On an open stretch of I-40 just East of Tucumcari, NM on my way to Amarillo I decided to open up my 1993 300D to see what she could do.

There was significant traffic so I had to keep that in mind.

There was a pretty stiff cross wind, too, and since I hadn't planned on a speed test I hadn't aired up the tires either.

With quite a bit of body roll and too much instability(PO said he replaced all the shocks when he did the front suspension but I think they must be Monroe's or something just as bad, I saw on one that it was manufactured in South Africa), I topped out at 115 MPH before the wind, soft tires and a wallowing suspension got to my judgment.

I had to watch traffic so I didn't keep a close eye on the speedo much of the time but I do remember a pretty steep hill at 100 MPH and the needle was steadily climbing, up the hill...

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1993 W124 300D
-297K on the clock as I type this.