Ferrari Mailing List: Re: MB GL450Ferrari Digest, Vol 31, Issue 55

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Adam:
 
You certainly have researched these cars and I cannot take issue with  
anything that you write.
 
The big question that remains in my mind (particularly in light of the fact  
that I own an older series, "real" G-Wagon is why did MB change/cheapen 
(IMNSHO)  the "G-Class" label by making this soccer-mom-mobile a part of the 
"G" 
series of  vehicles of great off-road vehicles? They could have just as easily 
trashed the  "M" class identification as it is, and was designed as, the 
mall-mom  conveyance.
 
And as a casual aside:
 
Oddly enough, I have just ordered and received a 4-Post BendPak lift.  
Unfortunately, as you might read in the more general car talk forum, last 
Friday  I 
managed to take a fall off of the back deck fracturing 4 bones of my right  
ankle in 6 different places (I was pretty groggy when the surgeon explained it  
to me before the emergency surgery but apparenty you can break one bone in 
more  than one place but I'll have to confirm that at our appointment 
tomorrow), 
and  badly sprained the other ankle, so I don't know how well it works. Three 
of us  went in on a multiple lift purchase after the full time mechanical 
engineer  spent his time analyzing comparable brands, etc. I personally bought 
the 
9k  extra long, extra wide version, while the others bought different 
variants. All  of them are mounted on wheels for convenience. In my case, with 
13'6"+ 
interior  clearance in the new garage, a 6" thick reinforced concrete slab on 
perimeter  and one midline longitudinal footers, height is not an issue.
 
I believe I should win some sort of award for bad luck. Last week my newest  
piece of farm equipment, a Case 455C Crawler-Loader, and the new lift arrived, 
 and with the injury both will be stored for not less than 3 mos. before I am 
 able to use either one of them.
 
Of course, now I have to figure out how to store 15 cars, a fire truck, a  
dozer (tracked crawler-loader (I think that covers all of the vehicles) for an  
intermediate period of time 90 +/- days, as well as contain myself as far as  
using the new lift to work on the farm stuff, other than the dozer of course,  
and getting the PMC's ready for summer driving.
 
Some are diesel, some are gasoline engines, some carbureted and  
fuel-injected engines, etc. Other than appropriate doses of Stabil, any and all 
 
suggestions are welcome.
 
Dr. Steve
 
 
In a message dated 2/24/2009 5:31:37 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
ferrari-request [at] ferrarilist.com writes:

I wonder  if this is a practical joke by someone trying to draw me out into
the open?  : )  Sadly, I confess to having an informed opinion on the GL.
How  embarrassing!


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