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Old May 15, 2006 | 06:06 PM
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Got taken down!!

I got schooled today by a S2000 in the C240 loaner car. I thought I had the upper hand when I pulled on him and then I heard the whinning of his turbo spooling and I knew it was all over.
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Old May 15, 2006 | 06:24 PM
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why bother... c240... s2000... basically you need a amg car for that s2000, or something up there...
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Old May 15, 2006 | 06:27 PM
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That's probably the only C240 that's ever been in a race.

I've been picking on C230's just to get an idea how much of a distance I can pull on them with the Buick, but nobody wants to race. I once got my sis to race me when I was driving the Jeep, but after losing even to that she doesn't want to race anymore.
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Old May 15, 2006 | 07:03 PM
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lol - C240 against a stock S2000 would be a slaughter much less one that's got a turbo loud enough to hear - hahhaha
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Old May 15, 2006 | 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Roupin
That's probably the only C240 that's ever been in a race.

no, its not, definitely
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Old May 17, 2006 | 04:37 PM
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oooops, the loaner is actually a 2006 C280 with six speed auto stick.... I think it had a chance against a regular S2000 if i'd just up shift and redline the crap out of it. Now a different story if I was in my baby...
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Old May 28, 2006 | 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Roupin
That's probably the only C240 that's ever been in a race.

I've been picking on C230's just to get an idea how much of a distance I can pull on them with the Buick, but nobody wants to race. I once got my sis to race me when I was driving the Jeep, but after losing even to that she doesn't want to race anymore.
Weird. Whenever I drive through south orange county I always see at least one or two people in their 20's (yea, like me) driving a c240/c230 weaving at high speeds down the 5 or 405. I've tried to play with a few on the the freeway, but they can't keep up and that's a gross understatement, so I get bored and drive away. Weird though, because when I had my 5'r in the shop a while back I got a c240 as a loaner and it was neither sporty nor fast... in fact it felt like a 5000 lb luxo boat. I don't know what possess some people to drive them fast...
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Old Jun 10, 2006 | 10:46 PM
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I got schooled today by a S2000 in the C240 loaner car. I thought I had the upper hand when I pulled on him and then I heard the whinning of his turbo spooling and I knew it was all over.
S2000s with a turbo are as rare as hens teeth. None are carb legal so they are found on the east coast mostly in Florida. If it was boosted it was probably a Comptech or Vortech supercharger. There are hundreds of those around. I've had one for several years and it will out run most of the Mercedes.
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I'm not gonna bash the C240, but I've driven one, and its safe to say many, if not most cars can take it on the road. It's probably just as fast as the Chevy Tahoe or something.
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