Bargain Bucket
Active Member
- Joined
- May 9, 2005
- Messages
- 42
- Reaction score
- 3
- Location
- Sussex, UK
- Your Mercedes
- S212 E220 Bluetec AMG Line Facelift/LCI
401.5 BHP, 421 lb/ft (Lotus Carlton)
Sounds like a Honda sales literature figure to me, and they are always accurate.....Birdman said:With the Fireblade, 172BHP or 950BHP/ton except when riding it, when it drops by one-third!
They all lie like....marketing people. But the alternative is relying on dyno claims.Blobcat said:Sounds like a Honda sales literature figure to me, and they are always accurate.....
I have had the petrol versions of both of your cars, though LHD they were supurb cars, they stay in your mind forever.Hibbo said:88hp of mayhem from the 300D! Cr-azy!
It may be 23 years old, but it drives superb, like a Merc should. It is just as happy plodding around town as it is cruising along the motorway.
I am not a speed merchant (obviously! ), but I think anyone would enjoy the drive of tank-like Merc, with a big plodding diesel engine through a silk smooth automatic gearbox - it still amazes me just how nice it is to drive.
.... I do fancy an SL one day though....
I believe it is 136bhpDoyle said:Whats the BHP of my car and everyone else's on here?
Paul
blassberg said:221BHP, 224HP - I think that's the right way round
No I think that's only forwards Malcolm....television said:More than enough either way,dont you think.
It means you can shread the tyres at 2,000 reves rather than at 6,000 . The power is always available, you don't need to downshift twice to get the revs up into the power band. Although I don't wish to start the P vs D debate again...thespirit3 said:150bhp here (C220 CDI).
I'm curious - what's the advantage of the higher torque of a diseasel engine, if not pulling a caravan/trailer? I assume better at hill climbing ... but is that all?
I hear a lot of diesel owners (when questioned about the low mpg of the 3+ litre engines - and why they chose diesel over petrol) say "ooooh but the torque! you just can't get that torque from a petrol engine". And of course, they're right - but none of them tow farm machinery - so ... what does it matter?
Sorry to hijack the discussion - thought it was a good opportunity to ask the question