For you folks who drive on the WRONG side of the road, the fuel filler may be on the wrong side.

But for those of us who drive on the Right side of the road, the filler is on the RIGHT side

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Tony from West Oz.
Fatmobile 3 84 300D 295kkm Silver grey/Blue int. 2 tank WVO - Recipient of TurboDesel engine.
Josephine '82 300D 390kkm White/Palamino int.
Elizabeth '81 280E, sporting a '79 300D engine.
Lucille '87 W124 300D non-turbo 6 cylinder OM603, Pearl Grey with light grey interior


Various parts cars including 280E, 230C & 300D in various states of disassembly.

Good observation- I think it's strictly a U.S. thing. I would say that the majority of Jetta's that zoom past me on the highway are TDI. I have no idea what VW's official sales are in Canada, but from what you see on the road, I would bet Diesels are outselling gas in Canada. The U.S. enjoys the world's lowest prices at the pump by a long shot- not like Canada, Europe etc. where our prices are close to $3.50 per U.S. gallon- made worse by our weaker dollar. And they gripe when the price goes over $1.70!

By the way- I'm in Sackville NB- where do you live in NS?

Dave

'76 White 300D W115 "Pearl"

From what I recall, we drive on the RIGHT side of the road and some drive on the LEFT side. I believe Oxford even sees right and correct as synonyms.

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Sam

84 300SD 350K+ miles ( Blue Belle )

Jerry you young whipper snapper, I'll "senior moment" your behind at the GTG in March.

Hope to be sitting in my supervisor's chair watching you do all this work you have scheduled for next month. I will bring my pressure cooker, navy beans, and the other secret ingredients to help keep you & I fueled up for all that work.

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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.

When I drive one of my W108/109's the question I get most often is "Is it a diesel" It seems for a lot of people Mercedes and diesel engines are synonymous. I use to take offense until I got one myself and got the religion...

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Bill Reimels
Now down to one:
1972 300SE 3.5 W109 (Euro delivery)

Just went to PDQ and the clerk shut off the pump because he thought I got diesel by mistake. Went in and told him that it was indeed a diesel. The other clerk, a cute girl remarked that it was a great looiing car but needs a wash. I told her that I would get one as soon as it gets filled, which I did. She did ask me for a ride in it before I left. Wonder if we could exchange rides. I give her and ride in my car and she rides me. Hmmmmm.

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

A old guy told me once it's bad for you to assume because it makes an a$$ out of you but not me.

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DJ


84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

He had it right, for those of us who drive on the "right" side of the road, the full filler is on the "right" side of the car.

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85 300CD
83 300TD
78 240D (daughter)

I love it when I pull up to the diesel pump at my local Hess, since it is away from the other pumps and usually unoccupied other vehicles that pull in pull up to the pumps on the other side of me, stop and then pull away

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#dieselFLEET
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'97 E300
'99 E300

ive had a couple of people ask if i knew i was using diesel fuel....i usually just nod and say yes thats what it runs on....i get a lot of older people who are driving brand new S-class gassers complimenting my car...they say they owned MB diesels years ago but only drove them for a few years and then got new ones....they ask how long ive had mine, and i say ive been a regular passenger in this car since i was 5 years old...and then i get the " get outta here" look when i tell them how old it is, and how many miles are on it

makes me feel proud not to be driving a disposable vehicle...no one buys a car anymore expecting it to last 15-20+ years...i can garauntee, if i live another 20, ill still be the owner of this one...and, funds permitting, ill own a few more as well...126's only

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1985 300SD 192,000miles...Astral silver/ Grey MbTex

1983 300D 194,000miles...White/Tan MbTex...my newest addiction

What's a diesel pump?

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

fueling my new to me 1971 220D after purchase, I was filling it full of good old Number 1 diesel @2.34 per gallon. A big ford 350 power stroke diesel slowly cruised the diesel island eying me. My filler was in the rear; his was the drivers side, so he backed up to within a foot of me. He shuts off that LOUD vehicle, hears my 220d happily idling away, so the guy says, "hey, didn't know Mercedes made diesels way back when" Yeah, I said, they did. the guy gets into his truck, pulls ahead a few feet and proceeds to fill the tank, mumbling about how good the MB looks and asks about mileage, etc.
It felt good, that Mercedes ownership feeling.

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71 220D 169K wrecked
83 240D 118K sweet 4 speed
91 350SDL (one of the 60% good engines) 156K
84 300d (loaner to my sister) 189K
79 300SD (partswagen)
86 420SEL partswagen
70 220d (partswagen)
68 280s GASSER!!! under construction now
85 300sd 310K miles winter beater car retired
93 300d 2.5 turbo 168K wife's car
83 280SL euro 5 speed 155K
69 250S newest project 54K

I though you guys are the ones who drive on the wrong side....in the land down under..........we do drive on the right side of the road.

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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

One time I had to go into a station to pay for diesel, when all the gas pumps had card readers on them. The attendant said that too many people had been putting diesel in their cars so they took the card reader off the diesel pump. Now customers have to go in and pay for pump # ? and she politely confirms that it is a diesel pump.

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69 220D not running
79 240D parts car
80 240D Beater runs everyday
81 300TD temp disabled cooling problem
82 300SD sweet

Is this outside the US? At just about any US station gasoline goes through a 20cm spout and Diesel goes through a 30cm spout. Unless you have a pre unleaded fuel car (~1975 and older), you can't get the Diesel spout into a gasser filler. My 450SEL failed a smog check because the filler restrictor was missing.

Sixto
95 S420
87 300SDL