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Old 12-16-2006, 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by aklim View Post
Drove that too but just wondering how it would stack up against another E class that is about the same displacement with a blower on it too. With the older models, they seem to be pretty much of a dog without the turbo. Unless the price was so discounted that I could not pass it up, I wouldn't get an E300 that was pre 98 that was NA. I tried it and it was poochy even compared to my E300 that has a turbo.
but benz does not offer a gas blown six does it? why would you want to compare it to that?

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