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09-07-2002, 07:57 PM
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240D Roll Call!
Hello all you 240D owners out there! Lets have a roll call:
1983 240D 4 speed 313,000 miles School commute car, reliable grocery haller, and Geo Metro Eater 
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#2
09-07-2002, 08:13 PM
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Just got my '79 Labor Day weekend. Once it gets up to speed, it cruises perfectly on my commute to/from work. 220,500 miles and hopefully more....It's keeping the miles down on my other vehicles.
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Whoever dies with the most toys......Wins! 1984 300d 165k miles
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09-07-2002, 08:23 PM
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It just keeps rolling along.
1982 240D, 4 Speed, 230k. It gets 28 mpg on my 11 mile daily commute to work.
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1976 240D 1987 560SL 2007 E320 Bluetec 1998 C280 (now son’s car) 1982 240D Manual - Sold
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09-07-2002, 08:53 PM
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Mine is in semi-storage right now. I run it about once a month. It will be going to college with my oldest next fall. Runs awesome and probably has 300k on it judging by the worn steering wheel. The odometer says a little over 100k but I doubt it.
Don
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DAILY DRIVERS: '84 300DT 298k (Aubrey's) '99.5 Jetta TDI IV 251k (Julie's) '97 Jetta TDI 127k (Amber's) '97 Jetta TDI 186k (Matt's) '96 Passat TDI 237k (Don's '84 300D 211k Mint (Arne- Undergoing Greasecar Conversion) SOLD: '82 240D 229k (Matt's - Converted-300DT w/ 4 speed 
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#5
09-07-2002, 09:54 PM
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My sig lists the car. It's set aside for now to work on the 190Db since that one needs less work. It runs after you spend enough time repriming the fuel system through a defective primer pump (dumps fuel everywhere). It drives as long as you take the time to stop every 10 miles or so and dump in another quart of ATF.
 Plans are to resurrect the 240D and drive it daily to work.
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09-08-2002, 12:59 AM
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I got mine from Diesel Power....
1980 manual four speed, manual ac, manual windows, no sunroof.... simple is better....
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#7
09-08-2002, 08:19 AM
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My first was a '77 with manual transmission. It went 280,000, miles.
My second and the one I still have is an '84 Euro with manual transmission. It currently has over 500,000 miles and needs the engine finished and put back in. I plan on getting to this one day, just because the car is such an old friend. During the time I was driving the '84, my wife had an '80 with manual transmission for awhile then got a 300TD. I also have an '80 Euro parts car. IMHO, for their time, they are the best car ever built. Not the fastest, best handling, nicest riding, but the most long lived and all around good car. My $0.02,
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#8
09-08-2002, 11:06 AM
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82 240d with plus or minus 200K miles - my daughter has been drivng the car for the past couple of years but she's off to school now - cleaned the car thoroughly just yesterday and drove it around, changed the oil - forgot how cool that car really is.
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#9
09-08-2002, 02:38 PM
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77 auto with 200k+- miles. Drives great, burns and drips no oil. Needs new front and rear window seals.
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#10
09-08-2002, 04:25 PM
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I too am lucky to have been bit by the 123 bug. I am on my third, a 1982, 4-speed manual, manual windows and simple as can be. I have 248,600 so far and no where near done.
A/C remains a mystery with everything else working as or better than designed. cheers
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#11
09-08-2002, 09:04 PM
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1975 240D 115 chassis
Mileage unknown probably about 230k (on its second odometer) English Red (Looks like orange to me) Solid body No rust Good paint Perfect engine Burns no oil Some black smoke Getting new engine mounts and front rotors this week Needs: Good tires Drivers seat rebuilt Front and rear windshield gaskets Headliner fixed Fuel sender fixed or replaced Vacuum system redone Bunch of other little things Pretty close to daily driver status Fun to drive
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Palangi 2004 C240 Wagon 203.261 Baby Benz 2008 ML320 CDI Highway Cruiser 2006 Toyota Prius, Saving the Planet @ 48 mpg 2000 F-150, Destroying the Planet @ 20 mpg TRUMP .......... WHITEHOUSE HILLARY .........JAILHOUSE BERNIE .......... NUTHOUSE 0BAMA .......... OUTHOUSE
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#12
09-08-2002, 09:54 PM
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This is my second 240D. My sig says 88K miles, but I'm up to about 105,000 now. Car is near perfect. Great commuter car.
Last edited by dweller; 03-20-2004 at 05:38 PM.
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#13
09-08-2002, 11:09 PM
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240D rollcall
Have had my 82 240 D for 3 weeks....so far,so great! Perfect condition(except for dead antenna motor) with 146,000 on it....in process of learning about it and it's peculiarities from this great forum.
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#14
09-09-2002, 07:36 AM
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My 1983 has 238,000 on it .I bought it last Feb ,and put 14,000 on it since then. Auto trans, Ac, sunroof, I have done a few things like repairing the odometer, replacing center drive shaft bearing, adjusted the valves and more . I would like to get a shortwave in dash radio for it, other than finding and repairing the vacum leak, and doing all regular maint I drive it every day. It is the best old car I ever had. Hans.
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A couple of Ford pickups F 150,250, 350 missed. 1983 240 D 256,000 miles ,auto, ac.
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