I like to get on the interstate at my house and drive up to the next exit. About a 10 mile trip. Usually no state troopers. I blew her pipes out good today at 4000RPM and speedometer pegged as far as she could go. I haven't been caught . . . yet.

She sure sounds good and rides well. I like to think I am on the autobahn. HA!

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1982 300SD Light Blue
2002 Honda Accord SE
1974 Toro Wheel Horse Tractor
2000 Toyota Tundra Pickup

You had the speedo pegged at 120mph?

I only get my '84 300SD to do 105mph. Maybe a little more going downhill.

Are you driving on a flat road?

Danny

Maybe he has an 85 mph speedo? I've had mine around 105 before. Still had some juice left.

Scott

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Scott
1982 Mercedes 240D, 4 speed, 275,000
1988 Porsche 944 Turbo S (70,000)
1987 Porsche 911 Coupe 109,000 (sold)
1998 Mercedes E300 TurboDiesel 147,000 (sold)
1985 Mercedes 300D 227,000 (totaled by inattentive driver with no insurance!)
1997 Mercedes E300 Diesel 236,000 (sold)
1995 Ducati 900SS (sold)
1987 VW Jetta GLI 157,000 (sold)
1986 Camaro 125,000 (sold - P.O.S.)
1977 Corvette L82 125,000 (sold)
1965 Pontiac GTO 15,000 restored (sold)

I've driven 150 mph by GPS, car was still accelerating very strongly.

Speedo has 230 km/h in it (143 mph).

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Diesels are lazy and they smoke
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...konehuone2.jpg

They don't even bother arresting you here for that.....they shoot you on the spot....

Been a lot of years since i have gone 150mph......Was racing a porche 911 Carrara then....and beat him .on the highway..I was driving a Chevy Monza Spyder with an LT1 swapped into it.

My Benz cracked 100 once since i bought it....too afraid of getting busted to do it again.

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

You didn't say which car you had.

jeff 1991 300d, 101k

I'm sure he has the same cursed 85 MPH speedo I have. I was at 4600 RPM last month and I ran out of highway before I could really see what she could do.

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'82 300SD - 361K mi - "Blue"

"Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement."

listen, look, .........and duck.

I've had some 10-20 mile stretches between Sac and LA on I-5 where I set the cruise at 105. Fastest I've been is 115mph. Smooth at all speeds...

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Chris

'04 ML500 - 53k, Inspiration Edition, Desert Silver
'11 Audi A4 Avant - Brilliant Black
'87 300SDL sold
'99 C280 Sport sold
'85 190E 2.3 sold

Yeah, max it out!!!!

I wind mine out all the time. Peg that 85

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1987 300TDT
1981 VW MKI Caddy 1.6 diesel, waiting on engine swap
1983 D-50 Power Ram 4x4 "Mitsubishi" 2.3 turbo diesel
assorted gas powered crap and motorcycles

RIP: 1984 300TDT, 1982 300TDT, 1984 190D 2.2, 1992 300D 2.5, 1987 300TDT, 1982 Maxima LD28, 1983 Maxima LD28, Isuzu C223 P'ups X3, 1983 Holiday Rambler 6.2 Banks turbo diesel, 1984 Winnebago LeSharo 2.1 TD, 1985 Allegro 6.5

65 MPH - That's the speed limit

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Alan Hamm
'87 300SDL 277K Miles
'89 560 SL 68K Miles

I drive thru Maryland on a fairly regular basis.....at least it dosen't say "Still 55", like it used to......speed limit is 70 on Interstates, here in WV......

BUT.....all unmarked roads in WV are limited to 55......and most of those are dangerous at 40 Mph.....

I have seen 95 Mph in this 300D......

SB

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Diesels:
'85 300D, "Max, Blue Benz", 155K, 27.0 MPG
'84 190D 2.2, "Eva, Brown Benz", 142K, 40.2 MPG
'77 240D (parts car)
'67 Eicher ES 202 Tractor "Otto" (2cyl, Air Cooled, 30HP)
Gassers:
'94 Ford F-150, "Henry", 170K (300 Six) 17.5 MPG
'85 190E 2.3, 148K....Parts Car
'58 Dodge W300M Powerwagon (Flat Fenders) Less than 10 MPG

Ran my W126 to about 90mph for 3min after I changed the fuel filters on it... I figured it needed to have the smoke blown out of it's chambers a bit.

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I'm not a doctor, but I'll have a look.

'85 300SD 245k
'87 300SDL 251k
'90 300SEL 326k

Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford.

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty.[/IMG]

The photo is of the S350. http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1683
The E300D will go 133 before it hits the governor.

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1995 S-350
370K + SOLD
1952 220B Cabriolet
39K kilometers + SOLD
1998 E300D
310K +
2012 E350 BlueTec
120K

Here's a W140 with a 606 equipped just passing over the 500K kilometer mark...For the first time.

At top speed of course.

http://benzworld.org/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=1173915

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1987 300SDL (324000)

1986 Porsche 951 (944 Turbo) (166000)

1978 Porsche 924 (99000)

1996 Nissan Pathfinder R50 (201000)

That's neat. Why do Europeans get all the power. 177hp is a lot more than 148 from the same engine. 118 mph by the GPS is all mine will do (which is an indicated 121). Hope to have a similiar sequence at 500,000 kilometers but it will be hard to do with our speed limits.

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1995 S-350
370K + SOLD
1952 220B Cabriolet
39K kilometers + SOLD
1998 E300D
310K +
2012 E350 BlueTec
120K