HAH that will burn you out quick?! (hijack in process) Im a teenager and work for a wharehouse....damn is it boring! picking up 50-70lb boxes full of paper off a shelf onto a dolly and move them to another shelf. Id rather be handing off burgers then this back breaking labor! but hey at $13.50/hr and still in high school.....why should i complain

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Current:
05 E320 CDI
07 GL320 CDI
08 Sprinter
05 Dodge Cummins
01 Dodge Cummins

Previous
2004 E55 AMG
2002 C32 AMG (#2)
1995 E300
1978 300D
1987 300D
2002 C32 AMG(blown motor :[
1981 300SD
1983 300SD
1987 300SDL
2002 Jetta TDI
1996 S420
1995 S500
1993 190E 2.6
1992 190E 2.3
1985 190E 2.3 5-Speed

dummy...

Well, to get back on subject, diesels in the drive thru can be deadly..., well for a weak battery.
On thursday, I went to a local drive thru, and turned the engine off so I could hear. When I went to turn it back on... nothing, it just slowly turned, didn't turn over. So, they sent someone out to push the old diesel into a parking space. I called AAA, they came and gave me a boost (I was a little worried since it's sometimes hard to boost a diesel), it cranked slowly at first, then turned over quickly. I then got the food home remembering not to shut the engine off when I got to the house, and got over to Sears to get a new battery.

Maybe that's some way of telling me to lay off the drive-thrus for a while.

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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.

Sorta on the subject, I just replaced my old hood pad (it was torn from a broken fan belt, oil stained from my little vacuum pump mishap, and just worn out). The new hood pad does reduce the noise quite a bit, you can (almost) forget it's a diesel.

Driving the '82 240D in Monterrey, Mexico this morning with my wife and 2 kids. Pulled up to a light next to a taxi and we both had all our windows down. Cab driver leans out his window and says to me "mas aceite" I say "mande?" he yells "MAS ACEITE, GRINGO!"

(Translation...."more oil"...."what?"......."MORE OIL, GRINGO!")

I yell "esta un DIESEL, AMIGO!" (it's a DIESEL, FRIEND). He smiles, waves, and we drive off......

Nice of the guy to be listening to my engine and trying to help out. Funny!

I also was at the "dollar store" last night and saw Diesel Rated, straight 50W "aceite" for sale.

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2002 E320 Sedan 93K Designo Mocha Black Metallic!
1995 E320 Wagon 205K Black Wagon
1982 240D 183K SloPoke

I believe each of these cars are the final production year for that model.

I'd respond to "MAS ACEITE, GRINGO!" a little bit different than you did! Denver's mexican population isn't as "nice" as that guy.

Something about eating fast food crap and driving a Mercedes doesn't seem to go together.

I guess that's why so many have crushed spring in them...?

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'87 924S
'81 280SEL

Sold ->

81 300SD -
93 300E w/ 3.2
85 300D-
79 300SD
82 300CD
83 300CD - CA
87 190E 5 spd
87 Porsche 924S

"..I'll take a simple "C" to "G" and feel brand new about it..."

I don't understand, what does one driving a MB have to do with them eating fast food?

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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.

Whats wrong with the "mexicans" (who knows if they really mexican or another race) in denver? Out here all of us mexicans are cool. My friends think i talk like a white guy rather then a bean because i dont have a accent

I would think us mexicans wouldnt know much about diesels since we dont have diesels in mexico. But i know guatemalan's sure do! they have so many diesels youd think your in europe.....up until you get a black cloud of smoke come out of a toyota D4D corolla, then you know your in guatemala for their high sulfur diesel

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Current:
05 E320 CDI
07 GL320 CDI
08 Sprinter
05 Dodge Cummins
01 Dodge Cummins

Previous
2004 E55 AMG
2002 C32 AMG (#2)
1995 E300
1978 300D
1987 300D
2002 C32 AMG(blown motor :[
1981 300SD
1983 300SD
1987 300SDL
2002 Jetta TDI
1996 S420
1995 S500
1993 190E 2.6
1992 190E 2.3
1985 190E 2.3 5-Speed

It's a generalization. Just like they are called Cuban, Puerto Rican, or Honduran in some places no matter where they are really from.

"Yeah, 2 Big-Macs, a large coke, fries, and TEN GALLONS of waste vegetable oil for my Mercedes!!"

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

just that IMO I see MB's as high quality cars, and mcdonalds as low quality garbage . I think the food I buy my dogs has more nutritional value than that crap. If you are eating there, you are probably taking better care of your car , than you are of your body!!! YOu wouldn't pour 25,000 mile used motor oil from a dumpster into your M-B tank would you?????

Same basic thing.

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'87 924S
'81 280SEL

Sold ->

81 300SD -
93 300E w/ 3.2
85 300D-
79 300SD
82 300CD
83 300CD - CA
87 190E 5 spd
87 Porsche 924S

"..I'll take a simple "C" to "G" and feel brand new about it..."

No, running a 15 ft batwing mower from 6:30-12:00 then 7:00-10:30 will burn you out quick. the only reason I get a break midday is because the New Holland Tractor I run overheats when Its above 90 out. And I only get 12/hr!

Thank God for the Earmuff's with the built in radio, I've listened to an entire Nascar race while mowing just one field!

There are so many examples of why this ******* is my forum kryptonite! H-Town, you are a sharp teenager. You "get it", unlike some of your clueless brethren. I'm very appreciative suddenly at how my teenagers have turned out.
Sorry for the discourteous nature of this post. My wife is the merciful one in our family.....

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

Thanks for the kind words.

There seems to be a generalization that all drive-thrus serve unhealthy food. Well, here in Texas, not all drive-thrus are for McDonalds. We have a chain of cafeterias here called Luby's (you probably haven't heard of them, they're a primarily Texas institution), and some of them have drive-thrus. You can order something healthier there than you can at McDonalds.

Anyway, when it comes to a burger, I prefer a Whataburger (another Texas institution) or one from Prince's (a strictly Houston affair) over McDonalds.

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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.

I can honestly say I have never taken my SDL through a drive through. I hate fast food. I'd rather eat chunks of lead because it feels the same sitting in my stomich.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200