Re: [MBZ] Old benz vs old Chev

2007-07-16 Thread Gary Hurst
inal Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 9:01 PM > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Old benz vs old Chev > > > < '73).>> > > > Similar to a '

Re: [MBZ] Old benz vs old Chev

2007-07-15 Thread Hendrik Riessen
n Oz is getting more sophisticated and blind brand loyalty is starting to fade. - Original Message - From: "Tom Hargrave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 11:58 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Old benz v

Re: [MBZ] Old benz vs old Chev

2007-07-15 Thread OK Don
All the below points out the "over engineered" part of the magazine's remark. The W115 looked a lot like a '55 Chevy, but that's where the similarity ends. On 7/15/07, Peter Frederick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah, if you really push one, a swing axle Benz will start to jack in > the rear -- a

Re: [MBZ] Old benz vs old Chev

2007-07-15 Thread Peter Frederick
Yeah, if you really push one, a swing axle Benz will start to jack in the rear -- at well over 100 mph. The low scrub front end (better after 1962) does give minor bump steer and some understeer, but nothing like the floating rear axle and zero caster front end on a 55 Chevy, to say nothing of

Re: [MBZ] Old benz vs old Chev

2007-07-15 Thread Tom Hargrave
---Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 9:01 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Old benz vs old Chev > <> > Similar to a '55 VW, then. Can you spell oversteer? << I

Re: [MBZ] Old benz vs old Chev

2007-07-15 Thread RELNGSON
> <> > Similar to a '55 VW, then. Can you spell oversteer? << I certainly remember a '56 Chevy being a road whale in comparison to my '72 W108, > which has a quite similar suspension to a '55 Benz.>> > No design advances underneath from '55 to '72, then. Pitiful. And I remember comments about