[W126 Coupe] Japanese cars

[Robin Jones]

In hot-rodding/tuning/pimping (whatever) the only important question is how, 
not why.

Try applying the "why" question to any car mod. you've ever done. Sometimes 
the answer is just "because it's cool" or "makes it faster" or something 
like that.

My feeling is that generally young car-crazies will modify whatever cars 
that are cheap and plentiful with cheap and plentiful parts. Right now 
that's old Hondas and Toyotas -- also compact pickups. Back in the 50s folks 
used to see "the kids" messing with what they considered "old junkers" and 
ask the same question -- why. Answer, because they were cheap and plentiful.

Just my 2 cents.

Robin Jones
'89 560 SEC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Clemence" <snarfone054 at yahoo.com>
To: "Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists" <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 12:34 PM
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Japanese cars


> This concept of spending thousands upon thousands of
> dollars to modify Hondas, Toyotas, etc. is beyond me.
> It reminds me of when I was in high school one day a
> classmate proudly came to school and reported he had
> successfully put a Holley 650 double pumper carb on
> his mother's 1966, 283 c.i. Chevrolet station wagon.
>
> The only reply I could muster was "OK you did it...but
> why'?
>
> --- Nicolas Alexacos <nalexacos at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> I have to admit that I m not sure whether I d be
>> contempt to see a ridiculously fast SEC annihilating
>> a Jap-crap of the F&F kind. Part of the deal is to
>> maneuver with class. I do admit that killing a few
>> boy racers with sporty new models is something I
>> love doing even more to show them how full lock and
>> loooong powerslides are done, YET I think the real
>> purpose behind this huge torque is to allow the
>> 'Mercedes client-gentleman' to rapidly move away
>> from all this Japanese trash around him! And if you
>> want to totally smoke em, just roll down all fours
>> to show them a pilarless beauty they ve never
>> witnessed before!
>>
>> Ronny Geenen <ronny.geenen at verizon.net> wrote:
>>      I am a Realtor and we do a lot of driving. When
>> I have clients I drive the 300 SD.
>>   Otherwise I drive the SEC. It just made my day
>> sitting behind the wheel of such a classy car.
>>   This 19 year young car is quiet and not one rattle
>> of irritating screw of other noise. I feel like a
>> king.
>>   And I am glad I do not have the bad taste of
>> driving those boring japanese crap on four wheels.
>>   I am 70 years old or young and I wonder who will
>> drive this car when I am not here anymore.
>>   I hope somebody who loves it as I do and also
>> wants to become a mbcoupes member.
>>
>>   Ronny Geenen
>> Glendora, California
>>   (626) 278-2205 (Cell/Voice)
>>
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>>     ----- Original Message ----- 
>>   From: David Barclay
>>   To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com
>>   Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 5:34 PM
>>   Subject: [W126 Coupe] Japanese cars
>>
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>> The Japanese were still in animal drawn carts when
>> Daimler, Benz, Ford and
>> Leland had created real automobiles!
>> They have done nothing but copy everyone else's
>> creation and, with the help
>> of technology, develop a manufacturing process which
>> cranks out lots of
>> boring, trouble-free and affordable 4-wheelers.
>> I have no use for that mentality.
>> I will stick with a 30 year-old Benz before I go
>> into debt for a new Lexus.
>> Dave Barclay, New Jersey
>>
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