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Deserved reputation for being slow! 200

posted by  someone claiming to be Alex on  Sat Jan 5 22:31 CST 2002 [RELATED]

The 240 makes a sucky city car? Hmm. I don't have much problem - other than the heavy clutch in stop and go traffic. Later 240s supposedly got a reduce effort clutch setup. Is it the gearing you don't like? Or just that a stick in the city is a pain in general?

I've found that 2nd gear works pretty well for me - if traffic slows I can seriously lug the engine (yes, yes, I know it's a bad idea) and keep it inching along and yet I have room to accelerate a bit.

Incidentally the B21FT makes far fewer disturbing noises while revving to keep up with traffic than my Taurus w/ its Vulcan V6 did. That car was AWFUL in stop and go traffic.

- alex






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