gr1nch
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- Joined
- Oct 15, 2016
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- Mons, Belgium & Ashford, Kent
- Your Mercedes
- W222 S350d AMG Line Premium Plus 2017 Iridium Silver over Black Nappa
A nice run legally speeding on the way from Innsbruck to Stuttgart yesterday. After nearly 3 months of keeping to national speed limits, it was great to see how far the new car would go and what my own comfort zone is re road speed. Heading north of 200kph, noticed that Distronic Plus maxes out at this point. Smoothly moved up to a sustained 240kph before having to slow for traffic. Then before heading off the autobahn, pushed the pedal to see if I could get to 250kph, which the car did with ease. Not bad for a 3 litre diesel!
* 240kph in top gear, D9, at 3K rpm. At 250kph I was too focused on driving to check the rpm!
For the high speed sections this Dutch registered V10 Audi (with a rarher nice exhaust note) kept us company, each doing our own thing of course, which turned out to be very similar. Early on, he slowed so I would pass, to see what car was keeping pace with him I guess, then he gave a wave as did I. Out "paths" crossed quite a few times, each with a respectful and interested wave. First time this camaraderie has happened to me, which was nice!
As this kind of camaraderie was new to me, I asked my wife to take a pic of the debadged Audi - an RS6 Avant maybe?
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* 2017 W222 S350d SWB AMG Line Premium Plus
* Ashford, Kent & Mons, Belgium
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* 240kph in top gear, D9, at 3K rpm. At 250kph I was too focused on driving to check the rpm!
For the high speed sections this Dutch registered V10 Audi (with a rarher nice exhaust note) kept us company, each doing our own thing of course, which turned out to be very similar. Early on, he slowed so I would pass, to see what car was keeping pace with him I guess, then he gave a wave as did I. Out "paths" crossed quite a few times, each with a respectful and interested wave. First time this camaraderie has happened to me, which was nice!
As this kind of camaraderie was new to me, I asked my wife to take a pic of the debadged Audi - an RS6 Avant maybe?
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* 2017 W222 S350d SWB AMG Line Premium Plus
* Ashford, Kent & Mons, Belgium
Sent from my Moto G using Tapatalk