Weren't al these machines designed for the autobahn? My 71 280sel does the exact same thing. Kinda a dog till about 65-70 then it becomes a rocket... Those v-8's really go. Frankly its the fasted (and most stable) car I have ever driven and I ruteinely beat the little rice grinders that try and zwoop past, but alas...
8-11 mpg... even back in the day of cheap gas, it would cost me 25.00-30 bucks to drive a day!!!! Now it just sits.... sad really.... Anyone need one in seattle? I'm stuck on these 300d's now (doing the biofuel (and changing timing chains!!) --- Loren Faeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is a noticeable phenomenon with all pre "oil > gouge 1" (1975) GERMAN > VEHICLES. My R75/7 is wonderful up to 70-75; at > 80-85 it transforms to a > different machine, all the way up to Vmax. > smoother, quieter, just > fantastic. Same is true for the 220Sb and the 108s > I have driven. > > Every German gasser I have driven, including the > motorrads, also is at > optimum at about 50-60 degrees F with high humidity > conditions. They run > noticeably smoother, quieter and get better fuel > economy. I love riding or > driving gassers in these conditions, almost as much > as I love my Diesels in > all conditions. > > I don't know why, but i had seen these phenomena > many times. > > Loren > > At 10:36 AM 4/20/2006, you wrote: > >And > >once it hit 75 it would change - can;t really > explain it - but at 75 and up > >it was like another car - very smooth, very quite > and seemed to want to run > >at 80+ all day long!! The V8 did the same thing - > maybe the suspension was > >tuned to act that way - but at 75 you could watch > the gas needle drop. > _______________________________________ > http://www.striplin.net > For new parts see official list sponsor: > http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
