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Originally Posted by brownrice78
No big loss here. The car looks amazing.....BUT, there are 2 major things against it.
#1 AC doesn't work. The AC could easily turn into a big money item that can turn ugly real quick.
#2 It's a 240D automatic. Don't get me wrong, I love all MB diesels, but the 240D automatic is a bit slow and the hardest of the diesels to sell.
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Other than being dog slow, is there anything else against the automatic? I mean it's still durable and all that right? My W124 300D went 320K miles on its original auto tranny and still shifted perfectly until the day it died. I can live with dog slow, but durability/reliability is extremely important.
And as for the 240D, the thing I really like about them is the ease of DIY maintenance. I never liked all the emissions components (EGR, yuk, which periodically got clogged with crud) and computers and sensors on my '92. It forced me to take it in for most of its maintenance.
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1972 280SE 4.5
1984 300SD, 250K
1991 300SE, 89K
1992 300D (330K miles when KIA'd by mother-in-law 8/10/09 - still sitting in my barn)
1994 E320, 109K
1995 E420, 60K
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Last edited by Wayfarer; 08-26-2009 at 11:41 PM.
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