Pedantic gearheads crossed with dog show people.

Saw it last weekend, can confirm this take is correct. You can just hear the womp womp womp from the sad trombone.

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I didn’t make the connection until well after I got home and remembered that you had this car, that was me that complemented you on the plate when you pulled up next to us. Well done!

Both California E60's too, how about that. I shall now beplate my Sienna with MOTR BLS, the official magazine of Jelopnic.

I owe all my newfound fame and fortune to you! I’m going to buy a cheeseburger with my newfound internet points, and half of it is yours, bud. You want pickles?

It does not, yet. It has several Toyota bumps elsewhere, however. And about 6 boxes’ worth of Cheerios in the carpets. Road hugging weight, keeps it grounded to the ground.

Thanks for the hat tip! The more important story here is that mean-ass 3.3 liter, 4 cam Sienna next to it, tell you what. Whoever drove that to Laguna is a boss.

It exists, saw this on Saturday, no kidding

Speaking of which, this exists:

They look like bombs, they get called bombs. Has nothing to do with how they work, it’s a colloquial term.

Harder than modern EFI and direct injection, absolutely. But still, it’s what I cut my teeth on so that stuff is fairly second nature. Parts costs are the hard part, like that CSI. Even EHA’s for late KE are something like $400. So I get to tell the owner of a $1000 190E that they have to spend that or the car will…

I would absolutely prefer air springs, ABC sucks. I wouldn’t call it hard to fix, it’s just complex and expensive as hell. At the age of the first versions especially, basically everything from the pump to the legs needs to be replaced to guarantee operation. Otherwise we’re the proverbial Dutch boy with fingers in…

It is. Those systems are pretty easy. A compressor, air springs, level sensors, and lines. No several thousand psi of hydraulic pressure to deal with. The Mercedes ABC hydraulic system is frustratingly complex, but at least it’s got built in diagnostic and test capability and is self-monitoring. Its components are…

Interesting, didn’t know that! D-Jet’s easy, it has an undeserved bad rap like K-Jet, the carbs would be harder. Parts are getting hard to come by though. D is actually developed from a Bendix system that Bosch licensed from GM.

I love Safaris too, and DSs in general. There was a really beat up gray Safari on the SFBay Craigslist last year for something like $4,000, the hydros worked and it ran but the car was hammered.

Nope, ze Germans I tangle with are full of them. This just adds more. I do fall into the faint of wallet category, however. The parts would bankrupt me.

May as well be, they’re hydraulic accumulators, lovingly known as “bombs”.

Jaan, in Berkeley? I’ve talked to him about my Lancia, super knowledgeable guy. When I actually get into that project I’ll be in touch with him much more, I’m sure. His site is a goldmine of information.

That last part being the most difficult...