I drove an '87 190D here locally and even with only 1st and 3rd gears it was a rocket. The trannies are an incredible weak point on these cars. (funny, by weak point I mean they almost always fail in the 150-200K range).
Hmmm, Richardson huh.........

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John