The hill power seems to vary ;
Sometimes it breezes up hills @ 60 ~ 65 MPH , others it lags and slows down to 50 MPH or so .
I'm at a loss to say what the deal is .
This is almost always with just me and a bunch of crap (100 # or so) in the trunk .
Being a slushbox , having even one passenger slows things up quite a bit .
Nevertheless , I've driven it many times to Los Vegas fully loaded up with five adults and the trunk full of luggage , over the hills and it goes right along for the most part . I drive it 60 most of the time to get top fuel economy .
Driving a slushbox equipped 240D over 65 ~ 70 MPH is beating the crap out of it , don't complain when/if it screws up after much of that .
I also try to keep a sharp eye on the valve adjustments and filters etc.
This time the fuel in the clear plastic intake screen was tea colored , I tapped it a bunch with a screw driver handle before slacking the clamps and didn't see the usual chunks of dead fungus ~ a few tiny black things that blew right out leaving me with a clean filter screen so I reinstalled it filled up and went on my way .
-Nate
