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Old 15-03-2010, 01:15 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by kwakdonut View Post
Sorry, I don't agree with that. If it was an E Class, then yes. But the C is not as heavy and the 2.1 litre 4 pot with over 150 bhp is plenty and should not give you much in the way of lag.

Diesel's are designed to give their power low down so you should get good power from almost idle on whereas you generally need to push a petrol before you get all the power out of it. Hence why a diesel red line is generally c.4500rpm (typical) and petrols can be 6000 and higher.

DonDon - what's the mileage? It appears that the diesel's don't start to loosen up before 10k and can feel tight and gutless when new
It was first registered in April 2009 and has done 12,000 miles
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