Do you guys know for sure that it isn't a 2nd gear start in the 190E? MB has flip-flopped over this through the years, but my 1986 190E 2.3 definitely had a second gear start. And a defective kickdown switch meant flooring the accelerator did nothing. But manually shifting the transmission would make the acceleration quite good.

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Rick Miley
2014 Tesla Model S
2018 Tesla Model 3
2017 Nissan LEAF
Former MB: 99 E300, 86 190E 2.3, 87 300E, 80 240D, 82 204D Euro
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