Greetings from Albuquerque, New Mexico where I drove my '82 240D slush box with 200 # compression in # 1 cylinder to last week .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

Sounds like a nice trip. I really liked my ventures in the 240ds as well. They are a car you really have to drive. I enjoyed the challenge of that.

No time to drive mine now. Even though I have the hot rod version with the four speed manual. We have many hills in my roaming territory. With a 240d any rise in elevation becomes a hill it seems.

(with apologies to SteveMCARThy) .

Yes, it's a great road car and every hill is an adventure .

Me , I like to tourist so being slow isn't any problem .

Oddly , I have passed more vehicles on this trip than I usually do in Los Angeles .

Here in the U-Pay&Pull Self Service Junk Yard in Albuquerque, on Broadway there's a decent 1981 240D that's never going back on the road, someone was trying to solve a hard starting problem and so fitted a rebuilt starter, new BOSCH glow Plugs and not too long ago, rebuilt fuel injectors .

Naturally , no one bothered to adjust the valves so it was junked with all these new parts on it......

I got all those plus the full length oil cooler (a thing I've been thinking of adding) for a paltry $101.93 including tax and core charges .

SWEET ! .

I woulda gotten more but there simply wasn't that much else I needed .

I have been mostly driving old Route 66, enjoying the Desert breezes etc.

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better