psfred mentioned that snow and ice handling with the diesels is bad due to too much torque. Not long after I bought my 123 diesel, i accidentally hit the cruise lever when reaching for the directionals to change lanes on a highway going 60mph in a snow storm!!!! It took me about 5 seconds to figure out what the hell was going on!!! It felt like aliens were taking me away....some other force was controlling the vehicle while I hung on for the ride doing my best to control it......fun ride!!

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1984 300TD Wagon, 407,800 mi (current daily driver)
1985 300DT Sedan, 330,000 mi (gone to that great autobahn in the sky)