Just got beat...
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Just got beat...
In my loaner 2005 230 Sports Sedan (5-speed auto), just got beat by my buddy's 2001 SLK230 (5-speed auto). He jumped off the line cause I wasn't sure we were doing it (sometimes a cop hiding behind a corner a little ways up), but this thing caught up to within a car length and stayed with him. Not sure how it would do with a good start, but I was pleasantly surprised, to say the least. Of course I had it in manual shift mode, and it jumped from 1 --> 3, otherwise, who knows, I could have had him. Stupid computers.
Neither of these cars are speed demons (I think the 0-60 for the SLK is posted as 7.2), but the 5-speed showed me a little something tonight. Can't wait for my 6-speed to arrive so I can go to PES and slap a Kleeman kit on it.
Sorry if this has been posted before. I should have searched first. :v (kidding)
Cheers guys.
Neither of these cars are speed demons (I think the 0-60 for the SLK is posted as 7.2), but the 5-speed showed me a little something tonight. Can't wait for my 6-speed to arrive so I can go to PES and slap a Kleeman kit on it.
Sorry if this has been posted before. I should have searched first. :v (kidding)
Cheers guys.
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Delbomber: In this price range you should not have selected an MB. You should have selected a Mustang GT as you are clearly a "speed freak". You will never be able to compete with a stock 'Stang even in a C350.
Not meant to be a downer, but you've got to spend ~ $50K to get a fast MB.
Not meant to be a downer, but you've got to spend ~ $50K to get a fast MB.
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Originally Posted by tyro
Delbomber: In this price range you should not have selected an MB. You should have selected a Mustang GT as you are clearly a "speed freak". You will never be able to compete with a stock 'Stang even in a C350.
Not meant to be a downer, but you've got to spend ~ $50K to get a fast MB.
Not meant to be a downer, but you've got to spend ~ $50K to get a fast MB.
I get what you're saying about price relative to MB speed. I didn't buy this car for speed (in fact, I didn't buy this car at all, I bought a a 6-speed, this is just the loaner), but for a combination of things...if speed is what I wanted, I would have stuck with my G35.
My observation about the 5-speed c230 is that it feels underpowered, not that it is slow...that's all, and I attribute that to gearing. I don't expect to be racing this thing, nor do I expect it to beat stock ANYTHING...hell, the Corolla Sport and Mazda 6 have faster published 0-60 times.
The 6-speed, on the other hand, has just the right amount of get-up-and-go to fit me into those tight places I sometimes need to get with my flavor for driving...
No disrespect to 5-speed owners, I would go for one if I was a less aggressive driver...cautiously aggressive, that is.
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if speed was all there is to a car, everybody would drive the mitsubishi lancer evolution VIII or IX. it's about $33k and can reach 62 mph (100 kmph) in less than 4.4 seconds 
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Originally Posted by mick1
if speed was all there is to a car, everybody would drive the mitsubishi lancer evolution VIII or IX. it's about $33k and can reach 62 mph (100 kmph) in less than 4.4 seconds
