how about this:
i'm on a tour bus in San Francisco last Sunday and next to us is a MB wagon with the sign in the rear window "Powered by Vegtable Oil". now, why would someone say that??? i asked my girl friend.?
i dunno, she said. but, we're in SF where you might see anything.

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Current money-pits:
96 Passat TDI
78 300D 100k miles(60miles/day)FOR SALE
91 Jetta Diesel 250k miles (80miles/day)
82 Toyota Diesel pickup 150k miles; out of service for a little while with a valve problem.
All on BelenBioDiesel
Past diesels:
01 Golf TDI
81 Isuzu P/U
85 Jetta
89 KW 425 cat
85 Pete 400 cat (currently still running the west coast with over 1.5 million miles)
81 KW 400 Cummins
77 Freightliner CO ???? Cummins (Buttercup)
57 180D lots of miles(gone but not forgotten)

San Francisco, where even the cars are vegetarian.

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1982 300SD

San Francisco where everything and anything is acceptible except being conservative.

Nothing wrong with choosing vegi power however........or being proud of it...

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

You must not have a '85 300 and ever changed the oil filter.

I'd just finished fueling my TDI when a guy comes out and says, "You know you just put diesel in that thing...?".

"Yeah, that's ok - these modern engines can run on just about anything".

I started up and drove off, leaving him to wonder if he's got a modern engine, too...

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1982 240D. 198k, Marine Blue/Blue, 4 Speed, Crank Windows, No Sunroof, No Rust, No Oil Leaks
2001 TDI. 197k, Lagoon Blue/Black, 5 speed, Chip, G60/VR6

I have been told many times by people at work: "what is wrong with your car" I usually say that is what a healthy diesel sounds like.

I never have and never will bring any car I own to any of the chain stores. They can not do anything right, I had Firestone balance my tires once and they shook like crazy. How difficult is it to balance a tire? Come on. They don't pay anything so all of the people that the good shops or dealers don't want end up their. What do you expect for $10 an hour?

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

I would expect a raise (for me)!!!

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'73 VW camper
'80 300td wagon

I actually have done fairly well with a local Goodyear. My dad knows the owner though, and he is on the ball, so we know we aren't going to get shafted. They did put a bum rear on, though, which they insist is fine. Perhaps it is, but it has always had a little thumpity rhythm to it.

Don't know if this is for me.
I own a 1985 300SD and do all service myself.

they told me that when i went to apply for my highmilage badge

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I applied for my high mileage badge mid-summer, and haven't gotten the thing yet. They sent me the pin, but not the badge, so I called them and they said it was on backorder. I hope I get it before my car moves into the next mileage bracket ... heh ...

I was being tailgated three feet or less, after driving several miles at 20 MPH, I punched the throttle from a stop sign, and did not reach 15 MPH when the bubbles went on.

The tailgater was one of our city police officers.

(This is being recorded on his dash video).

Sir; your worn out engine is a traffic hazard, I am giving you a ticket for obscuring the road with smoke.
You are going to have to get that nasty smelling bad engine fixed.
Turn off your engine please.

Answer: Sorry officer, it will not turn off, the vacuum line is broken.

Open your hood and pull the ignition coil wire, that always works.

Answer: Excuse me officer, this is a DIESEL.

WHAT, get out of here, *#@!&%^#, waste of time!!!

I drove home laughing.
I would pay for a copy of that video.

You ought to take that thing to a good mechanic and fix your smoke issues.............

My SD won't smoke.......whether I need it.......or not.

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have no worries.....President Obama swears "If you like your gun, you can keep it

Thats awesome. What was making it smoke so much? I've taken off in front of a cop at night before and left a plume he had to drive through, but he didn't pull me over. (probably had time at the stoplight to read "diesel" on the back of the car )

I might take my ALDA off sometime soon to see what its like, I wonder if it will make much smoke....

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)