I have a pair of perfect condition 06 E320 CDI's....but often I just prefer to drive the 91 300D. I don't know what it is....something intangible about the look and feel of the car.

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14 E250 Bluetec 4Matic "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 154k miles
06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 172k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU
91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver, 142k mi, wastegate conversion

19 Honda CR-V EX 61k mi
Fourteen other MB's owned and sold
1961 Very Tolerant Wife

You should be able to get it started. I've started mine with it that cold outside, with no heater block. You'll have to insure the following:

-All glow plugs are 3 years old or newer, tested and confirmed working

-the oil has been changed to 5W40 and not 15W40 during the winter. 15W is too heavy during extreme cold and will actually hold the piston rings in extreme cold cranking situations.

-a recent valve adjustment has been performed in the past year or two
-cranking procedure in the manual is followed. Glow until relay turns off and don't stop turning over until it fires. Don't glow twice or three times etc, just kills the battery

-a new OEM Mercedes or similar 900CCA battery is installed

-hold foot down to floor before and while cranking but slowly release as it starts to fire

Check my cold start out at -32 with no block heater! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1B4Bn305L8&t=10s

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1976 Mercedes 240D (Sold)
1985 Mercedes 300D Turbo Diesel: 500,000KM
1986 Mercedes 300E (Sold)
1988 Mercedes 300E (Sold)
2002 Mercedes C240 (Sold)
2008 Mercedes C350 4matic

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'83 300CD & '84 Blazer diesel both since 2000. CD occasionally to work, Blazer occaisionally around town. Retired 2010 & mostly drive the CD for its better fuel mileage.

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"I applaud your elaborate system of denial"

My daily driver is a 1984 Mercedes 300D. I don't have another car laying around. It's been great for five years. I'll hit 200K soon.

Dkr.

I daily drove my 87 300D for over 10 years but the rust got to be too much. I'm still working on restoring it but it turned out to be a bigger project than I intended (life gets in the way plus I'm doing all the "while I've got this apart" stuff). Hopefully will get it done this year and return it to regular use in the pleasant months. After all the effort going into the rust repair I won't subject it to winter any more. But I adored having it as a daily thing to look forward to and hope to get back to that for spring/fall/summer, maybe do some road trips. Right now I have a new Cruze diesel as a daily which is fun and I've gotten used to 60 mpg on the highway, and I'm working on some little stuff to get my Jeep back in order. But nothing compares to the 300D.

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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles
1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles
2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles
2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles
1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles
1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car)

You cranking the engine for a minute straight made me uncomfortable.

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Milan Brown 1979 240D, rebuilt OM617.952 turbo diesel, rebuilt 722.315 transmission (my only daily driver)

Instagram: @maximed93

I drive my 190DT more often thanks to our now snowless winters, about 30K miles a year. Has 452K miles now, may not go much more. But it'll be good to the last drop.



I don't get the "classic" bit though. These are blunt cars, and mostly sedans and wagons. They're meant as dailies, really not much else to do with 'em. The only ones that might be real collectibles are the coupes. I had a coupe at one time, too. WTC fell on it. Still ran well enough to carry itself to the breakers.

my 1985 300D is only just reaching 130,000 miles but it gets driven every day. it's a manual and has a couple of rust holes in the back where the antenna was leaking a few years ago.It needas a polish, a new hose for the aircon, the aircon leaked into the car for years so the floor is rotten under the drivers seat,which is held up by a peice of wood. Left rear wheel bearing is starting to make noise but as long as it starts,it's going to stay as my daily.
It's all pretty funny when you consider that i restore mercs for a living.
oh, and it has a STT turbo set up which has cost me one speeding ticket .

I had a fintail ...a 62 190b. It was this color too and had the turn signals on the fender up by the windshield and a big white steering wheel. Loved that car. Bought it with 50K miles, for $500 in 73, drove it up to 120K miles, collected six hundred insurance from other people running into it and sold it for $350. Best driver deal ever, money wise. It was very rusty down in the floor but the body looked great!

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

1981 240D is drven daily by my teenagers.

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1981 240D Four on the floor, Orient Red over Parchment, bought with 154,000 but it's a daily driver and up to 180,000 miles, mostly original paint and all original interior.

I daily drive my 1984 300D. Just hit the ten year mark since I first bought it last month. I've put 132,000 on it since then. (Original mileage unknown, I bought it with 127k on the clock)

Right now I'm driving about 66 miles round trip to work. I still get around 26-28 mpg, but there have been a few issues along the way.

I had the trans rebuilt about 9 years ago as the front pump seal was leaking pretty badly. The entire front suspension was rebuilt about 5 years ago now. And about a year ago the passenger's side floor rusted through. I've welded in a new pan, but the inner floor still has to be replaced so I've been riding without a passenger seat since then.

Other than those issues, nothing major has happened.

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Onus probandi incumbit ei qui dicit, non ei qui negat

I recondition w123/w126/w124/w140/r107/r129/ steering boxes!


1984 300D "Elsa" odo reset 6/2011 147k
1983 300TD "Mitzi" ~268k OM603 powered
1995 E300 "Adelheid" 262k [Sold]

All the MB's in the signature line are, or were daily drivers. Unfortunately, that is the reason the gone ones are gone, rust took them before their time.
The engine from the 83 cd lives on in a Toyota.

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95 E300D working out the kinks
77 300D, 227k, station car
83 300CD 370k, gone away
89 190E 2.6- 335k, no more
79 VW FI Bus- 145k miles, summer driver
59 VW Beetle ragtop- 175k miles
12 VW Jetta- 160k miles

I daily my 1979 240D for my commute to and from work (around 15 miles round trip or, if I do school drop-off duties, about 32 miles all in). It's been and good and reliable driver so far, although honestly the mileage is pretty bad on the 240Ds in stop and go traffic.

My 95 E300 (W124) comes out of hibernation tomorrow. I use it as a daily driver all spring, summer and autumn. Great vehicle!

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-- Chris

'95 E300, 216k miles, Silver Surfer
'05 E320 CDI, 138k miles
'07 S550 4matic, 69k miles

Gone but not forgotten:

'76 300D, 350k miles?, SOLD in 1995
'75 240D, 300k miles, SOLD in 1991

'91 300D is my daily driver. Bought it 18 months ago from the son of the original owner (113k on the clock). It had been parked for about 5 years and driven very infrequently. So far I've had to replace the front flex disc, radiator, water pump, fan clutch, battery tray, battery, and belt tensioner bits. Finally chased down a vacuum leak (bad 4 way connector just off the vac pump). Transmission feels like a dadgum new car now (and the climate control system now works). Next project: shocks and struts. I plan on driving this car until the wheels fall off.

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1991 300D 2.5 "Rocinante"
2002 Golf TDI "Teen Spirit"
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1984 300D
1966 Mustang I6 3sp
1985 Mazda RX-7 GSLSE
1982 Toyota Supra
1977 Datsun 280z
1971 Datsun 240z