Originally Posted by 1977busman

Well now that my 92 300D needs rebuilt injectors, it will be out of commission for a while, which means i will be driving the 6.0 liter Chevy truck that gets 12mpg. Now since i am only 16, and don't have a job yet this is going to kill my Mercedes repair funding. So I am considering buying a "cheap" piece of transportation until then, and sell once I trust my car again. But of course it has to be a diesel car. My question is that what are the chances that buying lets say a $500 running and driving Mercedes that i will not have to dump a bunch of money into it just to get it to get me from point a to point b. Here are a few options i have found:
http://dayton.craigslist.org/cto/1872875826.html
http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/cto/1875466827.html
Let me know what you think, or if i should just suck it up and drive the gas guzzler...
thanks
zach