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Old 10-27-2018, 12:22 PM
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I love when people say 30+ mpg or 35+ mpg...

I dunno maybe all my 617s have sucked but I'm lucky to get 25 driving 60mph
It's because you're not running waste vegetable oil. I dunno.

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Old 10-27-2018, 11:18 PM
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Two miles from my house and ohh how my eyes hurt.
300CD with a 603, gutted interior, and a camo paint job.

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Old 10-27-2018, 11:38 PM
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Thumbs up Actual Diesel Fuel Economy

Yes ~ I am always pleased when my '84 300CD's OM617 gets 24 MPG's .

I recently got one tank full at 27.5 MPG (I do mileage checks at every fillup) and I wonder how the hell that happened .

My '82 20D used to get 27~ 32 MPG's routinely depending on where I drove it, it loved crossing the Mojave Desert @ 60 MPH with the AC on, I once got 34 MPG's out of a tank of fuel ans was flabbergasted .

The key seems to be not flooring it all the time and keeping the cruising speeds down so to avoid the wind resistance penalty .
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Old 10-27-2018, 11:46 PM
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Two miles from my house and ohh how my eyes hurt.
300CD with a 603, gutted interior, and a camo paint job.

http://richmond.craigslist.org/cto/d/1983-mercedes-300cd-om603/6720691724.html
GAH ! my eyes like a bell can not be un rung, this cannot be un seen .
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Old 10-28-2018, 07:31 AM
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GAH ! my eyes like a bell can not be un rung, this cannot be un seen .
I can see it now............taking a young woman you met on her first date with you and you pull up in front of her house in that rig!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 10-28-2018, 07:29 PM
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Prolly O.K. if you're taking her duck hunting......
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Old 10-28-2018, 10:22 PM
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Apart from the paint job, it's bit tamer than my 300D was that I drove when I met my now wife. She about cried when I sold that car.

That being said I'd buy it up if it was closer and for about a $1000.
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Old 10-29-2018, 09:34 PM
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I'm going to look at a non running W210 diesel when possible. I'll give it a compression check and injector crack before I buy.

I hope I can pull a Jake12tech

I'm also going to check out a W124 E420 non running due too electrical, will compression check it as well.
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Old 11-02-2018, 04:30 PM
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Old 11-02-2018, 04:35 PM
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Old 11-02-2018, 11:52 PM
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