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Originally Posted by pawoSD
From having driven my 300SD through now 10 michigan winters, I can see AWD is pointless vs. real good snow tires. Considering the 300SD has an open diff, its amazing. I have never gotten stuck with it, and I have driven through some crazy stuff! I attribute it to: snow tires, weight of the vehicle, and ground clearance/suspension of the vehicle.
With a limited slip or lockable diff it would truly make the 300SD unstoppable in most conditions. This past winter I had people who would over confidently follow me through snowy curves in their non-snow tire equipped vehicles, only to spin out and crash in my rear view mirror. As well as when I was following people and they would spin/slide off the road ahead of me, and I drove right on through with 0 issues.
Our 300E doesn't have snow tires (yet) and the few times I drove it in slick conditions it was horrid, as is my 190d (no snows also). The tire by far makes the largest difference of all.
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Point well taken. I have always appreciated the balance of a W123 on snow and ice.
The 1999 E300 that I had did not do well with its wide all season tires on snow, but when I brought a second set of rims and mounted snow tires....transforming!
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Current:
1985 300D aka Miss Margaret
1991 300SE aka Alarice
1995 SL320 aka Samantha
1997 K1500 Silverado
Past:
1999 E300 ex-wife got it and let her son ruin it
1984 190 2.3 ex-wife got it and let her son destroy a great car
1985 300D (CA version) aka Maybelline lost to deer at high speed.
1981 300D aka Madeline (went to salvage at near 400k) rusty, yet best car I ever drove
Wishlist:
McFarlan TV6 (only a few privately owned)
ReVere with Rochester engine
1917 Premier (only one left)
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