Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Michael Schumacher

[Ken Rentiers (rentiers]

Fellippe always enjoy your messages, but I have to disagree with this one. 

It's certainly true that many of the old garden variety Benz's were slow, and 
about as exciting to drive as, well, a bank vault which is what they were built 
like. It is also true that many of the latest iteration of MB and BMW products 
are crap. 

Due to the pressures of the Deutschland greenies much of the current BMW line 
is now made of recycled plastic. This includes the radiator. Given enough 
heat/cool cycles (oh say 50,000 miles worth) the eco-plastic becomes as brittle 
as the peanut variety of same, and cracks. Usually at the most inopportune 
time, giving you about 30 seconds to shut down before the head warps. 

Did I mention they were as ugly as moose butts? Did I mention they had no 
dipsticks? Onliest way you can check the oil level is to drain it out and 
measure it! 

Crap. Idiocy. Obergruppenarrogance!

But fear not; the German cars  have video cameras to use backing up until 
mirrors are invented. They have vibrators in the steering wheel that chide you 
when you prove incapable of staying in your lane. They have forward-looking 
xray lasers to part the waters when the road floods. And the tires are good for 
10,000 miles. Unless you get the run-flat option which rides like Flintstone 
Rocktreads and cannot be fixed when punctured.

Crap!!! - gimme the older, simpler cars that you drove instead of rode in. The 
ones without bulbous snouts to meet new Euro-regs about not hitting below the 
pedestrians' knees. Like the ugly new 5 series. Don't cry for me Pininfarina - 
I got some nice old iron I shall keep forever. 

Screw progress and while I'm at it HUMBUG! 

Except for you Fellippe - you're a good guy even if you do latch on to a little 
misdirected opinion at times. My best to you and yours and have a wonderful 
Christmas. All the rest of you too, except those taken in by the Hollywood crap 
machine now showing "Eco-smurfs v The US Marines" (Avatar). ##$%^&* 
tree-hugging commies every one of them. 

:-)
love and kisses
the kenverine


On Dec 22, 2009, at 10:14 PM, Fellippe Galletta wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 8:46 AM, LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> Roger that...before they became plastic toasters?
>> 
>> I'll take a 190E 2.3 16v and an AMG Hammer.
>> 
>> LS
>> 
> 
> Oh man.
> 
> With some of you guys on here, it's like every civilian brand needs to
> maintain a 250 GTO like aura around their cars....ugh.
> 
> Sure, MB of new isn't quite like MB of old but who seriously wants a 190E
> over a new E, S, CL, CLK, SL or CLS? LOL.
> 
> A vintage Gullwing is a different story of course, and a genuine AMG Hammer
> or Porsche built E500 is worthy of consideration, but not all garden
> variety Benzes made between 1980-1999. You seriously want bulletproof, buy a
> new Japanese car...done, end of story.
> 
> I'll play along and be a good sport and say the '90s S Class was the last of
> the uber Mercedes Benz elite class. When comparing each respective
> generation of S, this was easily the best, from the look, the armored car
> like construction, those dual pane windows, and the first big HP V12 in the
> 600...the quintessential Benz.
> 
> Still wouldn't get it over the newer S's. You're buying an
> expensive prestige sedan for the cachet/style/keeping up with the
> joneses/etc first, everything else comes second. Anyone who says otherwise
> is clearly lying to himself or others!
> 
> The '90s S or Miami Vice era S's no longer fit the bill....so no point in
> owning these maintenance nightmares unless it's for the novelty factor and
> short term. For that LS, you did it right with those BMWs!
> 
> It's time to expose the (forty) 800 pound gorilla for what it is! I don't
> hate those older Benzes...still respect them....but to act like they were
> the only good cars from the factory is silly.
> 
> FG
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