My 73 220D was a manual shift with "four on the column." On the autobahn in '79 my main targets of opportunity were VW buses. They were popular among German hippies as well as stateside hippies. The VW bus was the only thing on the autobahn that I could pass except for MANN and MB diesel bobtail trucks that were overloaded. I had to be real careful when pulling into the passing lane at 60 mph. Chances were a Porshe 911 Turbo would be bearing down on me at 120 mph before I could get around the VW bus. That was a real adventure.

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Bruce

73 220D (never left Germany)
81 300D (totaled)
84 300D (Purchased '03, sold '17)
85 300SD (purchased 10/01/03)