I'm a complete newbie to this forum and to mercedes so bear with me or delete. My dad flew to Frankfurt in 1980 and bought a bare bones new 240d and drove it for a little bit and had it shipped back to USA.....its got a manual transmission and I'm wondering if that common or not?? I pester him on occaision to sell it to me. he says. " when I bought it in germany in 1980 I said it was the last car I wuill buy." He maintains that stance and for good reason. The thing looks new, has prolly less than 100Kmiles....I have a 2001 VW golf TDI which is great but I'd like something a little bigger and slower....Rob M Concord, MA USA
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