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Originally Posted by 83240D
I agree with R Leo, I am quite happy with the power in my 83 240, (Myrtle), I have driven a few japanese 4cyl cars that were twice as slow as my 240. I have heard people tell stories about how their 240D is just painfully slow, and that if it were any slower, it would be going backwards in time. After I adjusted my valves, ran some power services diesel kleene through it, and changed all the filters. I was driving and thought " where the F$%^ are people getting that this thing is soooo dog slow? It gets with traffic just fine.
Sorry for the venting, but it is a 60s era diesel, and does exactly as it was designed to do, VERY well. Provide fuel efficient and ample power to carry you safely and reliably for anywhere from 300k miles to who knows.. maybe a million?
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Except for when it's still cold, or sometimes, trying to pass uphill, I have no real gripes with the performance of my automatic 240D. Of course I didn't buy the car for it's acceleration, but to take some of the wear & tear off my "98 Nissan, especially for local errands, where my 240D excels. I have driven other automatic 240Ds that were much slower than mine, and one or two that seemed quicker, so there is alot of variaton out there.
Anyway, if I'm in a hurry, I can take the Nissan, or now, my 5-speed 300TD.
Happy Motoring, Mark