road trip car
All that sluggish acceleration of the diesel made me pine for a V8. I especially wanted one for the cross country trip, where a V8 could lazily cruise at 80MPH for hour after hour. A long time ago after a thankgiving trip to my brother's house, I looked a one in Massachusetts: a baby blue 280SEL 4.5, but it was rusted badly. That was the first 4.5 I actually looked at and drove. Thinking about it now, that car was totally out of whack. I never did get one for the road trip, and ended up taking the 240D, but when I got to California, I started looking in earnest.
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