As well built as she is ,the old 300cd I drive as a daily seems to be tested by other drivers that pull up around me on daily commutes.Question I have is Do people test their cars performance towards your own ? I find suv drivers weilding their bohemoths to stop at a traffic light just before you do just to win somekind of race who can get to the light first .Is this to test their drivng skill or is it to prove something about their car,I dont get it.I drive along at a certain pace , use signals at every light ,and stay reasonable around the speed limit ,some others have a James Bond approach which makes me think that people who are driving like this have not a road race manaic mentality,better yet, My guess its the sales guy at the dealership who after a test drive with a buyer says ,"this car is a rocket ship", after trouncing the car purposely showing the cars level of performance on public roads.

Uh-oh, I sense another "DB driver" thread starting.

More it's just too many "drivers" on the road today have never learned how to drive to begin with.

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Just say "NO" to Ethanol - Drive Diesel

Mitchell Oates
Mooresville, NC
'87 300D 212K miles
'87 300D 151K miles - R.I.P. 12/08
'05 Jeep Liberty CRD 67K miles
Grumpy Old Diesel Owners Club

they have itty bitty pee pees and are ashamed

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You're a daisy if you do.
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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

Ignore them, they are hominids that are several steps below you on the evolutionary ladder, and they will flame out early.

It's been said that the Dodge Ram pickup trucks on high stilts are among the worst to mix it up with, they are quick to go into road rage mode, so just get out of the way..RIGHT away, like with an intoxicated driver..

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

(That's a graphic, needlessly indelicate way of putting it though). \o/

Women I know call drivers of those certain cars cars actually call the cars "compensators". Souped up Mustangs, Camaros, Porsches, Challengers, huge high lifted pickup trucks, Corvettes, Lamborghinis, Maseratis and so forth are often gifted with that perjorative, by attractive. intrlligent and knowing females who snicker knowingly at the drivers of those sorts of vehicles.

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

Everyday is race day.

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1982 300TDT
1991 190D
2022 Metris

Usually with stop lights, I try and adjust my speed so that it turns green just as I'm about to arrive.

I do notice however, that when driving or accelerating next to someone, there's a tendency for them to try and keep just a "nose" ahead and hang there. When they do that, I usually just move positively ahead so we're not riding "neck and neck".

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-Evan


Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

because racecar.

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

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

You need a faster car, so no one can keep up with you...I recommend at least 600hp.

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2016 Corvette Stingray 2LT
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Its called small mans syndrome !!

The bigger the car ~ the smaller the ...........

Big man ~ little ........

Little man ~ all ........

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Grumpy Old Diesel Owners Club group

I no longer question authority, I annoy authority. More effect, less effort....

1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

No, people don't test their cars' performance against mine. Despite having among the worst power to weight ratios, I'm usually the fastest thing on the road. Even when I had a 240D, I was often the fastest thing on the road.

I'm continually frustrated by the "drivers" who can't seem to discover the purpose of the skinny pedal on the right. Most of the time all I want to do is get up to my preferred cruising speed of ten miles over the limit* reasonably quickly and stay there. I frequently find kindred spirits driving diesel Rams. Most others do the speed limit or less, have no respect for the passing lane, and no consideration for the people stuck behind them.

*Every police agency around here will let you do ten over all day long. Fifteen or more over is iffy. If I were free to choose my speed without concern for legal sanction I'd be around speed limit+20 under most circumstances (in the car-the bike is a whole other matter).

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.

For many people, the two petals are on/off switches.
Full on or full off.

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"Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration...
don't Fail Us Now"

I just look back at them and grin

Dodge Ram with Cummins diesels and 2-- 8" stacks coming up through the bed rolling black smoke--a cartoon of a truck, IMO.

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1982 300SD " Wotan" ..On the road as of Jan 8, 2007 with Historic Tags

60hp works fine for me ... on a motorcycle.