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Old 11-24-2008, 01:35 PM
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E300 on Top Gear...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSKW6CFupeg



I dont know if many of you guys watch Top Gear, but in 97 Clarkson reviewed the E300 Touring, and liked it...

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Old 11-24-2008, 01:50 PM
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Better watch it quick before the BBC pulls a DMCA takedown!
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Old 11-24-2008, 01:52 PM
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Better watch it quick before the BBC pulls a DMCA takedown!
Its being uploaded to another site right now.... Better quality too.
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Old 11-24-2008, 01:57 PM
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Its a good video but the audio loses sync.

Why couldn't we get turbodiesel wagons in 1997!? Why haven't we been able to buy one since 1987!?
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Old 11-24-2008, 02:02 PM
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Its a good video but the audio loses sync.

Why couldn't we get turbodiesel wagons in 1997!? Why haven't we been able to buy one since 1987!?
On last nights Top Gear they had a race of economy and speed between a twin turbo V6 Jag XJ diesel, a VW Polo blueMotion, and a Subie Boxer diesel....



The jag has a 18.7 gallon tank, and has a range of over 1000 miles on it.... WTF, why can't I get that car here?
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Old 11-24-2008, 02:12 PM
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Its a good video but the audio loses sync.

Why couldn't we get turbodiesel wagons in 1997!? Why haven't we been able to buy one since 1987!?
I thought the '98-'99 wagons were turbo...

Also, check out Clarkson's "fro"...

That car sounds NOTHING like my car starting! It's all wheezy and rattly... Oh wait, that was the tractor!
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Old 11-24-2008, 02:19 PM
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I thought the '98-'99 wagons were turbo...
There hasn't been a diesel wagon in the USA since 1987.

People keep saying E300TD like others keep saying 300DT, they think turbodiesel.
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Old 11-24-2008, 03:45 PM
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Great video. The wagon in the video had the smaller tank. US-bound cars had a bigger, 21-gallon tank, at least as an option, that bumps the range to about 600 miles per tank. If my MB had a 5-spd tranny and a turbo, it would be just about perfect...
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Old 11-24-2008, 04:14 PM
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Those were imperial gallons he was quoting...
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Old 11-24-2008, 04:47 PM
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He did say something about the range in miles per tank. Miles are miles.

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