I would probably cry myself to sleep.....

I know Wiki isn't the end-all authority. but they still have some accurate stuff ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsafe_at_Any_Speed

mad_machine wrote: I,learned about the evils of swing axles on a beetle...

VW Type 3 Fastback for me. Yet somehow I could always beat my friend through the twisties in his IRS VW fastback. He did have horrible tires on his though.

A little like the wrecked F40 that showed up on "Fast 'n' Loud" (also wrecked by a test driving tech)

Now, do keep in ind the Mercedes swing axles of the time were not like a VW with the roll center right in the axle centerline, the pivot was below the axles, making them a lot safer(or so the interwebs tell me).

In reply to Kenny_McCormic:

I think that does help mitigate the issue. But it also reminds me of my impression that Spitfire guys try to run their cars low more or less to try to remain low enough that the jacking doesn't reach a tipping point where there's enough jacking already happened to reduce the cornering force needed drastically to finish the jacking and create really nasty tire angles...

Interesting three-spring arrangement with the third spring only acting in heave...