But unfortunatly it was not a M-B Diesel.
It was an 80 Bonneville coupe 5.7 Diesel. Beautiful dark green.
I nursed that thing all the way up to 174K and then it was totalled. The engine still ran great though. When i got a 95 Saturn to replace it, it was just not the same. A cute, yet totally boring car. I wanted a diesel still after i rid of my saturn at 60K and bought a wrangler. My stepfather owned 2 M-B diesels which were good to him even though he ran both into the ground.
When i bought my astral silver 300D, i rediscovered the diesel experience. Waking up my neighboors at 7am, watching the black-gray soot pour out of it when i gun it, and always leaving it run instead of turning it off when i fuel up (just like the trucks). There is something reasurring about hearing that drone when the car is in motion, or clatter at idle. What a great experience that, thank god, only a few of us appreciate and enjoy!