Dimitri LOVES his 240D - where is his valuable inut? On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 1:35 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> A 240D can handily outrun a 80klb semi, even a 600hp semi, on a freeway > ramp. > The semi needs a bigger hole to merge into. > The semis do all right. > But, when drivers see a semi crawling up ahead, they know instantly that > they want to move to the left lane. > > You could always use the two bottle method, a bottle of propane and a > bottle of nitrous, with solenoid valves wired to the kickdown switch. But > refills on the nitrous oxide aren't cheap. > > Mitch. > > > On October 7, 2019 at 11:43 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 > > _______________________________________ 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
