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Originally posted by leathermang
So, did that Scout Master just get lucky ,,, or are they going to auction off that 240 ?
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Greg, to be honest, I don't know. Ridge was talking to Tim about buying it; Tim had already committed to donating the car, so he gave Ridge my contact info. In addition, the skipper had talked to a couple of people who were interested in buying it (this was before I picked it up). However, after he drove it around, he had a smile on his face and was talking about giving it to his wife for a daily driver.
For that, Robin's really p/o'ed at me...she was hoping that no one was going to want to buy the car form the ship, so that she could raise up the $$ to buy it herself...
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Originally posted by 240DieselDog
Is the Euro 5-spd. really that much better than standard 4-spd for the 240D?
From experience owning both 4 and 5 speed Moto Guzzi Ambassador/Eldorado motorcylces.... I'd say the 4 speed has wider gear ratios, requiring fewer shifts at normal driving speeds.
The trade off occurs in top end performance, where 5th acts like an overdrive - but does the 240D have enough power to push the car beyond 90mph where regular 4-spd redlines?
No question the 300D could handle 5 gears, but what about the 240?
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I guess the big question that raises is whether the 5 speed is a 4 speed with an overdrive gear added, or if it's a completely different tranny.
I like manual transmissions (although my back occasionally doesn't
), but I don't think I could financially justify swapping a 4 speed into my 300D...a 5 speed, OTOH...I wonder what kinda mileage a 617 would get on the freeway with an OD? Hmm...