My former message was a bit cryptic as I was trying to compose it quickly at a red light...
As others have stated, while the performance or lack thereof of this configuration of the 240D is minimal, driving one configured this way merely requires the driver to become more tactical in their driving habits. Risk taking is minimal, as your resources for making changes on short notice are limited, to say the least. -D > On Oct 7, 2019, at 12:19 PM, MG via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > How can that be dangerous? I am very often behind people who take a quarter > to a half of a mile to get up to 60 when getting onto a highway. None of them > were ever driving a 240D. > > Don Snook via Mercedes wrote: >> I found an 82 240D automatic nearby with 211K miles. Has working a/c and >> good paint and interior. No rust. Everything works. But, I was looking up >> the specs on it. These cars have 67 HP (yes that is right, 67 horsepower). >> Top Speed 86 mph (this is a factory claim. I couldn't find anyone that >> actually tested or confirmed this). Here is the really scary part. 0-75 >> mph takes 45 seconds! >> AND to get from 40 mph up to 75 takes 23 seconds. So, lets say you have a >> long entrance ramp on a highway and you can get it up to 40 mph. It will >> then take another 23 seconds to get up to 75 mph. Those numbers seem >> really slow - maybe that is a little off. But, this is one indication. >> Guess what the speed is for the quarter mile for this car? 60 MILES AN >> HOUR. So, it takes a quarter mile to get to 60! I'm not sure that is >> safe to be on the highway! >> These numbers sound like it could be dangerous trying to drive on a highway >> considering 70-80 mph is pretty much regular traffic flow. Are these really >> this bad? Anyone have one of these and tried to drive it at highway speeds >> recently? >> Donald H. Snook >> 1982 300D (Award Winner!) >> 2017 Toyota 4Runner >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
