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I got to drive a S400CDI and a new E320CDI.
Both those cars hauled big time. The Gtech Pro said 6.9sec for the S and 7.05 for the E. Both cars had buckets of torque. I want them all!!!! NOW!!!!!!!! DR.D |
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Haven't timed my SD yet. But the 'ol '68 220D's I used to have were too slow for even an hour glass. I used a calender, but always fell asleep before I hit 60mph. So never did know.
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PDXMAN, do a search on 'slowest 0-60' times or somesuch on this forum going back about 4 months. There was a long report of 0-60 times for 240s on that thread.
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The inline 6 gasser in the 94- 95 E320 M104 was one helluva engine. That thing had a roar that echoed off all the buildings back into my ear. Very fun car to drive, and suprisingly peppy for a six. Why is it that people always say "Oh, it's an old diesel, it must be a slug..." when it comes to speed? My 300SDL could blow a lot of cars out of the water. I don't know why, but it seems just as quick as my E420 (the V8 has a much better sound though. Like my M117). I go by the seat of my pants feel. The absolute thrust you get from these cars is astounding. In my mother's E320 wagon, I once got beaten by an '87 300D(I was in SHOCK). My foot was past kickdown, and he was pulling away from me at around 80mph like I was stopped. That's when I decided to find one of these cars for myself. I have driven other SDL's, though, and a lot of them seem pretty slow. Most of them were affected by hills, and the turbos never spooled up until about 2-3 seconds after you applied the gas on the highway. They were all too slow for me. I was used to gassers. Until I found mine. Something had to have been done to this baby. I just can't get over it. I don't know what was done to it, but it's been fine for the past 75K miles with little work needing to be done (only brake job). By the way... NO TURBO-LAG ON THE HIGHWAY!!! I can't stand cars with turbo-lag. It keeps me smiling every time I drive it :p
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With this boards help (thanks) 83 300sd NOW at 15 seconds, (about factory spec) 280,000 miles on her. 30-32 seconds when purchased. Bypassing switchover valve made huge gains.
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Funny with all these responses that nobody has posted a 240D speed for pdxman to use
Maybe there's something for me to learn here about just keeping quiet and accepting our 240D's bottom feeder status.
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I posted the slowest 0 to 60 something like anywhere from 30 to 45 seconds after warm up I have made adj to the 240d because I was smoking black for a while and back then it was even slower. This of course is on flat ground. I am thinking later on in the fall I will be cleaning injectors ,replacing adjust valves again , check timing chain etc. I would like to know exactly what a proper time from 0 to 60 for an automatic should be ? My car Is well taken care of inside and out and loaded and everything works . Great reliability and a pleasure to work on as everyone knows but as slow as a three leg turtle.
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Try this link
http://web.missouri.edu/~apcb20/times.html#Mercedes It should give a good interpretation of the 0-60 times for Mercedes models, and 1/4 mile times.
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I see the 240d four speed at 19 seconds I could live with that but the 300 td between 10 and 13 second Is this acurate ? If it is I will buy one in the future If I dont get this thing to go any faster but would hate to sell of course. I think the 240 auto would be hard to sell because of the speed takeoff .
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Re: Funny with all these responses that nobody has posted a 240D speed for pdxman to use
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But thanks to DslBnz for the super-positive post. Makes me want to go tear up some interstate EDIT: I remember now--I think the original post was by Kylepavao, and all of his threads were deleted somehow. He's got a 240. |
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Re: Re: Funny with all these responses that nobody has posted a 240D speed for pdxman to use
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I think that Larry (and, maybe for that matter, all 240D owners) need a license plate frame that says "0 to 60? Yes." (sorry, couldn't help it) |
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Anyone concerned with how much of their life is spent accelerating from zero to 60 mph in each attempt should not buy a 240D with an automatic.
By the way, as I understand the MB website, the new W21 E320CDI is an in-line 6, not a soul-less V-6. Jim
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"By the way, as I understand the MB website, the new W21 E320CDI is an in-line 6, not a soul-less V-6."
I have shared this with my wife, and she says it has nothing to do with the fact that we can't spare $60K |
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I'm sure the fact that the W211 rear end looks like a (soulless) Saturn has nothing to do with it.
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If you don't check every option box there is, the 04' 320CDI
should start out right around $46-47K. Still pricey, but some people are trying to sell their 99' E300t for close to $40K. I would make the jump myself. DR.D |
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