How Fast Have You Taken Your W203?
#151
Country: Canada (heading to Mosport Circuit)
Model: E320
Max Speed: 135+mph
Comments: The most beautiful road I have ever driven. Very wide, open highway in the mountains with banked, sweeping turns and completely empty!!. 3 deer/elk (whatever they were they almost became soup, along with me) decided do cross the highway while i was at about 120 and I had to quickly (and gently ) swerve in between 2 of them. Car handled beautifully, and probably saved my life!
Country: Argentina
Model: 2001 Peugot 406
Max Speed: 140
Comments: Straight shot at this speed for a good 20 minutes at night on an empty 2 lane highway in the middle of the patagonia. Got kinda boring after a while haha .
It's funny how after you drive at 125+ for a few minutes, when you slow down to 90/100 you feel like you're crawling.
Model: E320
Max Speed: 135+mph
Comments: The most beautiful road I have ever driven. Very wide, open highway in the mountains with banked, sweeping turns and completely empty!!. 3 deer/elk (whatever they were they almost became soup, along with me) decided do cross the highway while i was at about 120 and I had to quickly (and gently ) swerve in between 2 of them. Car handled beautifully, and probably saved my life!
Country: Argentina
Model: 2001 Peugot 406
Max Speed: 140
Comments: Straight shot at this speed for a good 20 minutes at night on an empty 2 lane highway in the middle of the patagonia. Got kinda boring after a while haha .
It's funny how after you drive at 125+ for a few minutes, when you slow down to 90/100 you feel like you're crawling.
#152
Model: 07 C230
Country: USA
My Maximum Speed: 135 mph
Comments: Excellent Handiling, Car seems to be limited at 135mph or so.
First time i hit over 100mph was last night. JHuge adrnaline rush..and most likely the last time.
Country: USA
My Maximum Speed: 135 mph
Comments: Excellent Handiling, Car seems to be limited at 135mph or so.
First time i hit over 100mph was last night. JHuge adrnaline rush..and most likely the last time.
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PS: I need to get myself a radar detector to make sure I never get stopped.
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I did a "trial by declaration" and lost. I could've gone in person, but I missed the
deadline to file a "Trial De Novo". I never got to see what the officers responded, and yes they both wrote written responses, which I was somewhat shocked about, since I'd read there was a 30% chance they wouldn't respond,
and thats with one officer.
With 2 involved, I figgered my odds were increased.
I say it's BS, but oh well.
Needless to say, what the officer said was true
"that (detector) won't do you any good against the airplane".
Yup "They even had a Bear in the air".
Lately, I think a number of cops are using Laser, since I pass them with
no response on the detector, while they are holding a gun of some sort.
Still, it helps to prevent the majority of Oop's when you aren't paying attention.
Likely I need a newer one. The one have is old.
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Wow thats crazy, an airplane...well cops in Mass are stepping up...theres traps everywhere, so I'm very cautious. Wish I could afford a valentine or escort, because theres no point in getting the other ones that arent as effective, at least from what I've read.
#157
V1, all the way! I have never gotten a speeding ticket, and the Valentine has definitely saved my @ss a couple of times. Although if the cop is using laser, the most sophisticated detector wont do you any good because the response time is virtually instantaneous. Most cops use laser around where I live which sucks.
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2006 C280
2006 C280
7-spd auto trans
Powerchip ecu reprogram
19" wheels
Top speed: 135 mph
Comments: Still accelerating at that speed. Felt like it was still on 6th gear. Still very stable at that speed. Slowed down due to oncoming traffic. This is with 3 passengers and trunk full of stuff.
7-spd auto trans
Powerchip ecu reprogram
19" wheels
Top speed: 135 mph
Comments: Still accelerating at that speed. Felt like it was still on 6th gear. Still very stable at that speed. Slowed down due to oncoming traffic. This is with 3 passengers and trunk full of stuff.
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2002 C230 K, 6 speed
Those are Kilometers pe hour and not miles. That is about 170 MPH. That car can go that fast with no proplems. There is no speed limitors in europe from what I know. But on the other hand it does look like it is a fotoshop picture.
Last edited by cla 1000; 04-19-2007 at 07:08 PM.
#163
In the US
My old Passat W8 - 130+ mph
C230 - 120 mph
In Germany
Calibra turbo - 140 mph
In Brazil (!)
Marea turbo - 140 mph
More interesting is how often you go fast (like Ricky Bobby used to say) when you're single X married...
My cars (or me) are now slower, hotter (temperature) and with low stereo volume.
My old Passat W8 - 130+ mph
C230 - 120 mph
In Germany
Calibra turbo - 140 mph
In Brazil (!)
Marea turbo - 140 mph
More interesting is how often you go fast (like Ricky Bobby used to say) when you're single X married...
My cars (or me) are now slower, hotter (temperature) and with low stereo volume.
Last edited by John McLane; 04-20-2007 at 01:59 PM.
#164
V1, all the way! I have never gotten a speeding ticket, and the Valentine has definitely saved my @ss a couple of times. Although if the cop is using laser, the most sophisticated detector wont do you any good because the response time is virtually instantaneous. Most cops use laser around where I live which sucks.
Well, I read that the Laser and POP readings although instantaneous, are not valid for ticketing. They used as a reference to read your speed for a minimal interval of time and then write you the ticket. Therefore, V1, Escort and Passport are quite effective IF the police follows this rule.
True or not, I keep my Passport when I hit the HW here in MA, soon in NC
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CL203 & sprinter
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Australia, Hume Hwy.
223 k/m max.
Car wouldn’t budge any further..
Wouldn’t wanted to have gone any faster..
Australian road engineers must have been drunk when designing this stretch of highway.. it seemed smooth at first, but the faster i went the more ridiculously unsuitable the road was.
223 k/m max.
Car wouldn’t budge any further..
Wouldn’t wanted to have gone any faster..
Australian road engineers must have been drunk when designing this stretch of highway.. it seemed smooth at first, but the faster i went the more ridiculously unsuitable the road was.
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Sport Coupe 30 AMG
Also, the ESP indicator doesn't always mean "death" because you can disconnet the ESP on the dashboard in that case, the indicator is on to warn you that there is no ESP to help you in case of a problem (even if you are stopped. Yet if I was to go to that speed, I would not disconnect the ESP and would probably be scared to death if the indicator was to flash to my eyes.
This photo is not a fotoshop as far as the speedometer did indicate 300 the hand really was indiacting 300 when I took the photo.
But the fotoshop is, as spotted by FrankW, on the gear selection which actually indicated P.
In fact, I was in the garage with the diagnosis computer plugged on the car and we were running test on the car (trying to activate the folding side mirrors) when at some point, we found that test, the speed hand goes from 0-300 in a couple seconds and back to 0.
Well done guys, you know your mercs I don't think I would dare taking a picture at those speed. Although at 200 the car feels really stable.
more seriously I only had the car for couple weeks and didn't dare (because of the cops) to go to the limit, still.
Model: 03 C-Coupé 30 cdi AMG
Country:
My Maximum Speed: 210 km/h (approx 130)
But with my father's car:
Model: 03 E 400 cdi
Country: France
My Maximum speed: 148
Sorry for this little joke.
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2006 C230
2006 C230
7 spd auto tranny
Top speed: 135 mph
Comments: Was really stable felt smooth and pretty quick. It was really fun weaving through traffic at those speeds
2006 Dodge Viper
6spd manual
Top Speed: 203 mph
Comments: HOLY ****!!!!
7 spd auto tranny
Top speed: 135 mph
Comments: Was really stable felt smooth and pretty quick. It was really fun weaving through traffic at those speeds
2006 Dodge Viper
6spd manual
Top Speed: 203 mph
Comments: HOLY ****!!!!
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2002 C230 coupe , NOt THE AVATAR!!
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