Hi, I've been lurking for about a month around here now. I'd like to introduce myself: I'm an 18 y.o. student from maryland, going to attend UMD college park next year. I needed a car to drive to college and back, so I sold my 93 240SX and 81 Volvo 242, and bought an 84 300SD.

Here it is the day I got it:


The good:
150k miles
new tires
no rust
runs well
good alpine stereo (it has even subwoofers , for comparison my volvo had no stereo and the 240 had 2 speakers )

the bad:
A/C is toasted


So far I've changed the oil (whooooooo), adjusted the valves, cleaned the banjo bolt, cleaned up the car a lot. It's not as nice as the cars I see here, butI got it for $1700, and it even passed MD inspection without me trying to bribe anybody . So far I'm very happy, seems like a very solid car, especially after my tin cans.

Cheers!

Looks like a nice car. Welcome to the forum. Much good information here. Mercedes built these cars so they can be taken apart and repaired, they're great. Enjoy your new ride and your college years. You'll remember these four years for the rest of your life so take lots of pictures and write down the names of all the girls.

Jeremy
also an 18 year old student
42 years ago

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"Buster" in the '95

Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762
"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970

well what have we got here, i guess your niebor in the back was jealous and he got himself a benz "i think" in the back ground. Nice work

haha, its just a Volvo, he's had it for a while, seems to run without any problems or maintanance lol.

ha i see it now, i thought it was one of them old vintange benz's. my bad. Im starting to get that addiction to mercedes now and everything i hear and see have to be benz's. i have 2 300d's and hopfully getting some more. there fun cars to drive. your 300sd looks so similar to a 420 or 560 sel. I preferr diesel though, better mpg.

It's a turbodiesel, the OM617.

Welcome! Nice ride, AC common source of problems, on mine, well I'll start a thread soon.

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83 SD

84 CD

Ah yes the amazing turbo that pulls you back. I love that feeling being in my benz and cruizing. So confortable, like all of your problems are going away.

How is this technically related to Diesels? Might we be tying up unnecessary Bandwidth by posting this?

Just kidding. Welcome to the Friendliest and Best Forum on the Internet.

I have always had a philosophical feeling that this Forum is much more than just a place for technical dissertations.

That sure is a nice ride.. Looks much nicer than mine I must say.
Those wheels look great. Where did you say you lived again....? muahahaah!


Welcome / Enjoy!



Cheers!

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Thank you for all the help guys!

"Old Gretchen" <--1983 300SD w126 cali. emissions (so it says on wdw sticker)
LIght metallic blue with dark blue interior. Odo stuck at 160,500 mi.

www.handydo.joolo.com

Welcome aboard! Beautiful car, I love the color combo. Make yourself at home!

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