I bought SWMBO a gray market 300TD a few years back low ~ mileage, direct imported to California when new, it ran like a scalded cat when I first gave it to her, she's a 76 Y.O. Lady who's afraid of the freeway so it mostly putt-putts around town, I don't drive it much .

As I've had the car two weeks for tinkering, service and cleaning it's been running better and better, once again it's significantly more powerful than my '84 Coupe .

Friday evening just for giggles I pinned the throttle from a dead halt getting on the freeway, allowing the engine to run up to forced up shifts 1 & 2, it was passing 75 MPH in 3rd when I lifted the throttle a tiny bit and it smoothly shifted into 4rth gear and was very quickly going 100 MPH ~ time to ease off, I don't normally drive with more than 1/2 throttle at any given time nor do I exceed 80 MPH, I was pleased to see NO SMOKE and the engine continues to idle glassine smooth .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better