I was just thinking the same thing.

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

Is a "Phon" a decibel?

He sure rolls is R's ...more so than I remember rolling mine. And his pronounciation of Citroen was different than I am used to too.

Cool Video! No wonder my grandfather always dreamed of getting a Diesel...he must have watched that report.

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It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so. Robert A. Heinlein


09 Jetta TDI
1985 300D

2006 Civic

Db @ Idle: 42.0
Db @ Full Throttle: 72.0
Db @ 70 mph Cruise: 70.0


2006 330i
Db @ Idle: 48.5
Db @ Full Throttle: 76.0
Db @ 70 mph Cruise: 66.6


To the average ear 3dB is just a noticeable increase
10dB is twice as loud


140dB 30m (at the side of the runway) from a military aircraft at take off!
130dB Pneumatic drill at the operator's position
120dB Ships engine room at full speed
Peak level in bunker at PLASA was 126dB
Very Noisy
110dB Automatic Punch Press at the operator's position
Average Nightclub level playing mainstream dance music


100dB Platform of Underground station at rush hour with a train arriving/leaving
90dB Heavy lorries at 6m distance. Health and Safety upper limit for noise in an average working day
Noisy
80dB Kerbside of busy street
70dB Loud radio in average domestic room
60dB Restaurant/Department Store
Quiet
50dB Conversational speech at 1m. General Office noise
40dB Residential area at night. Whispered conversation at 1m
Very Quiet
<30dB Background in TV and recording studios


I think the reading they took in the 300D was at 92 MPH. I don't see how a 300D running flat out, or at any speed, is quieter than a Civic.
I'll eventually test my cars.

I love that color...manual tranny too.

mmm....euro

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1979 240D- 316K miles - VGT Turbo, Intercooler, Stick Shift, Many Other Mods - Daily Driver

1982 300SD - 232K miles - Wife's Daily Driver

1986 560SL - Wife's red speed machine

Red over Black, and a stick. I'll take two. Great video.

Is this video still available online? Hosted, perhaps?

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http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7271/7...144c3fc1dc.jpg

I'll post it in my YouTube account in a minute, watch for this post to be edited.

Thanks, I saw the other chassis review vids and was wondering why the w123 was missing.

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http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7271/7...144c3fc1dc.jpg

Sorry, video is too long for YouTube.

Can you splice it out into different parts?

I don't have the ability to edit .wmv videos.

Is it too long for YT or too big of a file? If it's the size of the file that is the problem, a WMV can be converted to the much smaller DIVX format.

Just out of curiosity, how large is the file?

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-justin

1987 300TD, 1987 300TD
2008 R32, 2000 Passat Wagon

28MB, 15 minutes.

i couldnt get the link to work at all. says file doesnt exist. did anyone download it? i could break it up in final cut.

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1980 300D

Final Cut Pro can not open .WMV files for me.