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I was ....and my saturn wouldn't do that mountain in forth gear at that speed....My honda has done it in overdrive...... Now it wasn't a twisty windy road...it was fairly stright..... It did surprise the hell out of me.....I never thought it had it in it..... Its the mountain 25 miles east of Morgantown WV on 68.....right before the Bruceton mills exit. I would have bet money it would never do it before I actualy did it too.
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My W116 is wheezing at 90......my W123 is still picking up steam at 90.... Its definately leathargic below 40 mph on the other hand....hey I can't explain it either but I was passing everyone...and I mean everyone up that mountain......and 80mph is average as the posted limit in WVA is 70mph If I wasn't there I would not have believed it either.....
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Yea, mine has a lot more umph at higher speeds than it does at lower. Most of it is probably due to the turbo being ready to build more boost. I kind of doubt being able to climb a mountain like that without the pedal being floored though. Just to keep it going on flat land at that speed it'd be down most of the way.
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Proud owner of .... 1971 280SE W108 1979 300SD W116 1983 300D W123 1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper 1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel 1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified) --------------------- Section 609 MVAC Certified --------------------- "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche |
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