..more rapid than you'd think.
I was returning from a day trip this weekend in the CLS fairly heavily loaded and with a bike on the roof bars. Going along a derestricted country lane at 60mph and a W213 pulled out of a small side road right into my path. I was braced for some hard braking but in the end only needed to scrub a few mph off my speed.
The car was a 68 plate E200 and got up to speed very rapidly indeed, with no petrol-y smell at all. The driver went on to drive like an absolute plank, tailgating other cars, did a stupid overtake and then was weaving in and out of the lanes at some traffic lights further up. Driven more like a stereotypical BMW driver.
Anyway, having read up on this on my return it seems the quoted 0-60 on these is about 8secs which is pretty good for a large car/small engine combo. This one certainly did it in the manufacturer stated time. Just thought I'd share in case anyone was considering one!
I was returning from a day trip this weekend in the CLS fairly heavily loaded and with a bike on the roof bars. Going along a derestricted country lane at 60mph and a W213 pulled out of a small side road right into my path. I was braced for some hard braking but in the end only needed to scrub a few mph off my speed.
The car was a 68 plate E200 and got up to speed very rapidly indeed, with no petrol-y smell at all. The driver went on to drive like an absolute plank, tailgating other cars, did a stupid overtake and then was weaving in and out of the lanes at some traffic lights further up. Driven more like a stereotypical BMW driver.
Anyway, having read up on this on my return it seems the quoted 0-60 on these is about 8secs which is pretty good for a large car/small engine combo. This one certainly did it in the manufacturer stated time. Just thought I'd share in case anyone was considering one!
Suspect it wasn’t his car as if you’re the boy racer type you’d guess he would have debadged.
