Just thought I'd pipe in as I'm a new MB owner. I recently bought a 82 240d with a standard transmission & boy am I one happy guy !

(except for the fact that my wife is kind of hogging the 240d & leaves me driving the Toyota Previa )

Like Capt. Kirk has suggested, my 240d doesn't have a lot of bells & whistles and is really easy to fix. The standard trans. makes this car a blast to drive and it is simple to work on!! Everything is easily accessiable and like Larry Bible suggested - having 4 cylinders rather than 5 cyl reduces my own labour by 20%


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