Thread: 240D vs. 300D
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Old 08-27-2010, 03:18 PM
FinnJohn FinnJohn is offline
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You get used to the lack of acceleration. It's in the zero-to-sixty-in-30-seconds range. Serious freeway hills slow you down to about the speed of an unloaded semi truck -- inconvenient, but acceptable and far from dangerous. They're particularly slow when cold.
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