Re: CL 65 AMG

DAS

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Juergen:

Cars nowadays are heavy enough, so there's no need to inflate their weights even further. :-)

The correct conversion factor is 1 lb = 0.45359237 kg (exactly), which yields 1 kg = 2.2046 lb (approx.). Thus, 2155 kg = 4,751 lb.

Best regards,

Danny

What fascinates me is how you managed to get so much precision (4 decimal places) into such an inaccurate number...

:-)) DAS

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BTW, if your 138 km/h top speed is indicated on your speedometer, I am plsd to tell you that on my 1980 W123 200D I achieved a racy 143, the envy of all my colleagues (who all had the same model) :-)

DAS

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No, the speedo relatively easy runs out of figures (160 km/h), but that of course is nothing I care of; the 138 km/h is what the factory states, in reality it is not uncommon such an old MB diesel goes ca. 5 km/h more than stated by the factory.

But I really do NOT care about the top speed (and it would be ridiculous btw. it is extremely low, no matter if 138 km/h or 145 km/h); that car is for city driving only and the top speed figure is only for joking a bit here in alt.auto.mercedes

Ok, that of course is a funny game when going with such two (or more) identical cars on the motorway and the one one drives is a bit faster - but aside that it is meaningless (see above).

Kind regards

Juergen P. S : Tested the car today and it easily reached the 30 km/h allowed in my neighbourhood area ;-))

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Juergen,

As long as you're memorizing that factor, 1.60934, you may as well memorize one more digit, and it'll be the exact conversion factor. 1 mile = 1.609344 km. Now you need to be careful when you convert. 138 km/h = 85.7 mph.

Best regards,

Danny

I prefer to round it up to 86 mph ;-))

Kind regards from Germany

Juergen

Hopefully someday we will all be wealthy enough to have a CL65 cabriolet and be able to pay somebody else to do the math.

Unless I would be a billionaire I would not spend that much money on a single car - ok, I know I am banned from the ng for a week for saying so plus another week for saying that if I would spend so much money on a single car I would choose another car but no MB...

Kind regards from Germany

Juergen - thinking his 250 Euro MB is worth much more, at least 251 Euro... ;-)