Rented a Toyota Corolla the other day for a trip while the wife's car was in the shop. It was one of the 'Sport' models.
That thing was a rocketship compared to any older MB I've owned. Course most of my stuff was diesels, but did have a coupla M110 engines in my career. The little nippon car handled like it was on rails, and although it did not see 100 mph, it did see 40 mpg with great flair (c: ________________________________ From: Gary Hurst <jabbahur...@gmail.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 11:30 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] 108 i guess it is heresy, but cars are soooo powerful and fast today which is odd as in much of the USA, driving fast is a thing of the past. gone are the days of getting clocked and triple digit speeds and paying 100 bucks for it On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:27 PM, Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com>wrote: > Off with his head! > > > On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:25 PM, Gary Hurst <jabbahur...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > compared to a modern powerful engine, they are all a joke > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 8:11 PM, <dsereta...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > Yes the 4.5 is quite the beast. My brother had a 280SE 4.5 and shit > that > > > thing was fast! Can even imagine what a 6.3 would be like. > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > On Aug 29, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Peter Frederick <psf...@earthlink.net> > > wrote: > > > > > > > It's almost twice as big and gets about the same milage -- 3.23 gears > > > instead of 3.88, uses less fuel. > > > > > > > > I suspect at 4.5 can be safely tuned to get around 18 on the highway > if > > > you use only premium. > > > > > > > > No comparison in terms of power, the 4.5 is a real beast. Factory > > specs > > > are 9.5 sec 0-60, and most of that is on the "fast" end. It's > actually a > > > pain to drive on the open road, it keeps wanting to go faster and it's > > > necessary to keep lifting your foot to stay near the speed limit. Top > > speed > > > is 125 for the 4.5 and 118 for the sixes, although if you are brave you > > can > > > push them faster. You will wear the cylinders out pretty fast if you > do > > > (as in a couple runs). > > > > > > > > Peter > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > > http://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 > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://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 > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars > > > > * > > *www.BuyEUROparts.com* > > _______________________________________ > > http://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 > > > _______________________________________ > http://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 > -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* _______________________________________ http://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 _______________________________________ http://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
