I have driven one as a daily in the past. You just have to get used to it and it’s fine. It makes you a much better driver because you have to plan ahead.
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 7, 2019, at 10:43 AM, Don Snook via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > 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