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300c/Magnum...
Posted by JEM (more from JEM) on Tue, 21 Jun 2005 15:08:14
In Reply to: Re: How about a magnum?, dtech, Mon, 20 Jun 2005 19:48:30
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I agree, the outward visibility sucks. One of my standard measures of outward visibility is how close in front of the car and around the front fenders I can see the ground. With our 9000 it's about 8ft, with our E39 Bimmer 5-series it's just on 10ft, but the Magnum is closer to 18ft. Which wouldn't be bad compared to a '76 LTD, but by present-day standards it's awful, it makes the car feel far larger and less-manageable than it is.
And especially in the Magnum, those tiny rear windows are awful.
Maybe the cargo compartment is big compared to a trunk, but by real wagon standards it's tiny, smaller than an E39 BMW 540iT or a Benz E-class wagon.
Every 300 or Magnum I've been near has had a gray interior, and the combination of the gray and the tiny windows makes the thing feel like a dungeon.
Chassis is really nice, but I don't think you can get a limited-slip diff. Traction/stability control is not a substitute for a real limited-slip.
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