I found this in a report on California's retirement system:

Even if employees in a DC plan do manage to earn the same rate of return as a DB plan fund and resist the urge to cash out prematurely, at the end of a full career they will likely receive a smaller benefit than similar employees in the DB plan. For example, an employee in a DB plan (with a benefit formula of 2% at age 60 and employer and employee contributions of 10% of pay) hired at age 30 with a starting salary of $25,000 and 5% pay increases each year will have a retirement benefit with a present value of $732,100 upon retirement at age 60.
In contrast, the retirement benefit for an employee in a DC plan hired at the same age with the same salary (assuming that the DB plan and DC plan both earn a rate of return of 8%) will have a present value of $497,529 upon retirement at age 60.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13