'92 300D 2.5Turbo-Owner opinions

[Michael]

Hello all,

I'm considering picking up one of these cars as a third vehicle. I need something economical for work, and think this car will fill the bill. What has been your experience as to mileage?

I wanted to solicit the opinions of anyone who owns such a car. Strengths? Weaknesses? Maintenance issues?

The actual car I'm looking at has just had a new turbo installed (at 105k mi.), as apparently the controller ruined the old one. Both a new turbo and controller will have been installed before I pick it up. Does anyone know if such a failure could have done other damage, and how might that damage might be identified? And does anyone know how this Control Unit might have fried the turbo? The only thing I could figure is that the controller might have allowed the turbo to over-rev/generate too much boost, and therefore it allowed too much stress on the turbo's bearing(s). But if indeed this was the case, might it also have also stressed the bottom end?

Any and all comments welcome...it sounds like a nice car, and is actually advertised by a fellow MBZShop member! I'm looking forward to joining your exclusive "club" of oil-burner owners!

Thanks in advance.

[Edited by Michael on 01-12-2001 at 06:00 PM]