No more Scania Topliner :(

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Re: No more Scania Topliner :(

Postby Omag 2.0 » Wed Feb 15, 2006 9:09 am

Going 170 km/h on a straith highway and feeling the rear "move" as a passenger isn't exactly reassuring. And I didn't trust the driver!

My dad owns a Mercedes C 220 cdi, he never said anything about the rear braking out.

On a track it might be fun, but in normal traffic?  ::)
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Re: No more Scania Topliner :(

Postby 4_Series_Scania » Thu Feb 16, 2006 1:56 pm

Going 170 km/h on a straith highway and feeling the rear "move" as a passenger isn't exactly reassuring. And I didn't trust the driver!

My dad owns a Mercedes C 220 cdi, he never said anything about the rear braking out.

On a track it might be fun, but in normal traffic?  ::)


Thats a fault,be it mechanical failure on the rear suspension of some sort, or, more likely a fault in the drivers ability.  make no mistake. ;)

No BMW 5 Series be it an e12, e28 , e34 e39 nor an e60 display such tendancies, believe me, I've driven most models of the 5.

As for traction & rear wheel drive, its all down to balance of the car and throttle position. For what its worth, I drive with my "traction control" switched off 95% of the time.
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Re: No more Scania Topliner :(

Postby Craig. » Thu Feb 16, 2006 2:32 pm

As for traction & rear wheel drive, its all down to balance of the car and throttle position. For what its worth, I drive with my "traction control" switched off 95% of the time
Any good driver, shouldn't need traction control in a road car unless the conditions are really bad.
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Re: No more Scania Topliner :(

Postby 4_Series_Scania » Sat Feb 18, 2006 5:39 am

Any good driver, shouldn't need traction control in a road car unless the conditions are really bad.


And there you find the 5% of time that I use it.
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