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Originally Posted By: Vern_in_IL Seems like all the European makes take "DESIGNED OBSOLECENCE" to the extreme. ...and the replacement parts are $$$!!! I also don't like Mercedes HUGE emblem on the grills, but that's personal preference. I read somewhere that a Toyota Camry had a better...

Originally Posted By: Nick1994 My dad has done collision work for over 25 years, has worked on nearly every car out there and says one of the biggest pieces of junk out there are Mercedes. My body man owns a high end collision shop, has been working on wrecked cars for forty years, is about to...

Originally Posted By: earlyre Originally Posted By: Chris142 i only see junk so i may be wrong but imo mb's are very problematic and dont last on our roads. every mb that we saw had a cel on, several other problems as well as completly worn out suspensions. the engines and trans seem ok. its the...

Originally Posted By: Trav MB vs Lexus and Acura. There is only one winner and its not a pimped up Toyota or an even uglier Honda. LOL I agree with you as regards most Acuras. I agree with you as regards some Lexuses. I am not talking about other than an S-Class, however. But the big Lexus...

How cold can it get in Santa Barbara? I kind of like the idea of pixie-dust-infused German juice to settle down a cranky Chinese gear box. It would make the Elves proud. Very BITOGish.

Originally Posted By: NHGUY Daimler-Benz bought Chrysler,and ruined them.Fleeced them of their cash reserves This is also quite true. Chrysler was financially much stronger than DB at that time, with improving product and substantial cash reserves, and was poised to make bigger moves as it...

Originally Posted By: jeepman3071 Luxury vehicles are cars you lease, not own. That was not always the case with Mercedes. Or BMW for that matter. There was a time when you bought a new Mercedes, and you could keep it long enough to be buried in it if you wished. Or you'd give it to your kids...

Jaguar could have made an E-Type Lightweight under Ford. Volvo could have made another R series car under Ford. Both had complete design and engineering freedom to do so. As long as it looked like a Fusion.

Originally Posted By: bdcardinal Most likely. I changed out the fluid in the first one with this stuff http://www.amsoil.com/shop/by-product/tr.../?code=MTFQT-EA The new trans came with the Dual Clutch fluid. I will play it all by ear. What does Ford specify for it? I'd probably use the...

From my observation, during the the DC era, quality steadily declined across the range. They lost S-Class buyers to the big Lexus in droves because of this. The R230 was a reliability nightmare. They also during this time attempted (and continue to) dive down into the saturated lower price...

Originally Posted By: slowdime Would using a spray bottle directly into the TB reduce the risk? Even without a spray bottle I wasn't planning on dumping a huge amount of a yet-to-be-determined cleaner. With water, yes. At least a spray bottle provides some metering and atomization. I'm...

I will grant you that Jag was a total mess when Ford acquired them. Really bad QC. Ford did a great turnaround job with that. But like with Volvo, model and some parts standardization was beginning to creep in during the Ford era. I'm not sure they pilfered off Jag's tech like they did with...

Are you planning any post-break in fluid change on the new box? Not a normal step, but with a Sino build . . .

Originally Posted By: bigjl . . . These old VeeDubs diesels were not known for speed or refinement they were always a bit behind the French diesels at the time but they were very robust. You're right. As much as I generally enjoyed the VW diesel, I very nearly replaced it with a beautiful...

Originally Posted By: larry007 Hello everyone. Got a couple of scratches just deep enough to feel with a fingernail. Any suggestions on the best solution, thanks. If it's not through to the color coat, and you know what you're doing, I wouldn't futz with any compounding as a first step. You'll...

Originally Posted By: SteveSRT8 Anyone introducing any liquids into their intake manifold had better be careful. Unless you have a carburetor the intake manifold is likely a 'dry' design. These can allow puddling and will likely have extremely uneven distribution. Varies wildly by design, but...

Originally Posted By: Vikas I am also confident that there are bunch of BITOGers here who would loath to credit the Jaguar turnaround to its new owner but will claim that it was all Ford who actually fixed Jaguars and Indians are just enjoying the windfall. I don't think it matters who gets...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2724038/Jaguar-unveil-revived-E-Type-1960s.html

I drove Watkins Glen just last month. Great track. There's no way to make any decent track or car completely safe in a competitive setting. That's why there's only professionals behind the wheel on race day. . . . P.S., Nickels BBQ in town there was pretty decent.

Originally Posted By: Miller88 Water injection used to be a thing We used a lot of water injection in the '70s, but mainly for octane compensation. It worked. Yeah, it will keep the chambers a little cleaner, too. But those were more precise metering and misting systems that modulated to...