 11:07 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com >> <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com><mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com >> <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>>> wrote: >> >>> raining (or even just slightly wet), the tires will spin when trying to >>> take off from a stop. >> >> I wonder if it's due to the wretched 'modern' tendency, especially of GM >> (?), to have a very >> sudden throttle onset, which I'm inclined to believe is intended to trick >> the buyer into thinking >> the vehicle has a lot of power. (To me it's just a dismaying lack of >> control-ability.) >> >> -- Jim >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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 >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> _______________________________________ 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
