and in the process discovered that the driver's door stop had already been replaced before but once again would not safety hold the door open when on a hill of much slope.

I now see that the driver's door stop on the 240D needs replacement... so lesson is that the driver's door will probably need changing twice as often as the other doors.

I just found an extended familyMember's 1995 VW Jetta driver's door [120K miles] needs a door stop too !
Regards,