How about a dealer who advertises an 84 280GE as being in perfect condition and wants 30K; Who then fails to mention the high idle, lack of kickdown from 4th gear and about a dozen other faults....but who then refuses to comprimise on the price after the faults are pointed out........

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

If you ever drove an 80's model gutless wonder...Chevy Chevette, Datsun F10, etc. where pushing them helped alot, accelerator was a mere wish. It became a gas pedal. Accelerator is the correct and proper term though. Our old school auto mechanics teacher said, fast cars have accelerators, the rest have gas pedals, cause it does the opposite of the brake pedal, just not very fast. Never commented about diesels except you have to be an idiot to kill one.

Here a "cool" Hollywood blunder...remember the movie Speed. That bus was obviously a diesel. The screwdriver went through tank...up comes Keanu, and Sandra asks him what "that smell is". GAS was the answer... "It's DIESEL, you morons" I wanted to yell at the screen...

When I am asked "what kind of gas mileage do you get?" My reply is "I do not know, because this car does not is not gas powered."

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RRGrassi


70's Southern Pacific #5608 Fairmont A-4 MOW car

13 VW JSW 2.0 TDI 193K, Tuned with DPF and EGR Delete.

99 W210 E300 TD Turbo, chipped. Still needs EGR Delete, 228K

90 Dodge D250 5.9 Cummins/5 speed. 400K

x2 for the td nonsense. D stands for Diesel, T stands for touring (wagon), there is no letter for turbo.

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1983 240D 3.0T 4-speed manual, now sold

1989 Subaru GL Wagon 5-speed Touring Edition

How about starting a diesel by turning on the ignition?

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2009 E320 Bluetec 117,000
1995 E300D 306,000 Sold
1996 Ford Taurus LX 130,000 Sold
1985 300TD Still 225,000 Sold
2016 Ford Fusion 24,900

My biggest pet peeve are people who turn out into the left turn lane and then wait to merge into traffic.

This is illegal use of the left turn lane. I've almost run into half a dozen people when I pull into the left turn lane to make a legit turn at the same time they pull into the lane right in front of me so they can merge into traffic. They just couldn't wait 10 - 20 more seconds.

All while I'm in my diesel. (since I need to make this diesel related)

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Michael LaFleur

'05 E320 CDI - 86,000 miles
'86 300SDL - 360,000 miles
'85 300SD - 150,000 miles (sold)
'89 190D - 120,000 miles (sold)
'85 300SD - 317,000 miles (sold)
'98 ML320 - 270,000 miles (sold)
'75 300D - 170,000 miles (sold)
'83 Harley Davidson FLTC (Broken again) :-(
'61 Plymouth Valiant - 60k mikes
2004 Papillon (Oliver)
2005 Tzitzu (Griffon)
2009 Welsh Corgi (Buba)

Wait, what is this doing in DD?

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

When you are out shopping for cars.... You ask specific questions about the car before you drive all over hell and back. The owner says it is in "mint condition" and "no surprises".

Then when you get there to check the car out.... The paint is awful, door dings everywhere, scratches, trans. fluid is brown and burnt, wire ties holding things together (maybe some duct tape), oil leaks everywhere, interior pieces broken or missing....

I think you all know what I am talking about!

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AJ

1985 300D (SOLD)

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etc.

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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)

I have another one....just for the heck of it. Cadillac Escalade HYBRID.

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TC
Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

Ford Fusion Hybrid


And it really grinds my gears when people ask if it has a V8 and how fast it goes!!!!

What the Fusion? or your Benz?

My Benz oddly enough

Doesn't the "240" mean that it goes 240 kph? wow that would be a 1st huh?

My pet peeve comes up on this forum:
1. OP (poster #1) needs help and asks a serious question.
2. Gets a bad information reply from a member (poster #2) that likes to do a lot of posting.
3. # 2 gets corrected by poster #3 (who may or may not know the right answer) and the thread gets highjacked by debate between #2 & #3 (maybe others join in the debate and don't read the entire thread so they don't know the original question)
4. OP is totally confused and doesn't get the help in a clear manner.

Bottom line - If you don't know what you're talking about - don't post!

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Charles
1983 300D, bought new, 215k+ miles, donated to Purple Hearts veterans charity but I have parts for sale: http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/mercedes-benz-cars-sale/296386-fs-1-owner-83-mb-300d-turbo-rebuild-parts.html

technically it's a 4 speed 300D because it has a 1977 300D engine in it