Oh, yeah, one other thing.

I don't want to brag, but I did get to test drive a brand new 1979 or 1980 (I forget) W116 SD.
Stupid me didn't buy it of course, but we did get to take it up to 90 mph, drive it around pylons along PA Route 33 (going pretty fast considering the salesman was driving it from grass to shoulder, grass to shoulder, over and over, and then he does panic stop from 60 mph with no hands on the wheel to show that it stops straight, and very very well.
Some wild and crazy stuff was happening back in the 1970's when these cars were designed.

Now that I'm driving my SD more, I appreciate the engineering that went into these 20 year old cars.
25 mpg highway, and that's for a tank, as in "ancient steel land yacht".

And something about that diesel clatter helps my wife and daughter sleep.... Weird.

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Bob Roe
Lehigh Valley PA USA
1973 Olds 88, 1972 MB 280SE, 1978 Datsun 280Z, 1971 Ford T-Bird, 1972 Olds 88, 1983 Nissan Sentra, 1985 Sentra, 1973 230.6, 1990 Acura Integra, 1991 Volvo 940GLE wagon, 1983 300SD, 1984 300SD, 1995 Subaru Legacy L wagon, 2002 Mountaineer, 1991 300TE wagon, 2008 Murano, 2007 R320CDI 4Matic 52K, some Hyundai, 2008 BMW 535xi wagon, all gone... currently
2007 Honda Odyssey Touring, 2014 E350 4matic