What are you going to do when a tire blows and sends you all over the road, and causes the minivan with 4 kids in it to serve and flip over in the ditch.....

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1985 300TD Turbo Euro-wagon
1979 280CE 225,200 miles
1985 300D Turbo 264,000 miles
1976 240D 190,000 miles
1979 300TD 220,000

GONE but not forgotten
1976 300D 195,300 miles
1983 300D Turbo 175,000 miles

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Can't that happen at 75 MPH?

I'll do the same thing I would do if I was going 65, 75, 85, 95 or 115.

What would you do?

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1993 W124 300D
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The faster you are going at the time of a blowout or problem, the more likely that it ends badly. Duh.

Taking a car that fast without everything in top shape and checked out beforehand is dangerous and unwise. Especially in an area with a lot of traffic. Maybe next time a cop will catch you and put you behind bars....it will be deserved.

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'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

111 mph, '95 E300D, rural Nevada. No minivans, no kids, no women drivers. No drama. Then I stood on the brakes, just to see what would happen.

Seems like this thread has too many comments from east coast and upper MW drivers, used to low speed limits, rough roads and rusted out hulks, roads clogged with semis, etc.

The stretch of road the OP is talking about probably has an average speed in the upper 80s. There are many roads out west with 80 mph speed limits, where average speeds are near 90, the road surface is as smooth as glass, your in a dry desert with 100 mile visibility, etc.

I suspect much of the instability problem he felt while performing this run had to do with the famous down-slope wind you get on the east side of the Rockies.

My 240D feels perfectly stable at 90, and I get passed by many cars when I'm driving that fast out here in the wide open west.

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1991 300D 2.5 - Smokes like it's on Crack!

94mph....

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130 on level ground, '87 300D.

Brochure said 128, I had to see if it was correct. Did it with lots of test equipment hooked up, but it was stock.

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Gone to the dark side

- Jeff

The 1983 300SD was a import of some american staff officer who had it brought over from the states-why you would want to bring a 300SD MB into germany was a long story complete with girls, booze, and gambling the MBs owner loved to tell.

My favorite car story was seeing a 1967 Ford Mustang in showroom-like-condition in a small jungle village in the middle of nowhere in Mindando Philippines. Local guy drove it every day and the housekeepers washed/cleaned it every morning. Won from petty chief in a card game and brought in by Carbou (oxen)decades ago-as no good roads led into the mountain village.

You guys don't even wanna hear how fast I've been in my stealth if you're concerned about 115mph Ah, high school and those fun reckless "invincible" days. (I know better now)

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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

Very nice.

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I've maxed my 300SD a couple times in unpopulated/empty road areas around 113 or so.....I've taken my W124 300E to around 122 before I slowed down....it had more to give...

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

What are you? 16 yrs old? Don't take offense. People here really care despite your invincibility fable...

It'd be a shame if this was the last thread you started if you know what I mean...

and an even bigger shame if you bring others with you...

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It's not the years, it's the mileage.

OK, so far one of you have suggested I should go to jail and now you are suggesting this might be my last thread.

You are both pussies.

STFU and grow a set.

Invincibility fable? From where did you pull that?

If you can't do a risk/benefit calculation in your head on the go, you shouldn't be allowed to drive.

Why don't you stay on topic or not post?

The topic of this thread is: "How fast have you had your W124 300D?"

Get it?

If you want to winge about people that drive too fast for your taste, why don't you start your own thread?


INAPPROPRIATE
B.C.

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1993 W124 300D
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That I believe is against board rules. Keep it civil.

Driving unreasonably fast on public roads is a bad idea. I have done it and it is a bad idea. Of course I have bragging rights but in reality I was not only endangering myself but those around me. And I was going a lot faster than 100mph.

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1995 E420 Schwarz
1995 E300 Weiss
#1987 300D Sturmmachine
#1991 300D Nearly Perfect
#1994 E320 Cabriolet
#1995 E320 Touring
#1985 300D Sedan
OBK #42

Things must be very sanitised in the US if you think that 115mph is fast.

Average outside lane speed on the motorway in the UK is probably about 90mph. At night you regularly see people well in excess of 120mph.

I've done 135mph in my E300TD, at which point the limiter came on. Which was annoying, I can tell you.