Richard,

Jivesh and I are talking about the W123 series car built from '77 to '85. There's no comparison between these and the W210 series that you drive. He is talking about an inexpensive commuter car for his dad, not a $50,000 new car.

Even the '96 E300 normally aspirated diesel that I had delivered twice the horsepower and took half the time to get to 60 MPH than an early 240D. The turbo version is indeed in the same drag racing league as many gas engine cars on the road.

Have a great day,

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Larry Bible
'01 C Class, Six Speed
'84 Euro 240D, 523K miles
'88 300E 5 Speed
'81 300D Daughter's Car
Over 800,000 miles in
Mercedes automobiles