Well - I have found the MB diesel "easter egg"

[Breckman99]

Some of you may know that an "easter egg" is something cool hidden in software (basically). Well I think I may have stumbled upon something that the MB engineers may have hidden in the MB diesel. I swapped out the rear end with a 300 SE. I can't believe the difference! Instead of running at 3K at 65 its just a hair over 2.5K, right at the edge of the turbo catching - absolutely perfect for cruising at 100 where before I was afraid of blowing the engine. Even the 160 MPH speedometer dropped right in without any recalibration (hard to believe). I know what you are thinking - damn that thing is slow off the line now - the funny thing is it seems like this is a whole new car - instead of shifting from second it will always start in first and run through the gears - once the turbo kicks in it will work any other 300SD on the road! (well, have only tried her against the roommates car). It seems this may have been the rear end that was originally designed for this car and they had to change at the last minute. I always knew something was a bit off. I have been working on these cars every day for a long time now and this is the best thing I have ever done to one. Why did they do this? Was this a US requirement or did they not want the diesel 5 model to be faster than the gas 6? Hmmm I would like to talk to these engineers….