When is the last time you heard somone say "4 speed" and thought it was an automatic? Its a manual.

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Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

As long as they would add one additional commandment for you to keep thy religion to thyself.
George Carlin (Wonder where he is now..)

1981 240d (engine donor 1983 240d) recently rebuilt engine hurray! - No more.. fought a tree and the tree won.

pearl black 1983 240d 4speed (Converted!@$$%) atleast the tranny was rebuilt.

Cervan,

How would I know that? My 300SD is a "fourspeed" automatic.

U need to be more specific for better communication.

P E H

Hey, I just got him to post his location after almost 1,000 post. Take it easy on him this weekend.

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1987 300TD 309, xxx 2.8.2014 10,000 mile OCI


Be careful of the toes you step on today, as they may be connected to the ass you have to kiss tomorrow. anonymous

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter won’t mind.” Dr. Seuss

sheesh.. everybodys on my case it seems like this week.

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Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

As long as they would add one additional commandment for you to keep thy religion to thyself.
George Carlin (Wonder where he is now..)

1981 240d (engine donor 1983 240d) recently rebuilt engine hurray! - No more.. fought a tree and the tree won.

pearl black 1983 240d 4speed (Converted!@$$%) atleast the tranny was rebuilt.

I've been on your side here lately. Your totally off the wall ideas have been decreasing.......

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

well reality and my bank account finally hit me

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Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

As long as they would add one additional commandment for you to keep thy religion to thyself.
George Carlin (Wonder where he is now..)

1981 240d (engine donor 1983 240d) recently rebuilt engine hurray! - No more.. fought a tree and the tree won.

pearl black 1983 240d 4speed (Converted!@$$%) atleast the tranny was rebuilt.

I'm on your side too. After all we live in the same state. Don't tell anyone about the sun today, It "always" rains here.

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1987 300TD 309, xxx 2.8.2014 10,000 mile OCI


Be careful of the toes you step on today, as they may be connected to the ass you have to kiss tomorrow. anonymous

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter won’t mind.” Dr. Seuss

I had to go out for a drive, to enjoy the "rain" today!

Amazing how the stereotype persists! Then again, 100+ inches of rain per year might have something to do with it...

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-Josh
Testing the cheap Mercedes axiom, one bolt at a time...

Did an ITU on my way to work today while crossing the countryside between towns. A cloud of brown smoke blew forth from my tail pipe which made me think of TV's "Batmobile" (Adam West's version)!!

Usually I just let it rev a little higher until soot starts blowing then I let off. Today I let it run through second and shift to third before I let off. The people I saw drive through my smoke screen where probably cussing that old "Clunker" (They were on their way to Chapel Hill ).

I don't rev it that high often at all, I just had a bee under my bonnet this morning.

Check this video out. Talk about ITU's and clouds of smoke.

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1993 W124 300D 2.5L Turbo, OM602.962
2000 Chevrolet Cavalier, 2.4L DOHC
2002 Ford Explorer, 4.0L SOHC
2005 Toyota Prius, 1.5L

http://www.fuelly.com/sig-us/40601.png

Chapel Hill, shoot, they should appreciate the diesel... But then again, they're more of the Prius types over there...

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-Evan


Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

They only like "Clean Diesels".

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1993 W124 300D 2.5L Turbo, OM602.962
2000 Chevrolet Cavalier, 2.4L DOHC
2002 Ford Explorer, 4.0L SOHC
2005 Toyota Prius, 1.5L

http://www.fuelly.com/sig-us/40601.png

I've always thought the so called Italian tune up was silly for a diesel. A good two hour trip now and then at 75 or 80 will clean it as much as needed.

The old fashoned Italian tune up that Phil Hill did in the fifties and sixties was when driving a carburated engine which suddenly loaded up because a fleck of dirt was caught in the float valve. A wide open run would run the fuel through the valve as fast as possible and would often blow out the speck.

Or not. The alternative was a DNF anyway so what was there to lose?

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

How many of us can drive 2 hours at 80 mph and not get a ticket???

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1993 W124 300D 2.5L Turbo, OM602.962
2000 Chevrolet Cavalier, 2.4L DOHC
2002 Ford Explorer, 4.0L SOHC
2005 Toyota Prius, 1.5L

http://www.fuelly.com/sig-us/40601.png

My 84 300 D turbodiesel sees 4K RPM almost every day. I would do it more often and for longer periods of time during my commute, but it hogs gas with the AC on at that speed, and then there is often traffic as well. Cruises around 80 daily, though, which is slightly less than 4K. I've had it for 7 years, no engine problems (KOW).

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84 300D, 303K
71 MGBGT, ?K
96 GMC C1500, 115K

haha... italian tuneup backfired... you should have seen me in my 240d. i would literally hit the rev limiter in each gear every single day get it hot as hell on the way home, drove from california to washington in fourth and the 85mph spedo pegged never let up and that thing runs like a top no miss, compression is very good i allways keep up on the oil and filters (religiously 3k oilchange and filter) I had that engine for 3 years, first time i got it, it ran ok.. previous owner did an "ok" job of keeping it up. but once i got it and revved the hell out of it really cleaned it up.

What alot of mercedes benz maintance guys found was that there were old grandpas that would come into his shop to get service, and they would baby the engines and they would get clogged up and soot filled. but women would come in that floor it everywhere and the engine run like a top because they are constantly clean.

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Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

As long as they would add one additional commandment for you to keep thy religion to thyself.
George Carlin (Wonder where he is now..)

1981 240d (engine donor 1983 240d) recently rebuilt engine hurray! - No more.. fought a tree and the tree won.

pearl black 1983 240d 4speed (Converted!@$$%) atleast the tranny was rebuilt.