is this e series the first where the gas tank is not behind the rear seat?

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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 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

How sick is it to think......The E250 Sedan is basically the direct descendant of.....The 240D!!!! Except I'm sure it's loaded down with unnecessary features and accommodations.

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1987 300SDL (324000)

1986 Porsche 951 (944 Turbo) (166000)

1978 Porsche 924 (99000)

1996 Nissan Pathfinder R50 (201000)

Do manufactures usually build cars with features that people do not want? Seems like an odd business plan.

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Sent from an agnostic abacus

2014 C250 21,XXX my new DD ** 2013 GLK 350 18,000 Wife's new DD**

- With out god, life is everything.
- God is an ever receding pocket of scientific ignorance that's getting smaller and smaller as time moves on..." Neil DeGrasse Tyson
- You can pray for me, I'll think for you.
- When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.

What are the list prices, and how do you figure that?

People probably said the same thing in the 80s about the W123 240D when compared to the W120/121 diesels of the 50s and 60s.

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

Ha ha ha! I meant that sorta tongue-in-cheek. We are in the 21st century after all. I would prefer less features simply for the idea of saving weight, and improving all around performance. Not because it would break or something. But then again I'm too cheap and poor to be able to afford a new Mercedes, anyway.

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1987 300SDL (324000)

1986 Porsche 951 (944 Turbo) (166000)

1978 Porsche 924 (99000)

1996 Nissan Pathfinder R50 (201000)

NO!

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Mark
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THE WHITE FLEET
2016 GLE300d 4-MATIC 38K BROWN!
2012 S350 Bluetec==94k WHITE

2007 ML320 CDI==166K WHITE (FOR SALE)

Under new management:
2005 E320 CDI--140K--WHITE
1995 E300-Diesel-133.5K--THE CAR IS BLUE
1986 300SL--97.5K (European) AND WHITE. Back in Europe!
1991 190E 2.3-73K California Perfect.--WHITE
1995 E320-Wagon-159K--WHITE (recently scrapped)
1987 300D Turbo-213K--WHITE
1987 190D 2.5 Turbo-288K--WHITE

I get 37 highway ALL THE TIME with my 05 E320CDI and it's 3.2L displacement. I quite confident 45MPG will be easily made by the OM651 engine in this platform.

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Mark
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THE WHITE FLEET
2016 GLE300d 4-MATIC 38K BROWN!
2012 S350 Bluetec==94k WHITE

2007 ML320 CDI==166K WHITE (FOR SALE)

Under new management:
2005 E320 CDI--140K--WHITE
1995 E300-Diesel-133.5K--THE CAR IS BLUE
1986 300SL--97.5K (European) AND WHITE. Back in Europe!
1991 190E 2.3-73K California Perfect.--WHITE
1995 E320-Wagon-159K--WHITE (recently scrapped)
1987 300D Turbo-213K--WHITE
1987 190D 2.5 Turbo-288K--WHITE

Diddo!

I drove one last week, what a machine.

No. Both the W210 and W211 along with the W212 are under the car--fold down rear seats!

for some odd reason, my phone has not synched the E250 pics...
all pics BEFORE the E250 are there, as are all photos AFTER the car's shots...
any chance MB has blocked them from my G+ account?

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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 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

Did y'all realize that the engine in the E250 is also available in the Sprinter?

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Jim

What are the list prices, and how do you figure that?
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Considering the loss of value of the dollar compared to 1983, a 300D today would sell for $75-80K- and it's not loaded down with all the useless junk found in the current crop of new vehicles.

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'83 300D, 126K miles.

Good one......! They haven't produced the "E320 Bluetec" in nearly 5 yrs!

The 4, is now the new 6.

That makes no sense in reality, when you can buy a new 2014 E250 for $50K +/- in 2013.

I'll take a new 2014 45 mpg - E250 all day - with all of it's useless junk.......vs. Grandpa's poor fuel-mileage, non-ABS, non-airbags W123.

E250 starts at US52,325 so say $56,000 incl delivery etc.

Price of a 1985 300D was about US$32k back in 85. Using an inflation calculator, $32k in 85 is equivalent to about $67k at end of 2012.

Numbers may be slightly out, but in the right ballpark.

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Graham
85 300D,72 350SL, 98 E320, Outback 2.5