From rwelty@suespammers.org Mon Jul 28 12:12:52 2003 From: Richard Welty On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 11:42:08 -0700 (PDT) john wrote: > On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Richard Welty wrote: > >-->1996 is the first year, i think, where they called the mid-sized > >-->sedan the E-class. i believe that the chassis type is 210. > any specs? the following specs are pilfered from edmunds.com. some comments before the specs... 1) dimensionally, it's actually pretty similar to the 123 sedan. bumper to bumper, the length is about the same, although the 210 bumpers don't stick out so much. the more massive appearance than the 123 seems to be an artifact of the styling. 2) ours has a bit over 100k on it. my wife's daily commute is about 10 miles one way, with highway characteristics. we are definitely seeing fuel mileage in the claimed 35mpg range. 3) a mechanic who is unfamilar with the cars can make a fine mess. in particular, the fool system is full of one use o-rings, and the correct tightening of the container for the engine compartment fool filter will strike most mechanics as being massive overtightening -- but you really do need to crank it down way hard, and then crank it down some more. making any of these mistakes will allow air to leak into the fool lines, resulting in a bad running car. 4) we've not observed any issues relating to the engine compartment wiring harness. whatever problem the cars that came just before had, these cars seem to be free of it. 5) the BIG TIRES are #$%$@!# expensive. we're looking at Kumho Ecstas (either the HP4 716 Grand Touring All seasons or the KH11 Grand Touring summer) as possibly being affordable quality tires as the Contis the previous owner put on it are busy dying messy deaths right now. 6) with good tires, the car drives very acceptably on snow (so did our 123s, for that matter.) it is trivial, though, to make the triangular traction control light come on when driving up our driveway in the snow. 7) around here, the only diesel you want to put into it is hess. all the other stations are buying junk during the winter from the same wholesaler, in December->february there is only one trustworthy source. 8) thank god for rusty. our local dealer tried to charge me $200 for a $17 radiator hose. the specs: Exterior Length: 189.4 in. Width: 70.8 in. Height: 56.2 in. Wheel Base: 111.5 in. Curb Weight: 3538 lbs. Interior Front Head Room: 37.6 in. Front Hip Room: 54.9 in. Front Shoulder Room: 56.3 in. Rear Head Room: 37.2 in. Rear Shoulder Room: 57.1 in. Rear Hip Room: 55.9 in. Front Leg Room: 41.3 in. Rear Leg Room: 36.1 in. Luggage Capacity: 14.6 cu. ft. Maximum Seating: 5 Performance Data Performance Acceleration (0-60 mph): 12.3 sec. Base Number of Cylinders: 6 Base Engine Size: 3 liters Base Engine Type: Inline 6 Horsepower: 134 hp Max Horsepower: 5000 rpm Torque: 155 ft-lbs. Max Torque: 2600 rpm Drive Type: RWD Turning Circle: 37.1 ft. Fuel Data Fuel Fuel Tank Capacity: 17.2 gal. EPA Mileage Estimates: (City/Highway) Automatic: : 28 mpg / 35 mpg Range in Miles: (City/Highway) Automatic: 481.6 mi. / 602 mi. -- Richard Welty rwelty@suespammers.org Averill Park Networking