I think thats would be a good experiment. I going to send another letter to mb requesting importation of the same model, but this time I will be moving from US to Canada.
With todays tech for diesel engines (egr, vgt turbos, electronic direct injection, particulate filters ect.. you will find a diesel engine to produce far less emissions and higher efficencies then its counter part the gas engine. On that note it suprises me to hear some US states that will not allow diesel passenger cars..
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