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Old Jul 20, 2005 | 05:11 PM
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ML500 vs. Jeep Grand Cherokee V8

I was graced with the chance to race my friend's Jeep G.Cherokee V8 against my ML500. At first I thought that he would leave me considering he weights less, about 9,000 lbs less. I raced from a light and we were side by side the whole time! The ML kept with him till we got up to 55 and then we had to hit the brakes so we would not brake the speed limit bad. We have also tested our 0-60's. The Jeep can run 6.8-7.5. The ML500 I have run at 7.0 to 7.5. They are suprising very similar.
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Old Jul 20, 2005 | 05:47 PM
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is that the jeep with the hemi in it?
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Old Jul 20, 2005 | 09:10 PM
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It's all about the driver. If you can't drive, you'll lose. ML500 will beat the GC any day. But, why race the two trucks. Seems like a bunch of kids here...
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Old Jul 20, 2005 | 10:23 PM
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I made the Jeep Grand Cherokee V8 look like a joke, one pulled up along side me, cruising at around 75mph, he wanted to race, I got up to 110mph on interstate 87, and I havent seen him for 5 minutes. When he finnally caught up at traffic by a toll bridge.
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Old Jul 20, 2005 | 10:28 PM
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The Jeep was a 04 and had the stock V8 4.7L. We raced them to compare the two
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 11:46 PM
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You've just gotta love the way the 5.0L and 5.4L MB V8's sound. That is maybe why my gas bill is so high. mmm...
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Old Jul 22, 2005 | 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by ML500 5.0L V-8
You've just gotta love the way the 5.0L and 5.4L MB V8's sound. That is maybe why my gas bill is so high. mmm...
haha I know what you mean. I cant help but to hear her roar from time to time.
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Old Jul 26, 2005 | 04:16 PM
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the grand cherokee isfast. i have 5.2l jeep and it whips my ML500 but all day light to light, but jump on the highway and its a lil different, the grand cherokee with 5.9L was fastest SUV till the infinit FX came out and the porsche cayenne are the only 2 suv that are faster.
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