Once you get over 15 or so, you got lots of power. Make sure to turn off the POWER emergency brake.

my brothers W124 87 diesel. Beats all 323, 318, and Z3s across intersections. They are slow.

On the highway, My brothers, some friends and I outrand a new E320 down the highway, it couldnt keep up with us. We were going down some mountains / curves kind of like I15 near tejon pass.

My W123 can beat a lot of crappy 4 cyl american and honda cars. Mr 240D with the 1 mile to pass story you should upgrade to 5 cyl diesel. Same harness practically. Lost more power, especially with the manual transmission.

Yeah drive slow like 40 mph, shift it to second, take second to 47, throw it in third, get it up to 80, throw it in drive, youd be supprised what cant keep up in a old 123.

If you throw up 17s on your benz vs 17s on a honda, there is no way they can keep up on the turns. Hondas are slow except the vtec models. Watch out for the guys that put the prelude engine in their lower end honds. It can keep up with the SLK 32.

Austin

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Current Stable:
1994 S500 v140, 210k miles, white with grey.

Former Mercedes in the Stable:
1983 300CD Turbo diesel 515k mi sold (rumor has it, that it has 750k miles on it now)
1984 300CD Turbo Diesel 150 k mi sold
1982 300D Turbo Diesel 225 sold
1987 300D Turbo Diesel 255k mi sold
1988 300 CE AMG Hammer 15k mi sold
1986 "300E" Amg Hammer 88k mi sold (it was really a 200, not even an E (124.020)
1992 500E 156k mi sold
etc.