All arguments a side I would like to see what warmblood58 gets when he does check it with the Dial Indicator!
And, even if it turns out it is loose I am OK if he leaves it like that.

I hope this will be a different comment. The Car was designed and built in a Country where in may Towns they have Cobble Stone roads. Besides the Cobblestones making the Road bumpy to begin with each stone settles in the ground at individual depth. This makes the road extremely uneven.

Back in 1971-1973 when I was living in Germany the was no Speed Limit on the Autobahn. And, yes they do drive there Cars to the max on the Autobahn and the Mercedes Diesels were not as powerful then but ounce they built up speed were fast.
So the Car and the specs for the Car were designed with the above environment
in mind.

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