Possibly the person was just following the person in front of her and was not really paying attention.

I thought about getting a sticker or something for my 240D explaining the lack of horsepower, but I never got around to it. I occasionally got a single digit salute in the thing, but not as often as when I drove a lifted Sammy that topped out at 60.

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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 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.