Hello everyone,
I’m the proud new owner of a 1987 190D 2.5 Turbo Mercedes-Benz. I’m thoroughly enjoying the car. The car rides very nicely, and accelerates well. (Not too shabby for a 16-year-old car!! )
Any other owners of this type of car please feel free to let me know what to look for, check, and so on. I have to do some preventive maintenance, but I’ll be ready for the upcoming New England Fall GTG drag races!

Congrats! That is a very sought after car!

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1998 C43 ///AMG
1999 C230 Custom 5-Speed Manual

Any pictures?

Some pictures of the car would be nice, too

Congratulations on the find!

Sorry for the somewhat rude comment earlier; it was meant in jest.

Seriously, welcome aboard!!

Congratulations Benzgirl! I hope you enjoy your new family member! Have you picked out a name yet? How many miles on her?

If you have any problems/questions, there's lots of helpful guys on this board!

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Natalie

Congrats!!!

I seriously jealous! I would love to be able to get ahold of one of those. Hang on to it and keep it in good shape!

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Chris
1985 300SD - 'Grace' (198K mi.)
2018 Honda Civic Sport
2018 Honda CRV LX
2010 Honda Fit Sport (RIP)
2013 Honda Accord Sport (Sold)
1996 Lexus LS400 (Retired)
1995 Ford Contour SE (Retired)
1976 Porsche 914 (Sold)
1972 Datsun 240Z (RIP)

gotta take it to the next NE GTG! I hope it's not a diamond blue one that I wanted to buy long ago!! (but I just couldn't buy a car back then).

drag races... :p my diesel would surely lose against a 190D 2.5T!

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2008 BMW 335i Coupe

Is it a stick by chance?

Have a great day,

No, all 190D Turbos came with automatics. A manual tranny was not an option, at least in the USA. Check the 0-60 time, it should be about 12 seconds. If not, power is below normal - this is the easy test to see how it's running. And congrats on the new car!

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Dave
Boise, ID
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wilkommen, bienvenue, welcome!

watch for the next New England GTG

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1984 300D Turbo - 231k....totalled 11/30/07 RIP

Hello again everyone,
Thank you all very much for posting, for all the information, and for the warm welcome. I appreciate it. I am sorry for the delay in posting this – summer jobs, you know how it goes!!
To get a little more in depth with the car, it’s dark blue, unnamed at this point, has 155,000+ miles on it, and had two previous owners, one long-term, one short term. The last owner was a single, 25 year-old, elementary schoolteacher from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Yes, the car has an automatic transmission, and having learned to drive standards early, I can appreciate what this car might be like driven manually. Service records show a stuck pin in a valve body repair so if a transplant ever becomes needed, I’d happily consider a workable standard transmission conversion.
Thanks again!

Way to go and welcome aboard. You got a nice automobile there.

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Jim

please tell me you're kidding about racing a diesel? ive tried it, forget it.

BMW prepped one of their own 3 series turbodiesel cars for track use in the late 90s. I don't know if it officially raced, but the article I read in European Car seemed to speak rather highly of it--implying it was quite formidable.

I have always had a fantasy about taking a tuned diesel car to VIR. I have taken gasoline cars there of course... but a diesel would be freakin awesome.

One year MB put a couple of 180Ds in the Mille Miglia...naturally, they finished first in their class. Still, an average of over 60 mph ain't bad for a car with a rated top speed of about 64 mph.