1992 Mercedes-Benz 300SD Turbodiesel
Ok, it's about to be official - I bought my little 240D last year, and I have that MBhunger!
Actually, my wife has it. Her Jeep is in the shop (again) and she is ready to unlo..I mean sell it to some lucky buyer :D Anyway, she is now convinced that MB is the way to go. She loves the 240D and loves that it is easy (for me) to work on, and is reliable. Sooooo, I am looking at the car in the title. the problem is "I should tell you that it climbs hills like a slug. It smokes and it uses a quart of oil every 200-300 miles. But it always starts, even on cold days. I have driven it like this for nearly three years." I don't think this is the rodbender 6cyl. is it? He is asking $6k how about it? ***edit*** ok after a bit more searching I see that this IS a rodbender and that is a symptom of the same... right? |
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Well now this might be a good one to buy, chances are its either a blown turbo or a bent rod. Offer him $5k, a long block is $8k, so $13k for a 300SD with a rebuilt motor, not so bad. Thats provided you can do the work yourself, if not budget $10k for the job.
I'm leaning towards a bent rod, NFW would a dieing turbo last 3 years without blowing the seals totaly out. Or you can just buy my friends 5 year newer 85k mile S320 for $11,500k and get two sets of wheels with good tires, similer fuel mileage and 50 more hp.:D;) |
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And the fuel economy is not all that different when on the highway. |
He ran down to FL last winter going between 80-105, averaged 24mpg. Interestingly my uncles 2007 E350 4matic, just did the same trip and according to the computer got 24.3mpg. I would have thought that it would have done better, but it didn't. Maybe it hasn't losend up yet, only had 2k miles on it when he left.
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If so that sucks, the old E320 would do damn near 30. Its probably because the new V6 puts out almost 300hp.
The S320 was matching it and that car is a barn door compared to the slick W211. |
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