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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy
Have you seen the technoligy that goes into something like an SLR? Its amazing they use materials and process's that didn't exist in the 70's, well unless you worked for NASA. Even something pretty commen like an S600 has amazing technoligy that they could only dream about in the 70's. Its no different than the Gullwing was, well except the Gullwing was bolted together from whatever MB had sitting around because they were broke.
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What yer sayin here makes absolutely no sense at all. How in the world can you compare the first fully independent suspension, disc brake equipped, fuel injected production car with whatever silly "NASA" electrictronic fiddly bits have gone into the S600?? Nevermind confusing the Porsche legacy (actually were built on spare parts) with MB that pioneered unique gullwing doors - Haint exactly the kinda parts y'all would find sittin around, eh?
Everything else in yer reply just supports what I been sayin about modern tastes infatuated with gloss and glitter as opposed to substance. Like why should anybody care what kinda paint goes onto the Lotus Elise.
Doncha get it, doncha see?? There have been very, very few appreciable improvements in auto design aside from troublesome over-engineering these past 30 yrs. True beauty of classic pre-79 VMB's is whats NOT included with the car... fewer crazy relays, oddball vacuum devices, nutty electricktronics and weird unwanted features. Probly the bulk of which is reason you call yer 1987 300SDL the "money pit".