Took my trusty 300D on a little road trip
 

Yesterday was the first true test of my Benz's road worthiness. I drove from Plano, TX to Ft Worth then to Dublin, TX and back (of course). In total is was roughly 300 miles. (Odometer is broke)

My Friend and I left at around 9:00am after checking the oil, tire pressure, coolant, and filling up at the local Mobil Station, we got on 75 down to Loop 12. From there we looped around to I30 which took us out to Ft Worth by 10:30-11:00. There we stopped by the NAS to get me a proper Millitary ID, which was why we took this whole trip. At around 2:00 we got back onto I30 which quickly turned into I20 out to 281 which lead to Stephville (and 377) through the beutiful Texas Hill Country. From there it was a stones throw from Dublin and the Dr Pepper Bottling plant that produces Original Cane Sugar Dr Pepper. At around 4:30 we were driving East on 377 along a very nice scenic route that took us back to Ft Worth, then Dallas and back to 75.

Along the way there was a pretty nasty wind from the North that had me aiming the car 10 degrees off center and going faster then 85 made for a lot of wind getting into the cabin (need new weatherstripping). On 281 it became a tail wind which let the car just hurl us over the hills (gotta love that Turbo). On our way back I could tell the transmission fluid wasn't very happy from driving 75-80 into the wind most of the time because it was very relaxed in accelerating when we got into the Dallas area.

Other then that the car performed above and beyond what I thought it would. I was very comfortable the whole way (moved the seat back into "cruising mode") and when we got back home my butt was asleep :)

My 300TD is fairly quivering with joy as she is slated for the Pennsylvania trip of roughly 1500 miles. Can't wait to see the odometer accumulate miles.

Don

visiting?
 

Not to be nosey, but are you going to visit family Don? I myself am heading East at the end of the week. My buddy bought a 300D in Maryland and another one in Manchester, Tenn. The one in Md. is a runner so Iwill "rental" out and drive it back to Mi. Then we will grab either the trailer or a tow dolly and head to Tenn. to pick up his other one.

The reason I'm being so helpful is that the non-running car comes with a turbo head to put it back together and he isn't going to use it! He's just going to swap engines out of his daily driver and put it into the one he's buying because it's in better shape! I will get the head to put on my Wagon! I'd rather do all that driving than pay $800 for a head anyday:) I guess between the two of us this will make 4 Mercedes and 2 VW diesels from ebay this year...maybe I ought to just fix up my dually and go into the car hauling business. ( maybe advertise on ebay or something)