Slower than a Camry ?
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Porsche Macan S SportDesign / Ex M-B's: 11 & 10 & 06 E350's, 02 S500
I.e, if you care about racing Toyota's (I just LOL'd) then you're better off getting another car. You spent your money in the wrong place!
Fortunately for me, no Toyota will ever find out whether I'm faster or slower than them, 'cause I'll never be dumb enough to race 'em! I'll be cruising back and enjoying my nice ride.
Fortunately for me, no Toyota will ever find out whether I'm faster or slower than them, 'cause I'll never be dumb enough to race 'em! I'll be cruising back and enjoying my nice ride.
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2019 G70 6MT & 2022 Ford Maverick XL
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Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 488
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From: Michigan
W203-4M W163
Sportstick has it spot on - I come from a family of Toyota & Benz drivers - both because of reliability at the end of the day in African conditions.
The Toyota side just want transport & the Benz side love their cars & enjoy the Benz feel.
Only boy racers care about 0.2 of a second to 60. Benz builds safe cars for high mileage reliability/durability in their traditional markets but have tried of recent years to improve the age demographic.
If you want more power buy an AMG - you are catered for as well in the line up.
Fortunately Benz cars hold value in their traditional markets - Europe, Africa, Australasia. Even our old 2003 W203 will still fetch an easy US$ 26K in SA. I guess in the US about US$ 9K
Only the US suffers a precipitous loss in value due to that market's dynamics & the fact that the cars are cheap to start with there. The real cost of entry to the Merc family is comparitively a lot higher in other markets unless you want to buy an A Class and even that is expensive for what it is. You don't find college kids driving a Benz to school in their traditional markets.
The Toyota side just want transport & the Benz side love their cars & enjoy the Benz feel.
Only boy racers care about 0.2 of a second to 60. Benz builds safe cars for high mileage reliability/durability in their traditional markets but have tried of recent years to improve the age demographic.
If you want more power buy an AMG - you are catered for as well in the line up.
Fortunately Benz cars hold value in their traditional markets - Europe, Africa, Australasia. Even our old 2003 W203 will still fetch an easy US$ 26K in SA. I guess in the US about US$ 9K
Only the US suffers a precipitous loss in value due to that market's dynamics & the fact that the cars are cheap to start with there. The real cost of entry to the Merc family is comparitively a lot higher in other markets unless you want to buy an A Class and even that is expensive for what it is. You don't find college kids driving a Benz to school in their traditional markets.
As far as the acceleration goes, 0.2 of a second to 60MPH is hardly what I would call "faster" given all of the other variables involved.
But, if you are using one metric to measure a car, then use that metric to BUY it in the first place and buy something faster. It's not like the 0-60 times are hidden from you at the time of purchase.
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Joined: May 2011
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From: Socal, USA
2008 C350 Benz, GLA250 4matic
Yea im a young college guy but ill take a benz over a beamer almost any day...the C350 just has swagg. Haha especially after 08...before that I didn't care for the C or E classes very much....just the S, SLK, SL and of course the all mighty SLR. Haha
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From: Minneapolis, MN - USA
'10 C300 4M -> '01 Audi Allroad Bi-Turbo
The C300 transmission is likely geared for more top end. The Toy is geared to feel good up to 55mph and that's it. ...aside from teh fact that the Camery is a *****box in every other way, i guess we can allow the 1/4 performance to be about the same.
