I think it would be awesome to show in a 240....83-240D with a good stoker I gbet you could beat a 240 D.....

Rob M
Concord, MA

I think this would be a great "retro" race, I mean everybody has a car in their driveway today with 300 Hp, but how many people have one with 70 hp?
We could do it in the spring, hand out a few T shirts, drink a few beers, inhale diesel fumes and maybe invite the TV stations and Mercedes Benz of America...

We would have different classes based on mileage--
300,000, 600,00 and a Million plus!!
I am serious and if we do it, I will supply the T-shirts! (but not the beer, I drink rice-wine..)

was to stick a 230BFT Turbo in a 240D with 240 hp

In your dreams maybe.

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

How about a OM617 class as well? A big day of numerious MB diesel models.

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

All I have is a SD, so that would leave me out Would it count if I TOWED a 240D behind?

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'82 300SD - 361K mi - "Blue"

"Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement."

listen, look, .........and duck.

Wow that would be about as exciting as watching paint dry...But I guess an organized event would keep you from racing up and down side streets and getting tickets...check out your local chapter of SCCA. They sponsor autocross events which is the next best thing...

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

racing slow stuff is a lot of fun, and a great way to learn to go fast and be smooth!

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190E's:
2.5-16v 1990 90,000m Astral Silver
2.0E 8v 1986 107,000m Black 2nd owner
http://www.maylane.demon.co.uk/190esmall.jpghttp://www.maylane.demon.co.uk/190esmall2.jpg

Did you know that the only sporting event that can be seen from the moon is a 240D race?

Peter4

I don't know about a stock 240D race, but if they were to put something like a 3.5L V-8 in there then....

http://www.schmidt-richter.de/Fotos/drift2.mpg

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

LOL if I were to own a mercedes and enter some sort of event like that it would be all I could do to not a dummy or doll in the back seat reading a newspapaer

Maybe Hienz Ketchup.................they had an add about being so slow once....

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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

to the tune of "Anticipation"

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'82 300SD - 361K mi - "Blue"

"Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement."

listen, look, .........and duck.

From all the sarcastic, nasty feedback i got,,sometimes I wonder.. last night i went home and faxed this guy a 14 page procedure..today he emails me asking if I have any "spare" brand new blower motors lying around..
Granted there are 99% class people on this forum, but I also can understand why Larry Bible quit, some of the people are just a__ who change their own oil and consider themselves master mechnics

Carrameow:

Personally I think all MB diesels are great, and there are huge numbers of 240Ds around which attest to their bulletproof reliability. Reliability is the virtue of that car.

I'm not even a mechanic, let alone a master mechanic. I'm just a humorist who loves diesels and can't resist any opportunity to inject a bit of comedy into life. I certainly didn't mean to offend.

Peter4