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Old 05-09-2011, 09:55 AM
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As far as why the wheel passes you I suspect having a wheel off and the car down dragging on the frame will slow you down quite a bit too, while the wheel continues on its merry way.

I lost a wheel off my travel trailer once and it passed me and disappeared. We looked for it for at leat a half hour and never found it. Fortunately I did have a spare, and a lug wrench!
LOL, I am talking about the frame not being on the ground... but that is a funny answer to that question....
It is about the relative circumference of the tire... a few inches less when loaded... then with kinetic energy already in it... the circumference is suddenly increased.... thus the forward travel speed up...

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I don't know why you guys run these diesels anymore.

I got a solid 26 mpg in my E430 going 80 mph in 100% freeway driving when we last went to Las Vegas.




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tsk tsk tsk... bashing a diesel on the diesel forum is tantamount to treason...
besides, NOTHING went wrong with his diesel, he lost a few lug bolts... the same would occur with your e430...

now, as to why he left town without a lug wrench... perhaps he felt his diesel was so reliable as to not even think about needing tools...
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[QUOTE=layback40;2714349]Originally Posted by suginami
I don't know why you guys run these diesels anymore.

I got a solid 26 mpg in my E430 going 80 mph in 100% freeway driving when we last went to Las Vegas.



Harmless neurosis? As you mentioned the milage motavation is not the factor anymore.

There in reallity are too many other individual factors to list as a benifit I suppose. Some of them with fairly substantial merit. For starters they are a real car as we grew up to understand cars.

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Old 05-09-2011, 11:14 AM
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Harmless neurosis? As you mentioned the milage motavation is not the factor anymore.

There in reallity are too many other individual factors to list I suppose. Some of them with fairly substantial merit.
I can't speak for anyone else, but I never cared about mileage. These are just cool old cars that I like to own and drive. If I wanted good mileage in a nice new car, I would buy a new Benz diesel. If I wanted maximum economy, I would buy a 5 year old Honda/Toyota of some kind. These things are toys.
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LOL, I am talking about the frame not being on the ground... but that is a funny answer to that question....
It is about the relative circumference of the tire... a few inches less when loaded... then with kinetic energy already in it... the circumference is suddenly increased.... thus the forward travel speed up...
Perhaps, but, the brake backer on my 69' bug definitely slowed me down. It's the relative depth of the gouge in the blacktop.

I got lucky and all the lug bolts were in the hubcap so I put it back on and away I went.
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One time as I was coming up on a Bug on the freeway, I noticed a slight wobble to the left rear wheel. "Interesting," I thought, "he must have a bent wheel." I pulled out to pass. As I came alongside the Bug, the wheel suddenly achieved a new and exciting angle, and I heard shrapnel (lug nuts, probably) bounce off my car. I accelerated, he braked, and I think he made it to the side of the road before the wheel came off.

Toyota motorhomes for a while were infamous for breaking axle shafts and losing the shaft, brake drum, and wheel assembly. There was a major recall to retrofit 3/4-ton full-floating axles.

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