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Yeah I don’t mind being slow, I’ve made the trip in an air-cooled bay window a few times, it’s the absence of response from that combo of under-powered engine and over-geared auto box that kills. Even in the camper when you put your foot down it immediately got noisier and shakier showing some willing.
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I did that trip last week in my W123 230ce (Kent to Fowey)…I now have a mindset of knowing I am slow, so I just take it easy and waft.
TBH over the years I have done the same trip in a M5, Cerbera, 172cup and various other cars. While I may have been quicker in the other cars, traffic is always the deciding factor, not my car. Quickest I did it was leaving Carbis Bay @ 9pm, in the W123 with a boot full and wife, kids and dog(puppy), just over 5 hours and would have been quicker If the M25 was not shut for roadworks