My first car was a '74 100LS automatic. I got it for $650 and should have known better. I thought it was cool back then to own a german car. Although it took me through high school, I was forever working on that POS. It had also a blown headgasket that leaked coolant onto the engine. I used to remember when I lived in New Mexico and got ready to go to school every morning, it would leave a trail of steam before the thermostat opened up, this was especially true during the winter time. It even had an 8-track tape player!

It had those inboard disc brakes, as Bill mentioned. Why on earth did they do that?

Herb
'82 240D
'87 300SDL
'92 300D 2.5 Turbo