Do you ever get diesel withdrawal?
 

If you don't drive your MB for awhile do you miss it?
This is the 3rd week that my SDL has been acting up, I have only been driving her a few days here and their. Last time was Thursday. I am really missing the old girl, their is so much fresh snow on the ground today I really wanted to go and play in the snow with her (read empty parking lots :D ) but no dice alternator won't be here for a another day or so. :( I hope I can get her running this week I hate driving my moms car and am starting to miss the diesel clatter.


So whats the longest you ever went without driving the MB and what are some symptoms? :D I am getting increased reading of MBshop, thats about it.

Funny you should mention that.

I had not driven the SD in about two months and I was having some "withdrawal" symptoms from it.

So, I took it out on Sunday for a 30 mile drive and, as you would imagine, the stark contrasts to the SDL immediately are apparent:

1) Tighter road feel. Tighter front end. Tighter steering. Easier to maintain exact lane positioning.

2) More torque at part throttle settings. The SD just moves right out at lighter pedal positions when compared to the SDL.

3) Engine noise at highway speeds.

4) Lighter driver's door feel.

5) Back end at "proper" ride height. Better looking vehicle in profile.

6) More spring in the trunk lid. Pops right up.


Just reminds me how different the two of them are. I was very pleased to get back to driving the SD. Just have to get the damn head gasket changed. :mad:

My 240D has been down for several months with a blown headgasket and, unfortunately, it will be a few more months before it makes it to the top of the "to do" list. Even though the E300 is a heckuva nice car, I'm still missing the old battle axe. It was so nice to drive in rush hour traffic and not worry about it getting hit. :D

It not an addiction, I can stop anytime I want.
 

Try leaving the country for three weeks...by the time we made it to Auckland, I was copping a serious "jones" and running the risk of severe neck injury by craining around to see if it was a 123 or a 126 every time I heard that oh-so-lovely 'klatta, klatta, klatta.' The second thing I did after arriving home from the antipodes (first was a 30+ minute pet-fest with the pooches) was to fire off Marlene and go for a spin around the neighborhood.

Withdrawls??? :eek: Heavens no, we don't own no gassers and since I'm retired and no longer going to sea I drive when I want. Although the 240D hasn't been fired up since Friday at lunch time, I'm am ready for another lunch time run today. :D

OH, I do.....have to park it till its too nice out for salt to be on the road.....I miss it already, adn I just drove it yesterday.

Thank goodness they haven't discovered salt for the roads here in W. Washington yet.
But as of this year, the 'ol SD gets to be a garage queen from now on. I have the starting of some rust in the drivers side trunk well, and as we have just a little more than our share of wet weather around here, I'd like to keep the cancer growth to a minimum until I can afford to get it taken care of properly.
So, it hides out until we get an occasional sunny day. I forget how great a car it is to drive until I finally get to take it out. Then it's just a big ear to ear grin :D

I haven't driven mine reugularly for about 2 mos now. Ist the tranny, then I had it back for a couple of weeks. Brought it bakc in for an adjustment to tranny and the valve tap started. Indy hasn't gotten around to it yet.

If it's not done soon, I'm gonna take it and drive the $hit out of it and hope it goes away.

So yes, I do miss driving it.....

I certainly do, especially since I'm completely without a diesel now! I started out with an '85 VW Jetta diesel, and graduated to an '84 300D. I owned the 300D for over 3 years until I was forced to sell it in September because it wouldn't pass Maryland inspection. It had very little rust by upstate NY standards (where I'm from), but way too much for Maryland standards (where I moved to). I ended up selling it a guy out of state, and I now drive - I hope you are all sitting down - a Nissan Maxima! I had to get something in a hurry, so I had no time to shop around for a nice SD or SDL. So now I still find myself craning my neck every time I hear the Mercedes diesel clatter, checking out every w123, w124 and, w126 diesel that drives by, and, obviously, surfing mercedesshop.com :). Its so hard to find a well cared for car that is over 10 years old, I don't know if I'll ever own another one again. But I'll keep my eye out, and I may even consider a VW TDI just to satisfy my diesel urge, since a CDI isn't in the budget!

Greg

This post should have been titled "Do you ever get Mercedes diesel withdrawl?" The answer to that would be yes. Diesel withdrawl? Not really possible with an all diesel fleet.... I just can't get away from those rattling injectors! RT

I don't have a diesel on the road these days, but I do miss driving my manual transmissioned 300E. We had lots of rain that kept me from getting it out for three or four weeks. I got it out last week and had a very pleasant drive to town.

I have it in the best mechanical and driving condition that I can ever remember. Cosmetically it is a bit challenged, with clear coat fading and bare in spots, generally not looking freshly polished and to make things worse, I was in the shop last week and a disc broke on my air grinder and ended up putting a 3 inch gash in the paint.

But sitting in the drivers seat of this car is a DISTINCT pleasure.

Merry Christmas,

Yes.

I went to Alaska on a cruise with my family and I missed my car as it was at the muffler shop getting taken care of.

My girlfriend at the time drove it back to my house...I was jealous just talking to her on the phone from AK :p

Apart from that trip (2 weeks) not 3 days has passed in a row without my driving my benz...

If I go about 2 days without driving my Mercedes the manic depression kicks my butt and I need a dose of spirited driving around the city/country to fix.

It calms me down better than anything I have found so far...(along with working on it)

I hate driving the parental units cars. Sure there newer and everything always works. ITS NOT THE SAME!!! :(

Most definitely. Over the summer my car was in for three weeks to get the tranny gaskets replaced and earlier in the summer was in for about the same time to get the swaybar and and one of the front susp brackets replaced. I would seriously get depressed over the absence of my Bo ... getting behind the wheel and playing a favorite CD while driving through the back roads around here is such a pick-me-up.

I've been "lucky" to have my grandmothers car as a back-up when Bo's had trouble. I use the quotations because its a mixed bag. On the plus, side no rental and I can get whereever I need to go. On the minus side, her car is no jewel to drive. It is a late-90s Isuzu Trooper and it rides like a mechanical bull, steers like a rock and has the turning radius of the Titanic. It was not a well taken care of car. My grandmother can no longer drive it (legally blind) but sits in it as a sunroom. Before that my grandfather drove it while he was very senile and once back it through the garage door all the way to the rear of the garage. Anyway, it's not fun to drive at all. If I drive in it for a long time, I actually get a sore back, neck and arms. And a sore brain!

My other backup is to borrow my dad's GMC Safari ... which has solid rear panels instead of windows ... it's harder to drive because of visability, also gets blown all over the road (a big tin can). But it's amusing and is not a bad vehicle for what it is (a work van).

Hopefully someday I'll have a full stable of MB diesels, so I won't have to suffer so much when Bo is under the knife.

But every time I get in my car when it gets back from the shop, I never fail to be amazed at what an impressive vehicle it is. It's my drug of choice, and yes, I do go through withdrawl. :cool:

Well it only happens
 

when i turn off the engine. :eek:
Part of the reason I like the idea of 100% veggie, and leave it run 24/7 through the winter here, no withdrawal symptoms. :D :D