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Originally Posted by tjts1
The low weight limit MBNA's legal out in the US market. The legal weight limit is far higher outside the US. Same goes for towing limits.
W123-300TDT-Abmessung/en
Notice the kerb weight is 1600kg (3570LB) but max payload is 610kg (1344LB) in Europe. You could load your US car to that 1344LB limit but if something mechanical should go wrong, don't expect any sympathy from MB. |
Thank you for that great site!
I am paranoid, including doing damage. As I can see, came no were near the limit. I don't expect others to correct my mistakes. I don't even think Mercedes even would listen to a classic owner!
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Originally Posted by tjts1
The tests I linked above are conducted by the IIHS (Insurance Institute for Highway safety). They are anything but the government. They buy cars off dealer lots in secret and run their own independent crash tests. Insurance companies use the data to determine insurance premiums. Its in their economic best interest to find the safest cars and publicly shame the least safe, thats why all the tests are on youtube. Theres been many cases where they forced a manufacturer to recall and modify cars after a bad IIHS test score.
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Oh good, finally something the Federal government isn't involved in!
So when did they start testing?
I wish I had known as could have found out why my air bags were defective. Bummer...