[W126 Coupe] SL top hoist

Jonathan jhodgman at gmail.com
Mon Mar 10 22:55:04 EDT 2008


That sounds about right...the last time it tried to get me I was driving
the Z4, tossed her into a nice 90 degree corner, 2nd gear...had the
ESP/ASR limits raised via the switch and Right as things are getting
interesting/crossed up nicely the computer thinks better of it all and
decides its' going to straighten me out... Straighten me out had me
pointed @ a Semi....UGH@!!!

Jonathan

Paul Samarin wrote:

> Oh. I guess that's why I slid my SL into a curb. I no longer drive

> "like you do" b/c I thought it was me. Came around the corner a bit

> too fast and the back slid out, I corrected instinctively, but I guess

> ASR aided me by overcorrecting b/c the thing whipped around the other

> way instantaneously, and POW!, there was the curb.

>

> I guess I'm a wee bit happier now to learn it wasn't *all* my fault.

>

> Paul

>

> On Mar 9, 2008, at 7:39 AM, Jonathan wrote:

>

>> ASR is standard on the 500's here...

>>

>>

>> ASR I on an SEC is a good bit different from the later units..there

>> is not Good way to diagnose ASR unfortunately...I believe the term I

>> hear it 'un-tech friendly..'.

>>

>>

>> Plus, if you can drive worth a S*&^ ASR tries to kill you every time

>> you go so slide the car around...prepare for a slide, just get

>> started w/ the chassis doing what it should then ASR comes along and

>> changes Everything brutally upsetting the suspension/chassis etc,

>> etc.. I Loathe ASR...but then again not everyone drives their

>> Mercedes like I do;-)

>>

>>

>>

>> Jonathan

>>

>

> Paul Samarin

> pauls at sbcglobal.net <mailto:pauls at sbcglobal.net>

>

>

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