I feel the same about the wagon. Pedestrians get worked up when they hear me coming but then they realize I am only going 25mph at 4000rpm.
On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 3:51 AM, dseretakis--- via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Yup, I push my 240D to the limit and it is so much fun! I'm not going fast > but it feels like I am. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jan 31, 2015, at 6:43 AM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Exactly! > > > > On Friday, January 30, 2015, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > wrote: > > > >> There is a lot to be said for driving a slow car as fast as it will go > >> well, compared to a fast car that you can rarely exploit. > >> > >> On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 10:02 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes < > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com <javascript:;>> wrote: > >> > >>> My old 83 123 turbo diesel was bad enough about acceleration. > >>> > >>> My 1972 200D (euro 115) is no speed demon, but most times at > >>> stop lights I'm seeing the cars behind me, not before. It's > >>> plenty fast enough. Stickshift, and geared for a top speed > >>> of 85 or so. > >>> > >>> -- Jim > >> > >> > >> -- > >> OK Don > >> > >> NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! > >> > >> *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many > of > >> our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain > >> > >> "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few > who > >> learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > >> for themselves." > >> > >> WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > >> 2013 F150, 18 mpg > >> 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg > >> 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > >> _______________________________________ > >> 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 > >> > >> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > >> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > >> has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > > > > > -- > > Jaime Kopchinski > > http://www.jaimekop.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 > > > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > _______________________________________ > 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 > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > _______________________________________ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
