IMHO the auto in my 300D sucks, it really feels like the Germans kludged something together to satisfy the US drivers. I think I'd like this a lot more and get more out it if it was a manual tranny.

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1993 MB 300D 245K died.

these don't eat tires any worse than any other car do they?

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1993 MB 300D 245K died.

I have been driving my euro hard for years, and the result....no blowby.....

on the other hand...

I have been driving my 78 hard and my friend blew the transmission....yes its an auto...but it has been shifting hard since I got it...so it was bond to happened....result of driving hard no....result from sitting to long...yes...

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I don't think so. Unless your suspension is shot like control arm bushings, ect. I think it's just my driving habits.

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83 300CD- sanden, dual p/f condensers, 160a alternator, ect
91 300TD- 722.6, #22 head, 3.5L IP, w140 manifolds, ect

See sig In my case the donor car was a '77 240D. Yours would probably come from a 201.

When driven like I drive, they're actually easier on tires than many other cars due to the moderate weight and low power. Most of my tire wear happens as the result of max effort cornering and trail braking. Consequently the left front tire takes the worst of it. Rotation helps. If I were in a more powerful car there would be additional tire wear from acceleration and braking.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

How about your max cruising speed or rpm since some of us have different rear ends? I like to stay under 3500 cruising for long periods but will get around 4000 if I can open it up for a few miles. The engine seems to get kinda loud above 4000 so I don't usually push it. That's going over 90 then so not an issue.

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83 300CD- sanden, dual p/f condensers, 160a alternator, ect
91 300TD- 722.6, #22 head, 3.5L IP, w140 manifolds, ect

I like driving my diesels hard because they don't move the fuel gauge like my 420 does when I drive it hard. Though admittedly you can actually have some fun with the 420....my tires don't like me.

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

I absolutely LOVED driving my 190Dturbo hard, slamming third to the rev put me around 90, then dropping 4th and winding it out puts me in scary speeds...


Of course, I overheated the motor, and blew the headgasket right out of the block, soaking everything in oil and coolant... It was fun though... If only I'd have kept up with the coolant levels in the scary fun car...

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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!

If I'm not stuck behind a slug, I'm usually at 5-10 over or the flow of traffic, whichever is greater. This is primarily for legal reasons. In practice this works out to 80 or slower most of the time. My tach works when it wants and I'm not sure how accurate it is when it does work, but I think at 80 I'm getting around 3300 rpm. There have been some occasions when there was little to no traffic and no LEOs around when I've floored it and left it there for several miles at a time.

When I drove a 240D to Atlanta and back I just floored it most of the way. Not only did I not get any speeding tickets, I didn't even get pulled over

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

85 Euro 240D, 2nd or 3rd engine. (came to me w/ lots of blowby). Current commute is 350 mile/week of rolling countryside. 1/2 between 70-80 and 1/2 between 30-60. Another 50/week around town.

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82 Benz 240 D, Kuan Yin
12 Ford Escape 4wd

You're four times

It's hard to

more likely to

concentrate on

have an accident

two things

when you're on

at the same time.

a cell phone.

www.kiva.org It's not like there's anything wrong with feeling good, is there?