these cars are tanks, but don't go wading through puddles too deep, the car will keep running, (unless the intake gets below the water line...) but the car will float away if the water crests the lower door jam.
running cars are not much good when the tires are not touching the ground!

...you drop a tank from a car before delivering to the scrap yard, and find it's full of gasoline, and don't know what to do with "gasoline"...

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 560SL convertible
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

this is a good one.

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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

You chuckle when passing fuel stations,cause your burning alternate free fuel.

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1999 w140, quit voting to old, and to old to fight, a god damned veteran, deutschland deutschland uber alles uber alles in der welt

Those are 2 GOOD ONES......

.....you make the bank teller hungry with your fish aroma exhaust at the drive thru

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I LOVE CATS....AND FRIES

1981 300sd
1983 300sd
1985 300d
1983 300cd
1991 350sdl

Well, I am in the minority running a W124 diesel compared to most of you guys running a W123 diesel... but...

I can't relate to ANY of these things...

1. Outside the car a mechanic can tell it is a diesel, though that is often said as a question rather than a statement.
2. Inside the car you would never know.
3. With the windows open tyre noise is louder than the engine, and I can hear the engines of all the other cars around me.
4. Under power it has a nice straight six burble from the exhaust.
5. It can keep up with anything else on real roads, with ease.... in town driving I hardly ever exceed 1500 RPM, any more than that and I'm on the brakes to avoid rear ending the car in front.
6. CDi engines, even MB ones in other cars, are a lot noisier than mine.
7. This W124 300D has the small clock and big tacho, my last one had the big clock and no tacho, at tickover with the windows shut you could hear the clock ticking.
8. My cars still have the original MB sound deadening, under the hood, under engine trays, etc etc, makes a big difference and keeps what noise there is inside the engine bay.
9. Basically does everything a petrol engine does, plus slightly better mpg, but mainly does it for far far far longer.

My wife does the same to me on the Toyota.


.......... You have to go to Peachparts for tips on starting in cold weather !

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Experience : what you receive 3 seconds after you really needed it !!



86 300SDL 387,000? Motor committed suicide
81 300SD 214,000 "new" 132,000 motor
83 300SD 212,000 parts car
83 300SD 147,000

91 F700 5.9 cummins 5spd eaton 298,000
66 AMC rambler American 2dr auto 108,000
95 Chevy 3/4 ton auto 160,000
03 Toyota 4runner 180,000 wifes

You might own a diesel IF....

1. Your garage is stocked with a years supply of various fuel and oil filters.
2. You always have more than 2 gallons of fresh engine oil on your garage shelves.
3. You wear rubber gloves to do any maintenance under the hood.
4. All of your "used" oil storage bins are always full.
4. All of your t-shirts have some sort of black stain and or diesel smell on the front and back. I quit buying white t-shirts!!
5. You get in your other car/truck (a gasser) and wait before turning the key, feeling stupid once you realized you were waiting.

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AJ

1985 300D (SOLD)

Older diesels,

Your left forearm is twice the size of your right and you're right handed.

(gorillaknobitis)

...when your wife complains that the whole house smells like oil and you don't have oil heat.

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"Life is tough...it's even tougher if you're stupid." John Wayne


Dave
Pawleys Island, SC

'79 300CD

You might own an older diesel IF....

you find comfort in not having to worry about an EMP rendering your car useless...

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1993 W124 300D 2.5L Turbo, OM602.962
2000 Chevrolet Cavalier, 2.4L DOHC
2002 Ford Explorer, 4.0L SOHC
2005 Toyota Prius, 1.5L

http://www.fuelly.com/sig-us/40601.png

My mess up is weirder, I ONLY do this to benzes. Both my trucks, the fieros, my dads lexus, crank them and go. But the 280CE and the E420 I just sit there key on and wait, usually followed by my girlfriend going "what the hell are you doing"

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68 280SL - 70 280SL - 70 300SEL 3.5 - 72 350SL - 72 280SEL 4.5 - 72 220 - 72 220D - 73 450SL - 84 230GE - 87 200TD - 90 190E 2.0 - 03 G500

Nissan GTR - Nissan Skyline GTS25T - Toyota GTFour - Rover Mini - Toyota Land Cruiser HJ60 - Cadillac Eldorado - BMW E30 - BMW 135i

Last time I did that it cost me an alternator.

...the neighborhood thug steals "gas" from your tank, and you just smile

...you request rubber gloves and rags for Fathers Day and Birthdays.

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I LOVE CATS....AND FRIES

1981 300sd
1983 300sd
1985 300d
1983 300cd
1991 350sdl

It took me forever to break this habit when I bought the gasser.

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1989 300E 144K

...if you have to mumble to yourself 'gasoline, gasoline, gasoline' when pulling into the local gas station to fill up your Mom's Camry....because you default to going to the diesel pump.

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'85 300D, 'Lance',250k, ... winter beater (100k on franken-Frybrid 3 Valve Kit)
'82 300D, 'Tex', 228k body / 170k engine ... summer car
'83 300TD Cali Wagon 210k, wife's car