No, the Indiana "environmental" plates (special order) are usually stuck on the back side of HUGE SUVs these days. Saw one on the back of a Hummer H2 last week.

Good for a laugh if nothing else, talk about clueless!

Anyway, check the chain stretch and injection timing on that 300D, and learn to keep your foot out of it a little. You will get better performance with a new chain it the old one has more than 4 degrees of stretch, and setting the injection timing back to 26 BTDC will make a huge difference!

Peter

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1972 220D ?? miles
1988 300E 200,012
1987 300D Turbo killed 9/25/07, 275,000 miles
1985 Volvo 740 GLE Turobodiesel 218,000
1972 280 SE 4.5 165, 000 - It runs!

Unfortunately, petroleum prices are only going one direction. Up. There are seasonal and economic variations, but in the end, the trend is always going to be towards higher prices.

Don't park that diesel, because when (not if) petroleum runs out, or sooner yet, petroleum from non-mid-east petro-states runs out, price control will hit a new high, and it will make the embargos of the 70s seem like a dress rehearsal. Your diesel, however, will run happily on domestically produced biodiesel, or waste oil for the intrepid. Sure, biodiesel seems expensive now, but wait till petroleum fuels go over 4$ a gallon. Its already at that point in much of Europe.

Day to day costs not withstanding, looking at long term costs, the diesel is still probably a better bet. Even better, get a bicycle.

peace,
Sam

I run a 25% mix of diesel and WVO. Though my fuel costs have increased, I still get a certain satisfaction by running WVO. Ol' George W. can not eek as much profit out of me. Good thing George is a big oil man from Texas and not into farming.

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1984 300D Turbo Sedan (Hilda) 272,115 miles.....
Anthracite Gray/Palamino Leather, I am 3rd owner

2001 Dodge Stratus (Silver) (wifes) 55814 miles...

1982 280TE Wagon Astral Silver Metallic/
Anthracite Velour
260,512 miles (Eva)

1969 230 Sedan Olive Green/Black MBTex
4 Speed Manual
84,213 miles ????
Haus Frau


2004 Boreem Ninja Pocket Bike
Highly Modified 49cc (Ling Ling)

Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit

Remember guy's old man Diesel invented this engine for running on veggie oil.

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'10 Chrysler T&C Stow-N-Go White. Grandpa's ride.

'13 Chrysler 200 Touring Candy Red. Grandma's ride.

Age and cunning will always over come youth and vigor.

Mr. Diesel invented the engine for farm machinery. That way farmers could produce a crop for fuel. It was peanut oil. Mr. Diesel was crossing the English channel when he "mysteriously" fell overboard and drowned. The was great controversy at the time because there were also Standard Oil executives and employees onboard at the same time. Hmmmm......

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1984 300D Turbo Sedan (Hilda) 272,115 miles.....
Anthracite Gray/Palamino Leather, I am 3rd owner

2001 Dodge Stratus (Silver) (wifes) 55814 miles...

1982 280TE Wagon Astral Silver Metallic/
Anthracite Velour
260,512 miles (Eva)

1969 230 Sedan Olive Green/Black MBTex
4 Speed Manual
84,213 miles ????
Haus Frau


2004 Boreem Ninja Pocket Bike
Highly Modified 49cc (Ling Ling)

Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit

$2.45 a gallon in Long Beach, Washington. this last week. Ouch!

And that's EXACTLY what I'm running them on these days.

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

No, I haven't parked my diesel in order to drive a less efficient vehicle just because the price of fuel is up. What a silly question.

When I drive a diesel I'm still burning less fuel than if I drove a gas vehicle, that seems like a good thing. So what if it costs me a little more right now, there was much of the year when diesel was cheaper than gas. As was pointed out, just a gallon or two of WVO dumped in the tank will stack the deck in your favor far more than the price differential.

Kevin

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'85 300SD

That's "Doctor" Diesel!

I've had diesels for a number of years through many changes in fuel prices. There are non related market forces affecting the two fuels. In the long run diesel fuel is cheaper than gasoline, but there are some minority occasions when its not though. The best plan is to have both fuels available and use whichever is cheaper, but if you only have parking for one, stick with the diesel.

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5 speed '91 190E 2.6 320,000 mi. (new car, fast, smooth as silk six, couldn't find any more Peugeots)
5 speed '85 Peugeot 505 2.5l Turbo Diesel 266,000 mi. (old car, fast for a diesel, had 2 others)
5 speed '01 Jetta V6 (new wifes car, pretty quick)
5 speed '85 Peugeot 505 2.2l Turbo Gas 197,000 mi. (wifes car, faster, sadly gone just short of 200k )
5 speed '83 Yamaha 750 Maxim 14,000 mi. (fastest)
0 speed 4' x 8' 1800 lb Harbor Freight utility trailer (only as fast as what's pulling it)

So thats it! My mileage fell off a little and I was blaming it on the cheap [$2.15] fuel I bought.

Bring on spring

Cheers,

Bill

hmm we here can only dream about 2.15 diesel again..

i lost about 1.5 mpg just recently with no change in driving habits.

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1984 300D Turbo - 231k....totalled 11/30/07 RIP

The $2.15 fuel I bought was just last Friday.

everybody else is no "cheaper" than $2.23.

I only lost a fraction. I was getting 28.8/gal. now I'm getting 28.3 MPG. Every 1/10th counts with these prices

Cheers,

Bill

WOW gas prices just spiked here literally within the last hour regular went from 2.15 up to 2.23, super+ is at 2.38 now. The good news is that diesel stayed the same so its actually the cheapest now. Don't know if this is the trend else where around Michigan but just what I saw within a few sq.mile radius of my house.

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Adam Lumsden
(83) 300D
Vice-President of the MBCA International Stars Section