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Old 11-13-2005, 01:10 PM
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what about the 97 e420?

i drove one from the local dealer yesterday. it was a little rough condition. it had a miss occasionally at idle after startup and occasionally when i pulled up to a stop sign.

the performance was pretty impressive. relaxed head spinning acceleration on demand at all speeds (that i tried).

what is the experience with these? are they reliable? what kind of fuel economy would i expect to get? is it safe to run them on rug?

it turned 1900 rpm at 60 mph.

tom w
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