Diesel is $3.49 to $3.59 here in my part of North Carolina. I get decent mileage with my '83 300D (when it runs!) believe it or not. The price isn't killing me yet ... and my wife's 2003 Jetta TDI getting 50 mpg is way better than paying 50 cents less for gas and getting 25 or even 35.


I can't believe what some manufacturers try to pawn off as an "economy car" -- tiny little POSes that still only get 32 or 34 mpg.

Anyway, good luck selling the 240D.

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-- 1983 300D, acquired 10/19/2005 at 215,000+ turbodiesel miles ... engine croaked almost immediately ... back on the road at 217,210 with a 144K turbo motor from a donor '85. ... May 2007, replaced radiator. ... Now (2/28/08) about 240K miles and dead due to battery?