I have had plenty of practice over the years. I have had lots of low
powered vehicles. My father was always more interested in fuel economy
than horsepower and I suppose to a great extent I have followed that
route too.
I have had a - 64 Anglia with an engine smaller than most motorcycles
today, a 65 Mustang with the 170 cid inline 6, a 67 Chevy half ton
truck with a 250 cid 6, a 74 Vega, and a 77 Monarch with a 250 cid 6 -
none of which was any peppier than my 115 300D.
Randy
On 27/02/2012 12:42 PM, E M wrote:
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
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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
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