Hey Blue thats a goodpoint. From personal experience I know my benz is geared for highway speed. With a 4 speed auto it tops out at 130 even with a granny gear for first. I can't even get it to go past like 20 in first gear before shiftin to 2. I believe all mercedes or most all to this day with auto trannies also start from a dead stop in second gear and will not engage first unless done manually with shifter by kickdown. It is a 16ish in quarter but thats because of the crappy gearing. From a 20-30 mph roll is the best acceleration. Mind you this is with second engine from the bottom 2.6 inline 6. The big 500's get Some nice V8s and top out at around 150ish. I don't even know what the newer ones are capable of.
One reason why some people might want a 50k car that performs like a 20k car is because of quality and reliability. My Mercedes has 132,000 miles on it and runs like new and has no squeaks or rattles. On the other hand My Lincoln I just got has only 35,000 miles on it and has more squeaks and rattles than you can shake 3 sticks at. Thats ford for ya
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Rob meister
87 Lincoln Continental
