I don't believe this has been posted but is so hilarious, just had to share with everyone.

NOZZLE RAGE
(Suitable for all environments)

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15 VW Passat TDI
00 E420
98 E300 DT
97 E420 Donor Car - NEED PARTS? PM ME!
97 S500
97 E300D
86 Holden Jackaroo Turbo D
86 300SDL
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LOL! That's some funny $hit!

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2004 VW Jetta TDI (manual)

Past MB's: '96 E300D, '83 240D, '82 300D, '87 300D, '87 420SEL

Awww, really? Oh come on!

Man, this just keeps getting worse.

It's getting harder to be a happy car enthusiast now a days...

Ferrari making a hybrid? Does that not kill the fun of the company! Roaring V-12 revving to insane RPMs...

Now Mercedes wants to be all turbo by 2010. What about the raw N/A powered cars.

This just plain sucks... all the fun stuff is going away.

I can never be enthusiastic about a stupid hybrid car, just another appliance to me.

Auuggh, wish I was 40 already enjoying a nice SL, other AMG, or some Ferrari.... by the time I get there now, its just going to be a bunch of turbo charged straight 4s and electric motors... this sucks

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2006 BMW M5 "Heidi" @ 109,000 miles
2005 MBZ C55 AMG "Lorelai" @ 165,000 miles
1991 MBZ 300E "Benzachino II" @ 165,000 miles
1990 MBZ 500SL "Shoshanna" @ 118,000 miles

(On the hunt for a good used M103 engine as of 6/10/23, PM me if you have one to sell!)

I think I saw that the Ferrari "hybrid" uses a flywheel to store braking energy. They developed the system for a new hybrid F1 racing league.

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1979 240D- 316K miles - VGT Turbo, Intercooler, Stick Shift, Many Other Mods - Daily Driver

1982 300SD - 232K miles - Wife's Daily Driver

1986 560SL - Wife's red speed machine

If the good carmakers are smart, they'll offset some of the power losses with lighter weight vehicles. I wouldn't mind a 1-series with a standard six if the damn thing weighed 1000lbs less.

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1989 500SEL Euro
1966 250SE Cabriolet
1958 BMW Isetta 600

Saw that MB is offering a GL350 and an R350 for 2009...sign of the times!

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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

If anything the trend is more toward higher-performance engines rather than higher-mileage engines. I'd like to see more emphasis on mileage.

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2004 VW Jetta TDI (manual)

Past MB's: '96 E300D, '83 240D, '82 300D, '87 300D, '87 420SEL

If they'd just make the cars lighter, they'd have more performance AND better mileage.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.