My 400E kick down was down right dangerous. Every time you hit it the rears would break loose. Just thinking of someone else driving it in the rain gave me chills.

My TE kick down sometimes causes a wheel to spin. It's cool to see a car that is normally kinda sluggish with the 2nd gear start REALLY jump to life when you kick it down.

My 300D no longer has an automatic so "kick down" is done manually, literally. I maintain that it pulls like my 400E when on the highway.... it does pretty well.

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08 R320 CDI current

Past
95 E420
87 300D Turbo 5spd
90 300TE
83 300SD
85 300TD
92 400E
85 190D