I am going to look at (and buy, if it seems ok) a 240D automatic tomorrow. I've got a list of things to check but I searched and didn't find a specific answer to what the 0-60 time should be. This is a 1982 model.

If you're interested in the 0-60 time of the 240D..........you shouldn't be purchasing it.

The best answer is: Less than 1 minute.

I seem to recall a 0 - 60 time of around 18 seconds reported for the 240D. Don't recall if that one was a stick or automatic. Alot also depends on engine temperature, and the condition and shift characteristics of the particular automatic tranny. IMHO, my '82 240D, with automatic, shifts and performs better after warm-up, and accelerates better than most automatic 240Ds I've tested. (The seller of my 240D DID claim to have had the tranny rebuilt)
I've driven one automatic 240D that accelerated significantly better than mine, and a couple that were much worse.

Happy Motoring, Mark

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Better take an egg timer.....

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And what on earth are you going to do with the answer???
Driving a 240D ain't about 0-60.........

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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

Only time mine feels painfully slow is when the engine's cold, or I'm trying to accelerate uphill. On level pavement I can live with the low power. Besides, if I really need to go fast, I'll drive my Altima.

Happy Motoring, Mark

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Manual tranny- 18 seconds.
Automatic tranny- 21 seconds.

Take a sun sundial your timing it.

Or use the offical MB timing device:

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That actually sounds just about right, although I don't think I've every done a flat-out 0-60 run in my 240D, what's the point?

Don't be upset nor put off by these responses , they're all accurate ~ if you're not going to be pleased by the beat up Toyletta Corolla passing you at the red light , DO NOT buy this car ! .

I have a cherry '82 240D with automatic and it steps right out ~for a Diesel .

Much more important is : does it pass the oil cap test ? this is where you start the engine and loosen but DO NOT remove the oil filler cap and see if the blowby knocks it off the engine ~ it can dance , that's O.K. but if it clatters to the ground , the car isn't worth more than $500.00 no matter how clean it is , unless you like adding oil every single day .

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1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

I used to have a diesel Vanagon. 48 horsepower. EVERY 0 to 60 run was a flat out 0 to 60 run, at least if I didn't want to be mowed down while merging onto the freeway.

I used to joke it didn't need a tach because I just floored it until it hit the governor limit, then upshifted...it had a four speed with huge gaps between the ratios, so a shift at anything short of redline tended to drop it out of the power band.

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From a stop it took me over 20 seconds to get my 240D with 4sp to 60...oh wait, I was towing it with my wife's Caprice wagon.

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'14 Cadillac Vagon. . . . . . . . . . "Life without knowledge is death in disguise." - Hans-Peter Geerdes

Thank you. I am interested in acceleration time as a a factor in determining the health of the engine. How long it takes is irrelevant, except in comparison to how long it SHOULD take. I will definitely be doing the blowby test. Will also assume there's some issue if it can't hit 60 in 25 seconds. The owner claims that it's very well maintained and says he has a sheaf of documentation to prove it but you can maintain a car well and still decide just to sell it when it hits 300k and needs an overhaul. He says he plugs it in when it gets below freezing, but he's also never upgraded the glow plugs.

If it's a sound engine and the acceleration proves a problem in my driving, I'll just add a hood scoop, trunk wing, 4" chrome exhaust tip and "Type R" sticker and I'm sure that will take care of it. And yes, I did see the "pimp my ride" episode with the pink SD.

Good C30AMG commercial.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pL-LiSNTzY&feature=related

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If its a later model 240D than a 1980 they are "upgreaded" with the new style GPs.

A rust free, well kept car is the most important thing. The engine can be fixed or the auto tranny swapped for a manual for the price of a parts car.

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1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K
1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild
1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K
1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor
2014 Kubota L3800 tractor
1964 VW bug

"Lifes too short to drive a boring car"