Wow, most diesel Gwagens are faster....

clubgwagen.com • View topic - Post your Gwagens 0-60 time.

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"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

The mirage does not sound too bad. Good mileage figures too. sounds like it has crappy tires.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

The author clearly never drove a lifted Suzuki Samurai. Mine had a 2" shackle lift and some biggish tires, making 5th gear useless. Carrying much speed through a corner wasn't an option either. Top speed on level ground was 60 in 4th gear. I never timed a run, but I think my 240D could do it quicker. However, off road, it could easily go places a Humvee couldn't.

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08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

I am still torn whether I like driving my powerless 190d better or my dripping with power 420.....the w201 is very quick and nimble in the corners which makes it more fun to drive. I can see myself unloading the W126 at some point for a 190d 2.5 turbo or a W124 300D 2.5....deep down I will always lean diesel.

The OM601 coupled to a M102 gasser radiator has so much cooling capacity that even in the 85+ weather lately it doesn't even rise over 85C or so idling and drops back to 82C once moving again....that's with no fan installed on the engine at all. I have an electric fan I can trigger manually if needed.

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'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

Is it a white SUV? Those ones are built for low speed chases.

As a traffic safety dude... this week we had a suspected suicide where a person drove a Saturn into a brick wall. If you believe you have to go 100 mph for safety, it only took 50 mph for this person to be dead. In a car with airbags and a safety cage, but no seatbelt.

Fast may bail you out sometimes, but slow is usually more survivable. For a journalist to say that 0-60 in 11 seconds is dangerous, you have an entire field of engineers who would argue the opposite.

Just my experience.

My 201 is most obliging in the corners. Quite like a 92 accord I used to have. Would probably be better in a power on corner than the FWD accord.

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82 Benz 240 D, Kuan Yin
12 Ford Escape 4wd

You're four times

It's hard to

more likely to

concentrate on

have an accident

two things

when you're on

at the same time.

a cell phone.

www.kiva.org It's not like there's anything wrong with feeling good, is there?

Agreed. The author should try an overloaded Fiat if they want a white knuckcle merge.

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82 Benz 240 D, Kuan Yin
12 Ford Escape 4wd

You're four times

It's hard to

more likely to

concentrate on

have an accident

two things

when you're on

at the same time.

a cell phone.

www.kiva.org It's not like there's anything wrong with feeling good, is there?

I have driven the 2 stroke version of the samurai, it had a (I think) a 540cc engine and proper 4wd - it weighed as much as some spare parts of our cars. It could go places - slowly though.

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