You guys are lucky those particular 124's were either 1) driven by some conservative driver who was afraid of over-revving his OM603 or 2) the particular W124 was in bad shape or 3) the other driver knew there was a speedtrap up ahead. Ha!

My W124 will beat any W123 diesel I've ever encountered (including my own 300TD w/ newly rebuilt engine, K&N, new tranny, tweaked ALDA, 2.82 differential, etc.)

At least the W124 doesn't need any valve lashings:p

Dieseldiehard
1971 220 (gas) 4-spd manual 106441
1979 300TD w/ ’85 turbo engine 295530
1983 300D 243280
1985 300TD 217300
1987 300D 258230

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