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Old 06-23-2009, 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by pawoSD View Post
None of ours do....the diesels all have first gear start. The gasser takes off in 2nd.
Are you sure?

I remember stopping once at the end of a road while at a pretty good incline in my '75 300D.

The car would not climb up the rest of the incline from the stop until I mashed down the pedal onto the kickdown switch. It then went into a lower gear and I was able to move forward.
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'05 E320 CDI - 86,000 miles
'86 300SDL - 360,000 miles
'85 300SD - 150,000 miles (sold)
'89 190D - 120,000 miles (sold)
'85 300SD - 317,000 miles (sold)
'98 ML320 - 270,000 miles (sold)
'75 300D - 170,000 miles (sold)
'83 Harley Davidson FLTC (Broken again) :-(
'61 Plymouth Valiant - 60k mikes
2004 Papillon (Oliver)
2005 Tzitzu (Griffon)
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