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Old 03-18-2004, 10:08 PM
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I love my 240D...and my wife!!!

I had a good laugh today....

My wife, today, for the first time, was in the 240D.

She is NOT a fan of old cars, especially diesel's! She does not want to be bothered with cars...simply get in and go from point A to B.

It took me months to get her used to the W116 (our first Diesel). She finally came around as the interior is/was first rate! She also had new found respect when I drove the car to Newport Beach (from San Francisco) and still had 1/2 tank of fuel. We preceedes to shuttle 3 couples around for the whole weekend!

So, as I was musing about the attributes of the 240D, trying to justify my insanity for going from a perfect SD with 130K to a 240D with 315K miles...

Wow, can I make a short story long!!!!

Anyway, she noticed the 'lack' of acceleration. To her comment, I said (paraphase) 'You have to realize that this car is almost as heavy as my SD, but it only has 4 cyl. I asked her to take a guess at how many horsepower this car has...

Her response:

"NOT ENOUGH"

I laughed out loud for at least 2 min!!!!

Whatever anyone says, I am a BIG fan of the ole 240D!

Also, I named my car...the previous owner who lovingly cared for the car since the early 80's was Reinhold Gerber. I may have spelled this wrong as I do not have the service records in front of me....so my car is called, Reinhold!

Welcome Reinhold!!!

Anthony

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Old 03-18-2004, 11:07 PM
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Which route did you take? If 5, how did you do on the grapevine?
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Old 03-18-2004, 11:49 PM
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Yes, I took the 5. The grapevine southbound, at the end of the first major grade required a shift into S, near the top. Other than that, D the whole way. Fortunately, the weather was cool, so not issues with overheating, in fact, the car never reached 100 (212F).

Great cruiser!

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Old 03-19-2004, 11:10 AM
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Acastell,

Why would anyone go from a low mileage SD to a high mileage 240D? Opps. I just read the word insanity. That must be it.

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Old 03-19-2004, 12:45 PM
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I'm a big fan of the 240D too, and its lack of power is one of the things I find charming. And whenever I want more power I just hop into one of my 300D turbodiesels, but I find myself driving the 240D at least as much as the other cars.
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Old 03-19-2004, 01:07 PM
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There's a guy around here who has a late 60's or early 70's 220D. It's a pretty neat looking car. I've never personally talked to him, but according to a friend who is aquainted with him, he says 'it takes all day to get to 60, but you get 40+ mpg.' Those old 200-240D's aren't too bad a car around here where the road is fairly open and not too busy, but I don't think you'd want to try to get away with that little power in the city. I've got my 200+HP (probably in the 240 range, but I've never dino'd it) Fairlane for the times when I want something to push me back in the seat, but at the same time there's more to driving than jackrabbiting from stoplight to stoplight.
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Old 03-20-2004, 12:15 AM
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Thanks AC, I was just debating if I'll take the 300CD or 240D. I love my 240D a lot too, and I'll take her to San Diego.

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