If I didn't have to take about 75Lbs of tools I would and don't think I'm not trying to to find some place to stash them at work. If it wasn't for the tools I'd probably walk half the time.

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1983 300SD
200000miles

I think most everyone is caught off guard and most of us here can only be grateful we have only marginally better fuel users for cars!

""I'll be riding my Whizzer a ton more for sure.""

A Whizzer eh? Don't you have to stop every few miles and siphon off the excess gas?

Sorry Busy but the whole caught off guard thing in my opinion is a copout. The world has known for years that they need to slow/reduce consumption but nooooooooo. That would be too much to ask. As I sit here in my office, looking down at K Street below I see huge SUVs on the curb with stupid asses sitting in them, asleep, idling. WTF? With these kinds of consumption habits how can anybody expect the price of petroleum to go down? There are some seriously ignorant falsely-entitled people out there. Caught off guard? I think people are just too illiterate to read the writing on the wall.

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'02 BMW 325i
'85 300D 450k
'93 190E 2.6 170k(killed by tree)
'08 Ducati Hypermotard 1100S 6k
'06 Ducati S2R800 14k(sold)

LOL....the factory claims 120 MPG. Still wish it would run on WVO.

Cheers,

Bill

I like that one.

Another fave: There are none blinder than those who will not see.

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1991 GMC Sonoma Ext Cab w/Isuzu diesel (converted March Mar 2003) - sold
1994 S10 Ext Cab w/Isuzu diesel (converted Mar 2008)
1998 Toyota Sienna XLE
B6100HST Kubota CUT DIESEL

1994 S10 with Isuzu diesel and 5spd
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...S15/SigPic.jpg

Troverman,
Park that lump of British trash and drive the VW. Once read a review on a Range Rover that stated flatly "Only a retarded yuppie would buy this thing" I concur. Or maybe the time is right for an H2 purchase to round out your fleet? RT

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When all else fails, vote from the rooftops!
84' Mercedes Benz 300D Anthracite/black, 171K
03' Volkswagen Jetta TDI blue/black, 93K
93' Chevrolet C2500HD ExCab 6.5TD, Two-tone blue, 252K

c'mon rwt, he needs that rover to get up the mountains in NH in the winter
& pull the other cars out of the snowbanks.

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

Every vehicle has its place, I have a friend that has a Ford Excursion (8000lb monstrosity) and uses it as a second vehicle for towing a large boat with family, as well as the occasional weekend project hauler. It gets driven about 4000 miles a year and he uses its full capibilites. It's the idiots with one person in the thing going to and from work getting 7 mpg that are the problem.

I believe the H2 has a place as well, crawling up and down mountians! Not cars in parking lots.

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

As long as there are no rocks over 8" high...

Yeah, right about then the hummer owner wishes they bought a unimog instead.

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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)

At a Stop-n-Rob just west of Bismarck today--gas 3.28 and diesel 2.78.

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1983 300-D turbo
1985 300-D turbo
1959 Harley Panhead chopper
1929 Ford coupe restored
I hang out with Boneheaddoctor at Schuman Automotive OBK#5
All liberals are mattoids but not all mattoids are liberal.

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I believe the H2 has a place as well, crawling up and down mountians! Not cars in parking lots.[/QUOTE
I believe the H2 has it's place as well. The only problem is that the hole hasn't been dug yet.

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1983 300-D turbo
1985 300-D turbo
1959 Harley Panhead chopper
1929 Ford coupe restored
I hang out with Boneheaddoctor at Schuman Automotive OBK#5
All liberals are mattoids but not all mattoids are liberal.

Just imagine the new H3 (Or should I say Jeep wannabe!)

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I don't know how many of you remember the Rambler American but I used to drive one. The standard joke was pull into a gas station and tell the attendant to fill up the oil and check the gas. Oh, and yes gas stations used to have attendants.

I am wondering at what price people will finally slow down. At $3.00 a gallon I still see them racing to the next red light in their Suburbans.

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Brian
87 300Dturbo 180K #14 head still running R-12 SOLD 12/2017
02 F350 Powerstroke 180K
05 Chevy Express 1 ton w/Royal Utility box 120K
08 Infiniti FX-35 40K
15 Golf Sportwagen TDI 35K
10 Sprinter 3500 chassis with a Class A Winnebago on it. 56K