What would entice you to get rid of your diesel and drive a gas burner? - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

TheDon · #1 12-22-2005, 10:43 PM

what is wrong with you.. ive got diesel running rampet through my veins now .. another 10000 hours and ill need a filter change and this dang EGR valve on my neck is bothering me

JamesDean · #2 12-22-2005, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by TheDon

what is wrong with you.. ive got diesel running rampet through my veins now .. another 10000 hours and ill need a filter change and this dang EGR valve on my neck is bothering me

bypass that EGR and use the Brian's blocking plate kit #3 !

TheDon · #3 12-23-2005, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by JamesDean

bypass that EGR and use the Brian's blocking plate kit #3 !

its on its way i ordered it.. i wouldnt mind a new E320 CDI or the prototype SL 400 CDI ... i forgot what mercedes it was but its a 2 door coupe convertible with a v-12.. i wouldnt mind it in silver

iNeon · #4 12-23-2005, 09:38 AM

hmm.. what would it take to get me out of my diesel..

1) an offer to buy it from me- at a decent price, mind you heh heh no pms offering 500 bux please

2) fuel prices and consumption higher than those of my gasoline car(sadly, this is reality)

3) a 230ce for sale locally.

4) a 280ce for sale locally.

5) a 560sec in black on off-black sitting in my driveway and a gasoline credit card with unlimited funds available to it in my wallet.

i have to agree with the folks that say the engine isnt what is keeping me in the 240. its the feelings of security, of reliability and even though i am only a minorly skilled shadetree mechanic; the feelings of self sufficience.

a mechanically fuel injected 4 cylinder benz would offer comparable performance to the 240 and would be quieter, smoother and a bit more friendly to guests. boy would i like one! a metallic chocolate coupe with palomino interior and a manual sliding roof.

i would call him das Scheißeauto

TheDon · #5 12-23-2005, 09:54 AM

lmao .. ineon nice name for the auto

Mitch H · #6 12-26-2005, 08:40 PM

This might be more of a new vs old technology thing than a diesel vs gas thing, but I've noticed for the last year or two that the boys in blue take great glee in Tasering the subjects for any excuse they can dream up. The "Car Taser" has been pretty much perfected, just not in common usage yet. If some clown decides to zap my MB diesels or my 1977 Saab gasser, I'll lose my radio. (the Saab has breaker points and mechanical fuel injection) If I got zapped in a C230, I'd be spending thousands of dollars before it would run again.