I'm still driving the same car, with the same 240D flywheel, that I posted about in 2013. I did manage to fail a clutch disk, but the replacement is holding up. I'd rather be driving a 911, or an M3, but I haven't found money in the budget for one of those, so the turbo/manual 300D is sticking around for a while (as in indefinitely) longer. I put more miles on my bike as it is, so barring something catastrophic, I may be keeping this car another decade or more.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.