Station Wagons and more
08-20-2024, 03:00 PM
#43
Thread Starter
I guess this belongs here.
https://www.motor1.com/reviews/72173...280-te-review/
https://www.motor1.com/reviews/72173...280-te-review/
08-21-2024, 09:34 AM
#44
It was a 300TE that started it all for me.
I always had this image of Mercs as sleep-inducing, safe, staid, reliable transportation, that is until I went and test drove a used 300TE wagon.
You know mundane, grocery-getter, Saturday-kids-to-the-soccer-game, flea-market, mommy-mobile
3 liter inline six 4 speed wagon. I was about 300 yards down the road when I went "HOLY S***" this thing is fast.
Off the line it would match an S2000 in a 0-60 run but without the drama.
Crisp rack and pinion steering. well mannered road control. No I didn't buy that one but 13 mercs later....
I always had this image of Mercs as sleep-inducing, safe, staid, reliable transportation, that is until I went and test drove a used 300TE wagon.
You know mundane, grocery-getter, Saturday-kids-to-the-soccer-game, flea-market, mommy-mobile
3 liter inline six 4 speed wagon. I was about 300 yards down the road when I went "HOLY S***" this thing is fast.
Off the line it would match an S2000 in a 0-60 run but without the drama.
Crisp rack and pinion steering. well mannered road control. No I didn't buy that one but 13 mercs later....
08-21-2024, 12:06 PM
#45
Site Moderator
It was a 300TE that started it all for me.
I always had this image of Mercs as sleep-inducing, safe, staid, reliable transportation, that is until I went and test drove a used 300TE wagon.
You know mundane, grocery-getter, Saturday-kids-to-the-soccer-game, flea-market, mommy-mobile
3 liter inline six 4 speed wagon. I was about 300 yards down the road when I went "HOLY S***" this thing is fast.
Off the line it would match an S2000 in a 0-60 run but without the drama.
Crisp rack and pinion steering. well mannered road control. No I didn't buy that one but 13 mercs later....
I always had this image of Mercs as sleep-inducing, safe, staid, reliable transportation, that is until I went and test drove a used 300TE wagon.
You know mundane, grocery-getter, Saturday-kids-to-the-soccer-game, flea-market, mommy-mobile
3 liter inline six 4 speed wagon. I was about 300 yards down the road when I went "HOLY S***" this thing is fast.
Off the line it would match an S2000 in a 0-60 run but without the drama.
Crisp rack and pinion steering. well mannered road control. No I didn't buy that one but 13 mercs later....
08-21-2024, 12:58 PM
#46
ok, probably a slight rose tint. but in 1996 when I did the drive it was damn quick against what else was out there.
The point was it was substantially quicker than what was my expectation going in.
The point was it was substantially quicker than what was my expectation going in.
08-21-2024, 01:00 PM
#47
Site Moderator
Yep, I understand that. Mercs have always been pretty good about making hp and performing better than expected.
08-21-2024, 02:14 PM
#48
I learned what turbo lag was in a 300TD wagon.
As far as how quick a car feels there are official numbers such as h.p. and torque and 0-60 and then there is seat of the pants feel which can be two different things.
As far as how quick a car feels there are official numbers such as h.p. and torque and 0-60 and then there is seat of the pants feel which can be two different things.
08-22-2024, 07:23 AM
#50
I watched it, I don’t keep up with the new vehicles much anymore and when I do see something on them I’m always amazed at all the excess in everything. It is kind of ridiculous. I mean 600 plus horsepower in a street driven station wagon, plus the Porsche Panamera had ten piston calipers on it and they all do 0-60 in 3 seconds AND the Porsche is 220,000 thousand dollars, I didn’t catch them mentioning what the other 2 sell for.