Turbo 616 powered Astro Van build
Turbo 616 powered Astro Van build
the issues with that vehicle made it necessary for me to run from the following snow storms in a straight shot. left at 4:30 in the morning to take the bus down to the airport. Flight was fine, no problems with the TSA. I managed to get to the dealership at like 11am after riding buses all over creation, then the dealer and I argued for a while since they stole my spare tires and mounted them on other vehicles, of course they maintained that I never brought them.
Finally got them to give me some shitty shitty spares since mine were "missing"
They also accidentally broke the hood pull during their "fluid top off", so I could not check fluids at all on the drive. Overall, it was the usual dealer dog and pony show.
The van has some steering issues, bald tires with steel showing on the fronts, brake issues, no exhaust, doors that come open on the highway without warning, and a host of other problems. Despite all this and a kind of pogo-stick ride on the rear, it made it all the way down without a singe issue, apart from the doors opening repeatedly, I had to ratchet strap them in place.
It was really taxing to keep that thing in a straight line though. The front suspension components are relatively tight considering, but the front tires are almost visibly toed in, and there is huge looseness in the steering, so it was a nighmare to keep it rolling in a straight line without developing am overcorrection swerve that would flip the van.
I drove through a few preliminary small snow storms that were not sticking, but the thing would have been flat impossible to drive with even the slightest snow on the road, so I kept going and made no stops
Now I can finally work on this though. The weight and gearing of the vehicle look very favorable compared to the 240. This model is supposedly about 3500 lbs, and has a 3.45 rear end. I parked it next to the 240, even the EXT model which this is, is like a foot shorter than the mercedes, but the whole vehicle is way wider. Its far more of a square, I like the layout of it personally, internally there is a lot of space.