@area_educator: The whole profile just screams Stingray to me. Even the gill vents. That splash photo at the top in particular really does it for me - ignore the headlights and the grille and it really looks the part. #mercedesslsamg
@snapoversteer 'bout to get told: The spinning wheels and other spinning bits change the dynamics of the air around them. In addition, wheels are usually designed to have some air pumping quality to cool the brakes. Wind testing with wheels not spinning is not 100% real world testing. #mercedesslsamg
Now I'm picturing a fellow Jalop going in for a psych exam. The shrink holds up a Rorschach inkblot and asks "What do you see?" The Jalop replies, "Transmisison fluid." On the next picture, the Jalop says "Motor oil." On the last one the Jalop jokingly responds with "Blinker fluid" and is immediately declared insane. #mercedeseclass
I think perhpas I should paint the valve covers of all of my vehicles pink, sort of the clunker equvalent of wearing a pink ribbon. Perhaps I'll display a pink valve cover on my desk at work. Hey, we should start a movement- everyone who is/ was opposed to this nonsense should go to their nearest junkyard/ scrap pile/ garage and find a valve cover, any old unused valve cover, paint it pink, and display it prominently.
This could also be a LeMons punishment- welding a pink valve cover to your engine hood.
@Maymar: I don't think that could be a C4C trade-in, though. The Equinox, in addition to being an aggresively mediocre vehicle, also gets, as I understand it, fairly unspectacular fuel economy.
@mechimike: It wasn't - I'm Canadian (so no C4C), and this would've been about a year and a half ago, when I worked at a Chevy dealer. It's just the ignominy that something so spectacularly meh could replace something that was once standard of the world. It'd be like a fourth Godfather movie, with Ben Stiller playing Michael Corleone.
I took advantage and got so many parts for my '85 W126 300SD. My local junk yard let me take all I could carry for $100. I went back three times and he looked the other way while I carried crate after crate of parts I needed. Long Live the W126 300SD. If you've never driven one try it. Few modern cars have the same plush ride combined with excellent road feel. They true classics.
If I was in charge of Cash for Clunkers, I would send these cars to places such as Africa or India. Places where a nice 80's Benz would be greatly appreciated. It amazes me how much consumerism is our society.
@.357: That defeats the entire purpose of the program, which is to reduce emissions. By giving them to other countries, you would be increasing emissions. Sure, it's charitable, but this wasn't a charity program, it was an environmental program. Giving them away would mean there would be 1 new car AND 1 old car on the road, instead of only 1 new car. It's sad at first glance, but it makes sense if you think about it.
@Adam: So why not pass on the inefficient, but very clean running Explorers and Tahoes to countries where they could replace even more inefficient, emissions-less, incomplete combusting, oil burning two strokes? The program was indefensibly flawed.
@Adam: It may seem obvious from an environmental viewpoint, but do you imagine the tremendous increase in quality of life for those people that this would mean? I am a concerned environmentalist (no matter how incongruous that may be with my passion for cars), but above all I strive for the greater good of mankind. And these cash-for-clunkers programs have yet to demonstrate to be sustainable, seeing as I have never seen the calculation of the environmental costs of introducing a brand new vehicle in the planet, when older vehicles could do the same.
I believe that the most important reason behind these programs is actually to jumpstart the economy by getting people to spend money that they weren't interested in spending right now, which is basically what is causing this whole crisis, at least in Europe: money isn't circulating as it should because people are afraid to buy at the moment.
@GtAkReYz: "I strive for the greater good of mankind" What's better for mankind, improving the quality of life of some people by giving them old cars, or keeping the earth around longer? If you can agree to the argument that more efficient cars are better for the environment, then keeping old cars on the road is worse in the long run for the planet, which is worse for everyone. #clunkpocalypse
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In that it has 4 wheels and a long hood? #mercedesslsamg
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Now I'm picturing a fellow Jalop going in for a psych exam. The shrink holds up a Rorschach inkblot and asks "What do you see?" The Jalop replies, "Transmisison fluid." On the next picture, the Jalop says "Motor oil." On the last one the Jalop jokingly responds with "Blinker fluid" and is immediately declared insane. #mercedeseclass
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You may want to double check that title, though. #mercedeseclass
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This could also be a LeMons punishment- welding a pink valve cover to your engine hood.
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I know Matt did this list once before, but here is my analysis of the 12 cars that should have never been traded. Read all about the Dirty Dozen.
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I wonder if my local yards would allow me to bring a roll-off bin into the parking lot...
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I believe that the most important reason behind these programs is actually to jumpstart the economy by getting people to spend money that they weren't interested in spending right now, which is basically what is causing this whole crisis, at least in Europe: money isn't circulating as it should because people are afraid to buy at the moment.
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That's worth a heartclick, even though you already had one.
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/well played, cheers
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