DuckMuck,

In '86 and '88 MBNA made the 300E with a 5 Speed Manual transmission available in the US. There aren't many of them here. Chuck and I both have one.

As you can see Chuck and I are disagreeing about whether or not to go to a lot of trouble for 20 more HP for use with the manual transmission, but you can also see that we both agree that a manual transmission makes a wonderful car out of the 300E.

Have a great day,

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Larry Bible
'84 Euro 240D, 516K miles
'88 300E 5 Speed
'81 300D Daughter's Car
Over 800,000 miles in
Mercedes automobiles