I just noticed my join date... time flies!

how long have all of you been on here? who's been on the longest?

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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!

It's going to be 10 years for me too by the end of the year. Time flies like you said and I learned a lot of things and I still learning

12 years.

Vstech you've got over 25,000 posts....2500 a year...over 200 a month....almost 7 a day.

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14 E250 Bluetec 4Matic "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 159k miles
06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 179k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU
91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver on Tan, 145k mi, wastegate conversion, ALDA delete

19 Honda CR-V EX 77k mi
Fourteen other MB's owned and sold
1961 Very Tolerant Wife

ok, is that another way to say I need to get a life?

yeah... I type a lot.

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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!

Join date - 9/22/02

Started a nube here, still a nube, but enjoying Mercedes still! Still my go to site. I was 16 when joined :/ wow..

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Dave

1985 190D 2.2 auto--gone
1975 240D 4-speed--storage
1985 500SEL--daily driver
1985 300TD--bad rust, soon to part out...
1982 300SD--waiting on engine from RD
1984 190E--storage
1996 Dodge 2500 Cummins--daily driver

Well next month (May) will be nine years. Lurked for a while till I decided to open my big yap and say something.

If it wasn`t for the early pioneers that started "Mercedeshop" Forum and trudged on posting how to do things and what worked and didn`t.
What part fit other models etc... we wouldn`t be where we are today.

Everything I know about these old Diesels I learned from this Forum.
Started out with one 85 300D, and now have six MB`s that followed me home.

Just noticed Iam at 9256 posts, I should hit the 10K mark by next may.

Charlie

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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works

Time flies for all of us.

I guess it is reasonable and understandable that many members will move up to newer models. For those that do this site will be needed more than ever. Locally the 123s are almost lost to history.

On another note of forum trivia....you're only a few hundred away from Brian Carlton's mark of 25,397 before he got banned.

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14 E250 Bluetec 4Matic "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 159k miles
06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 179k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU
91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver on Tan, 145k mi, wastegate conversion, ALDA delete

19 Honda CR-V EX 77k mi
Fourteen other MB's owned and sold
1961 Very Tolerant Wife

This really is a tremendous forum. I don't know nearly as much as vstech and a lot of others...but what I DO know has come almost entirely from this forum...or from forum members via email.

I started in the fall of 2003 complaining to Firestone that they must not have changed the oil in my newly-acquired 92 300D since it was still black! I guess I've come a long way.

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14 E250 Bluetec 4Matic "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 159k miles
06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 179k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU
91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver on Tan, 145k mi, wastegate conversion, ALDA delete

19 Honda CR-V EX 77k mi
Fourteen other MB's owned and sold
1961 Very Tolerant Wife

4 years later, and I exceeded his count by a bit...

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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!

Nubes....

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15 VW Passat TDI
00 E420
98 E300 DT
97 E420 Donor Car - NEED PARTS? PM ME!
97 S500
97 E300D
86 Holden Jackaroo Turbo D
86 300SDL
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VSTECH: You are one of the few that actually knows what they are talking about irt Benz technical issues. Thank you for your advice through the years, freely given and accurate.

John - I'll second a hearty "THANKS" for your input and wisdom. You're for sure one of the good guys.

I'll have to look at when I joined - Newcomer - Sept. 2012.

Dan

I'm just a toddler in the Peachparts family -- but I recently noticed that it's been a decade over at SaturnFans...then again, I'm only on my 11th year of being over eligible driving age.

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Garage:

2017 Chevy Colorado Diesel (nanny state emissions)
2005 Volvo S40 T5 AWD, 77k
1987 Mercedes-Benz 300D turbodiesel, 4 sp auto, 156k - 28.7 mpg
1996 Tracker 4x4, 2 door, 16v, 3 sp auto. 113k - 28.6 mpg

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