Absolutely, a 98/99 E300D is my next car. My 95 is paid for and the W210s go for $20K. But one of they days I'll get one. I'm determined to get to 200K miles before I sell. The spring perch issue on the W210s worries me though.

I like the W210 as well, however the perfect car for me would be a 95 E300TD!

But,, i cant really say much about the W210 since I never been driving in one!

Where I live, I see lots of W210s with rust but I would look really close for a clean 98/99 if i had the finances to buy one, heck I drive a 94 Jetta with 90hp, the diesel is my parents so what I am talking about here. THe better part is that the E300D feels faster then my jetta, since its a 5 spd the VW, is bit faster of the line and its about 0.8s faster from 0 -60 mph

My '99 E300 does lay down a smoke screen at night, when I give Vollgas. It is pleasing in an aesthetic way, but is it a sign of woe? The car has 121,000 miles and I have owned it for ten months, with the normal travail: fuel lines and all that. Rust does not appear to be one of them with the notorious Federteller/spring perch, as the car lived its life in New Mexico before coming here to California. I bought an excellent book in Germany of details of diesel W210 cars: Dieter Korp, Jetzt helfe ich mir selbst, E Klasse, Dieselmodelle 2001 Motorbuchverlag. It is quite informative and helpful. ISBN: 3 613 02090 4

My E300 doesn't smoke much, just a little when at WOT. I drive 90 miles a day and at least once a week go ahead and give it an Italian tune up. I have been using an additive at fill up and don't know if it helps or not, but it sure seems smoother. On another note, I changed oil the other day and put in Rotella synthetic 5-40, I let it drain all night and then put it in. The dipstick is still not black at 1300 miles, did I do something wrong? Has anyone ran some cleaner through the pan to clean it out after they drain the oil? A guy I work with that has worked on a lot of equipment said he has used JP5 jet fuel to clean out an engine. I was thinking about putting a pint down the dipstick tube and letting it cut the gunk in the pan. Any answers?
Thanks

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Whatever you do, don't do that!!!! Thats how a member of another forum who shall remain nameless blew the engine in his 500SEL. Change at normal intervials and worry about more important things in life. By doing stuff like that you are only looking for problems. Their is no gunk in the pan if you change the oil.

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