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Old Aug 29, 2004 | 04:58 PM
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Hello, anyone tried putting the pedal to the metal on the ML350?
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Old Aug 29, 2004 | 08:27 PM
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nope....i've never found enough open road...the 320 is too damn slow....
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Old Aug 29, 2004 | 11:54 PM
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a car that can't do the throttle reset.
good luck testing it.
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Old Aug 29, 2004 | 11:56 PM
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Originally Posted by deltadude388
Hello, anyone tried putting the pedal to the metal on the ML350?
What's yr. top speed?
Kompressed ML430. At 80 MPH I'm only at 2750 RPMS. I have 430 BHP. Governor/limiter is disabled. I'm a little scared above 110 MPH even at night when no one's on the road[too many freakin' curves on the Illinois roadways. The coef drag is pretty damn good for a truck/SUV. It will do 125 no problem--but the tires are quite unhappy and loud and the cowl and dash shake too much. ML350 will do over 100 also but quite shaky to say the least...
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Old Aug 30, 2004 | 08:13 AM
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I drove to SC last week and I had it up to 110 mph. I had some vibration at 80 mph which I well get the dealer to check it out, but was smooth at 110 mph. I drove about 90 mph most of the way.

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Old Aug 30, 2004 | 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by deltadude388
Hello, anyone tried putting the pedal to the metal on the ML350?
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Humm my top speed in my 2000 ML430 was about 125MPH before I ran out of freeway
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Old Aug 30, 2004 | 08:08 PM
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Coming back from LA this past weekend I was doing 120 and the wife (and the other couple in the car) thought I was doing about 80! Rode as smooth as a car and no tire or road noise. Very impressed. Quite stable as well. Bit of a scare though when we went through a dust devil.

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Old Aug 31, 2004 | 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by deltadude388
Hello, anyone tried putting the pedal to the metal on the ML350?
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Check out pics of this Benz World member doing about 135MPH in his ML55.
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98 ml320. pushed it to the limit till the mph started going up n down cause the governor limit kicked in. smoooooth baby ...smooooth
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Old Sep 4, 2004 | 02:01 AM
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When I was in the U.S. I could barely reach 110 because the roads didn't allow it, and if they did, the cop would be waiting for you and you don't want to risk it. Over here, I reached 125MPH and a lil over that, before I said to myself, thats enough. I'm impressed by the handling of the car at that speed, better than I had expected.
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Old Sep 26, 2004 | 03:36 AM
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i drove home from lenox,mass to boston,mass in about 1 hour 15 min,,,it was 105 miles, i did 130 mph ez before i came upon traffic,,but i kept it at 90-100 all the way on the mass turnpike no problem , drives like my gs430,,doesnt feel like a truck at all, very steady and not floaty .. cant wait to upgrade to bilstines shoks and rear sway bar grade.. :p
berkshires mountains to boston was a fun ride,
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 04:34 PM
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Past 85 and the drag from my roof rack slows me down.

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Old Oct 12, 2004 | 03:44 PM
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the v8 is a monster on the open road,

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