Unlike most of you, I bought both of my MB's new, I didn't buy either one for it's economy - I bought them because my wife loved the SD (we traded in her '78 300D) and I bought the '84 CD as my second CD (my first was a '79 CD) wanting nothing more from it over the '79 other than the power of the turbo. We got both of them in diesels, not because of the price of diesel, but because we loved the cars and knew that if we wanted we could drive them forever. After 26 and 24 years and a combined 460K miles on the two cars, nothing has changed. If you like your MB, because of what it is - not because of the price of diesel - don't whore yourself out with some ricer or alternative fuel POS.

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Houston, Texas
1984 300CD 235K miles, Elvira, one owner
1987 300TD 180K miles
1974 TR6 78K miles Sarah Jane, one owner
OBK #27