According to a good friend of mine, motorists in Italy drive fast. As in hold each gear till redline. Do not give a car a "Hawaii Tune-up". You will irritate everyone behind you by taking 30 seconds to reach 30 miles per hour. I kid you not. That is how fast people drive here.

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Rey

Honolulu, Hawaii

1983 300D Back From the Dead. Thanks, Erich and Shane.

i just had my car spend almost a week in the shop without it being started.. when i got the car back yesterday... man.. there were a lot of smoke coming out when i press on the accelerator... and its not gray smoke.. its more like dark brown... babied it for awhile since i was in a city that penalizes smoke belchers.. then when i got to a wide open stretch of private road (really wide.. it around 6 lanes abreast) ... i stomped on the pedal.. wow!.. all the cars behind me vanished!.. didnt let off for a good 2 kilometers..i just mashed the pedal.. poor motorists behind me...after that.. went into our compound.. that night.. i can see the headlights of the cars behind me even if i was accelerating.. thank god!....

diesels really dont like being garaged.. ehehhe

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Mike

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1975 200 - Sold (no pix);
1978 200 - Sold - http://www.pbase.com/hboy/redbaron
1979 300TD - Sold
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1985 230E - now my daily driver...

Here's my Italian Tuneup story for today. I was out on the NW side of town today (It's rare that I ever get out there), and I took the opportunity to get a can of diesel purge from Champion Import (Thanks Diesel4Me "Bill" ), and I thought about using it on my 300D later in the day. When I was heading home on the Sam Houston tollway, I came to a complete stop at the toll booth, and after I got my change, I put my foot all the way down on the accelerator and didn't let off until about 72-73 mph. I looked in my rear view mirror, and I didn't see and smokescreen effects, just a small haze. I guess I've been putting my foot down on it so much and I guess all that Redline and that whole bottle of Diesel Kleen cleared all that smoke out. So, I guess I'll give the Diesel Purge to the 300SD, it's smoking because of my dad's different driving style. So, I guess I'll run a little of that, and give it a good cruise.
-Joe

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.