I've been looking at 300ds and have decided that I really don't want another car with center console window switches. I have 'em on my Saab and, since I'm a coffee slosher by nature, I've ended up replacing the box more than once. Plus, my dog has an unnerving tendency to hit the buttons and try to make the leap for freedom.

I've been trying to find pix of interiors to see which cars I might look at from now on -- ones with side-door switches or manual windows -- but that's getting pretty laborious. Does someone here know off hand the models that I should now be keeping an eye open for? I sure would love something in the way of a diesel and of early 80s vintage (for the rust protection). Thoughts? Suggestions?

See my reply on your other thread.

Free post!

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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.

Skippy: Thanks for that in the other thread. I think I'll look for a 240d. I read somewhere about them being a real hit among the "0 to 60 in seven minutes" crowd. Sounds good to me!

And why is he incarcerated?

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I guess post whoring isn't as popular over here as on the other forum I frequent. "Free post" is kind of a short hand way of saying you know you didn't post anything really useful or meaningful and the main benefit was to raise your post count.

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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.

I see. um, we never do that

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1950 170SD
1951 Citroen 11BN
1953 Citroen 11BNF limo
1953 220a project
1959 180D
1960 190D
1960 Borgward Isabella TS 2dr
1983 240D daily driver
1983 380SL
1990 350SDL daily driver alt
3 x Citroen DS21M, down from 5
3 x Citroen 2CV, down from 6

Buy one with crank windows maybe?

Get a cat and a coffee mug that don't leak?

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1982 VW Caddy diesel 406K 1.9L AAZ
1994 E320 195K

Har!

Hand crank windows would be perfect. Any 80-85 more-or-less- rust-resistant classic-looking models with those?

240 is about it. Many of them even had power windows.

Course, it's not hard to put manual windows in one, much harder to go the other direction.
If one was sufficiently motivated a generic rocker switch could be mounted on the drivers door for power windows too.

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1982 VW Caddy diesel 406K 1.9L AAZ
1994 E320 195K