Check out this old episode of Top Gear at the 3:30 mark. I don't think that anyone in Detroit was doing this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlzcnWISHMo

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'81 300SD

I used to work at an automotive testing facility, and I always wished we had one of those full size suspension test rigs. We had to do ours the old fashioned way, by having drivers drive over rough (and sometimes ROUGH) test courses.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

Very cool video!

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Wow, that is a violent hydraulic ride.

Compu_85 posted MB videos (sales, etc) of our beloved older cars

MB Dealer videos

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Detroit uses the General Public to do it testing.

Interesting video. the woman is British I guess by the way she talks, and the steering wheel is on the right side.
Where it is filmed, she is driving on the right hand side of the road, wonder where that is?

The punishment that car is getting on the hydraulic stand, simulates the County road I live on.

Charlie

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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works

It's an old Top Gear video of the W201 (1983)

Top Gear, 1983 (Series 11, Episode 2) - YouTube

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Ha that some awesome testing!

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82 300SD 145k
89 420SEL 210k
89 560SEL 118k
90 300SE 262k RIP 5/25/2010
90 560SEL 154k
91 300D 2.5 Turbo. 241k
93 190E 3.0 235k
93 300E 195k

One thing I enjoyed about the W201 compared to my previous E30 was how much more solid the chassis was. Everything is more rigid, less likely to break or flex and this includes everything in the interior. Theres no wind noise and the rear end is much more planted on bumpy roads. Its failings are the lack of rack an pinion steering and eventually size. Fortunately the W124 is just a stretched and widened W201 which fit the bill perfectly for me. I wish I still had my M42 powered E30. The fun to drive factor is hard to beat with anything short of a Miata but its certainly not daily driver material.

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Hydro pulsator indeed...

...iron maiden for cars that thing

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



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