Re: [MBZ] Road Tests [was: Re: MSRP's of our old cars]

2006-03-25 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 21:06:12 -0600 "OK Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Didn't they call it the "most over enginered 55 Chevy" on the planet, > or something to that effect? > > > I recall reading the R&T road test of the 220D/8. They weren't very > > complimentary. I don't recall that comment,

Re: [MBZ] Road Tests [was: Re: MSRP's of our old cars]

2006-03-25 Thread OK Don
Didn't they call it the "most over enginered 55 Chevy" on the planet, or something to that effect? > I recall reading the R&T road test of the 220D/8. They weren't very > complimentary. > > > Craig -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK '90 300D 243K, Rattled '87 300SDL 290K, Limo Lite, or blue car '81 240

Re: [MBZ] Road Tests [was: Re: MSRP's of our old cars]

2006-03-24 Thread R A Bennell
: [MBZ] Road Tests [was: Re: MSRP's of our old cars] You wrote: complimentary.>>> Yeah, they're not big fans of diesels. I read the E320 (IIRC) they tested during the early 90s and they mentioned the 300D 2.5T in the test and referred to it as "slow" - which is no

Re: [MBZ] Road Tests [was: Re: MSRP's of our old cars]

2006-03-24 Thread l02turner
For my Paint Job Info - Original Message - From: "Craig McCluskey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 3:04 PM Subject: [MBZ] Road Tests [was: Re: MSRP's of our old cars] On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 07:0

[MBZ] Road Tests [was: Re: MSRP's of our old cars]

2006-03-24 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 07:02:55 -0500 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > FYI, I have a pretty complete set of Road & Track back to the mid 60s > with a few into the mid 50s. They tested a lot of MBs as well as > others and if anyone has a question about a specific model it's > probably in one of them.