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A group of my friends and I were eating up as much food as we could possibly contain at the local souplantation when the topic of cars came up. My friend, who has a C240 with 18" Brabus Monoblock V rims and other exterior mods, was wondering how fast my car can go. In an attempt to compare my car to his, I guessed that he would win. Anyhow, the two of us left together and the fun began...

First of all, my friend's car is pretty aggressive looking for a Benz-- black grill with HID bulbs and a nice drop on 18s. Anyhow, he pulled up next to me as we were going about 25 mph (from a light); I was in 2nd at the time. He took off, and his front bumper caught my fender (he started behind me). Surprisingly, I held him off and kept pulling and pulling...

We caught the light and he decided to floor it this time (Mercs have a "kickdown" switch that unleashes all the engine's got). Being a stick car, I had the launch advantage. Going into second, I chirped, allthewhile, he was trying to catch up. We shut down at about 80ish (I had a two car lead), as a red light was coming up. Lucky us... a cop was waiting at that light to turn into our street .

My friend was surprised, not to mention myself. 2.6 liter V6 couldn't take my baby . My friend even liked my little chirp . Boy, do I feel proud [maybe I shouldn't be... ].

 
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Impressive run! Very Sweet!

 
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Sweet. Good kill.

 
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umm.... hmmm.....

 
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It was a early 90's Benz right?? My Mom had the Kompresser model in hers (4cyl Supercharged) and from what I remember from driving it it would kick the sh*t outta our civics. I don't know if the 2.6 V6 was faster than the Kompresser though. What mods do you have to pull out a win agains this Benz because I find it hard to believe.

 
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I'm not BSing, guys, but I do understand your concern. I have no mods, whatsoever. He has 18" Brabus rims, contributing to the weight of his 2002 C class. He always complained about his zero to 60, too, so he kinda figured my car would outrun his from a stop.

As far as the Kompresser goes, I think it would kill a lot of cars, so I would lose to that. My mom has a C240 just like my friends, and it's not all that quick, either.

By the way, I have no reason to make this stuff up... I wouldn't want a bunch of people that believe my "fairytale" going out trying to race all the moms and grandpas in C classes.

 
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Yeah, I know what you mean man. I didn't know that it was a 2002 also. Those seem to look bigger but I guess they have about the same engines as the older BENZ. Also he had 18'' rims, from which I am guessing are huge Chrome rims. Can't be good for racing.

Anyways, Congrats on the kill!

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nice kill.

 
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They aren't chrome, but they are one piece, instead of multipiece. I'll take pics today of his car (I adore it's exterior). Are multipiece rims heavier or lighter than single piece?

 
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im not suprised by that.. the C240 is a 2.6L v6 with 168hp and 177lb ft. and 0-60 in 8.7sec.. easily beaten by a 5sp civic driven right

 
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Which implies that I can "drive right" .

 
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There is a reason those cars are so cheap for a benz

 
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Manuel or auto Benz. Carstats has the manuel 2001 clocked at 16.7 in the 1/4...if its auto it should be low-mid 17's easy. Manuel EX runs like mid-high 16's too i think...and i'm sure you had a few 100lb weight advantage. Nice kill though man, always nice beating a more expensive car

Man that really sucks for a v6, 2.6lit...only 168hp...but i guess they're all show, no go

 
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First sorry for reply to myself...but yeah, according to Edmunds EX is like 2650 lbs...c240 like 3300, so yeah...you shoulda beat him

I'm gonna go hunting for c240's from now on

 
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It was an auto Benz, being that a manual one would have to be ordered from Germany.

Anyways, I wonder how the C class would have done against me had it been in tiptronic mode...

 
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I took pics with my camera phone, but they suck. I'll take sunset pics [to better show the lights, and to reduce glare] this weekend.

 
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Nice kill!!!

According to Benz US website: MSRP: $33,370.00

I'd feel pretty bad after paying that much money and getting held off by any Civic.

Of course, if he wanted to go faster'n everyone he'd have got a STi or an EVO instead... If he likes muscle and rear-wheel-drive, there's always the BMW 330i fof about the same coin. If he didn't mind US cars, there's the GTO.

IMO he made a bad purchase.

Ah well, just proof that going fast isn't much a consideration on some folks minds.

 
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Yeah, he's not too into speed. He likes the luxury of it, and the whole cruising deal.

 
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Ah, fair enough, to each his own just so long as they don't "get their wires crossed"