Your drop back and charge approach is exactly how Sterling Moss described how to properly overtake when passing, in his book on how to drive in a safe sporting style. Book was probably published in the 50s, as I recall there was a chapter on bias ply tires. hee hee.
Then there are times, when way to much power feels like just about the right amount for the job at hand. ;-) hee hee Ed 300E On 27 February 2012 11:07, Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca> wrote: > On 25/02/2012 10:21 PM, relng...@aol.com wrote: > >> ....An automatic 240D (we had one) is very un-fun in the acceleration >>> department. The words "dangerously slow" tend to come to mind. >>> One of the few cars I've ever driven that could not keep speed >>> up some of our highway hills in this State... >>> >>> And my 77hp '78 300D could not climb eastbound Snoqualmie Pass at full >> throttle without shifting down to 3rd which means 45mph in a 60 zone. >> >> RLE >> >> ______________________________**_________ >> >> I would agree with you. Most of the time, one can compensate to some > extent by pre-planning one's moves. Need to pass someone? - then drop back > and approach at speed. If the way is clear, go around and if not, then slow > back down and wait for another opportunity. It helps if one knows the road > well and thus knows where the passing areas are. > > However, there are spots where it is not possible to do that. Coming out > of Kenora onto the westbound highway at the western edge of the bypass is > one of those spots. One must come to a complete stop and then make a left > turn at a T intersection onto the highway. It is an uphill grade for the > next half mile or more. Not steep but enough to make it difficult to > accererate up to 60 mph in any sort of reasonable period of time. Then > there is the traffic approaching from behind at highway speeds including > many big trucks. Cannot really be avoided unless one takes a totally > different route through town and gets onto the bypass sooner, further east, > but I normally don't think to do that because I only take the car out to > the lake, maybe once each year. Always makes me somewhat nervous to do that > turn however. Can get over onto the shoulder and let vehicles pass me if > necessary but that is not the safest thing to do with the big trucks > either as they cannot give you a whole lot of space if there is oncoming > traffic as it is only a 2 lane highway. > > Randy > > ______________________________**_________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives > http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
