Thread: To CD or not to CD? '85 300 CD T 254k
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Old 12-03-2006, 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by ForcedInduction View Post
Not all that bad? It sacrifices power, economy, reliability, turbo life, simplicity, maintenance costs, emissions, and overall cost to *look* cleaner out the tailpipe.
but really, if it is a good car that runs well, isnt that more important than maximum power, etc?

is it 5% more trouble? 10%? at 265k will it make a big difference?

i have never owned one, i am just going by what i have read here.

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