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Jun 29, 2015
8:12:03am
On a serious note, I picked up a '00 e320 as a commuter car and the gearbox had
W and S switches next to it. Since most trannys have a "sports" mode, I figured the "W" was some silly german term for "standard."

So I drove around on "W" for a few days, and I figured a V6 would be gutless (I'm a V8 guy), but I didn't expect it to be THAT gutless.

Until I read the owners manual:

W is for "WET", starts in 2nd and upshifts before building RPM/torque. S is for "Standard" not Sport.

Put it back in S and it it's like I gained 70hp. (Still know V8, but at least it's tolerable!)
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