I test drove a 2005 320 CDI yeasterday. wow waht a car. put it 3rd gear and floor it HOLLY *&^ lots of torques , GREAT acceleration.

You would never know you were in a diesel. GRETA CAR. We a thinking replacing my wife's 2001 Jetta TDI.

Steve

Yes W211's are amazing. Love they way they look as well, MB scored a home run with them in my book.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Before I bought our 1999 E300 my wife and I went to the MB dealership in Fort Wyane. I told the salesman that I was looking for a W210 diesel. He informed me that they did not have any, but that a low mileage 1999 coming in. The saelsman all but insisted that I drive a new E320CDI. My wife was terrified because I quickly got 'perma grin' from ear to ear. Man, what power!! I am quite confident that from a take off standpoint a E320CDI can humiliate many gassers on the market and I would like to try.

If it didn't sound like a diesel, I would have little use for it. Well, then there is the issue of the $.......

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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

Yes they are a little pricey.

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1981 300D 147k
1998 VW Jetta Tdi 320k
2001 Dodge Ram 2500 141k
1979 300D 234k (sold)
1984 300D "Astor" 262k(sold)
Mercedes How-To and Repair Pictorials
I love the smell of diesel smoke in my hair

I like quite cars, its easier to talk on the phone.

The prices that people are asking for used CDI's is nuts IMHO. I have seen cars with 50k miles on them go for darn near $40k. Screw that just cough up the extra $10k-$12k for a new one.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

My 1985 300D was $34,000 when new. Taking inflation into consideration theses E320CDI's should cost more. There is far more stuff packed in these cars. If Mercedes was still grueling over the details and quality the way they used to do these cars would probably start no less than $70,000.

Right now, it's cheaper to buy a ML320CDI than an E320 BlueTec.

I wouldn't have a ML.

I'd have an R CDI though. They look funny, but the interior is fantastic.

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1989 500SEL Euro
1966 250SE Cabriolet
1958 BMW Isetta 600

I tried last week in Holland a E200 CDI. All the perks of the big american version with a nice 2Liter engine (BTW in the stripped version they are around $32000). I really wished they were available here (32 grand i can afford 52 that beyond my means!)

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Aquilae non capunt muscas! (Eagles don't hunt flies!)


1979 300SD Black/Black MBtex239000mi
1983 300TD euro-NA. White/Olive Cloth-MBtex 201000mi. Fleet car of the USA embassy in Morocco
1983 240D Labrador Blue/Blue MBtex 161000mi

At idle the 320CDI sounds like diesel, not old school diesel like my 1992 300SD, More VW TDI like, the common rail and direct injection really have made a big difference in noise.

FYI - the GL is coming out in Diesel too.


Steve

I know I see a million ML's around to, everyone has one. But they are just so blah, and the first generation were total POS's. If MB did make a junker it was the original ML's, I have seen so many that are totaly shot. People just drive them as junkers with an inch of road crap caked on them, holes in the bumpers, smoking, interior falling apart, CE light forever on. Very sad.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

People must like their ML's around here...even the original ones I see driving around look pretty nice still, haven't actually seen one that fits your description there...

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

Around here, they're just another mini-van. I doubt most of them are being properly maintained. I'm not very interested in anything assembled in the U.S. anyway. Besides, it would violate my "no check engine light rule."