Internal email, written like a letter, leaving a paper trail on a superfluous/idiotic topic, with two senior signatories, but no meeting?

Yup.

Correcting others on the gray car:

YES! Fellow Jalops, can we please start the anti-angry appliance movement?

“All this rod ratios stuff is bullshit.”

Oversquare = easy revs. It’s math and a pinch of physics, dude.

Pan a mierda por una Panamera.

Don’t wait too long! W124 coupe prices are starting to look a little crazy.

Absolutely concur. However.....

In my Midwestern experience, if there aren’t five different Jello-mold “salad” recipes in this, it deserves a passive aggressive Midwestern friendly greeting.

Just read up on KE-J. Sounds typical but seems there’s plenty of support for you at least. Jetronic concern aside, I’m still eyeing early 90's E320's and 190E 2.6's — I love that dignity and quality of now-classic Mercedes. :)

Yes, overpowers chassis. Sorry, really, but you simply don’t know what you’re talking about here. The V6 weighs considerably less, requires further lighter gearbox/rear end, and is able to put its CG is closer to the firewall.

“Trouble? Meh. At least we look cool.”

Most of NASA’s tech was engineered/built by aerospace and manufacturing contractors.

Seems Tracy made a darn good case. Especially re tooling.

That bad? I was told (wrongly?) that swapping another Bosch system — L or K — was straightforward but can’t recall the systems well. The ‘91 190E a friend drove for 15 years never had a fuel issue (or much else really) and the 2.6 I borrowed for a week was silk.

Mercedes stocks all the parts still!

You ever witnessed a gaggle of LS3 Miatas on track? It’s like the Three Stooges on ice.

Very fair. Old cars of all types fit that bill and that’s fun. 

Underrated neo-classics. Solid, comfortable, easy in traffic, parking, fixing. These and the W124's are fantastic drivers. The 2.6 is a top-secret gem.