I stare, head sideways, at leon's tachometer-- It's hard to figure out the time whenever the clock only has the one hand :)

I almost tried to unlock my Civic with the key again today.:o

When I get into my girlfriends Saturn Vue I'm always waiting for the orange light to go out before starting.

- Peter.

I have the opposite problem. My 240D has a standard 4-speed transmission. I keep wanting to shift up to that fifth overdrive gear. I usually hit fourth gear at about 40mph. The engine keeps on winding up and I reach for another gear but it ain't there.

When I get into my daughter's Toyota Camry, I turn the key and wait for the glow plug light to go off. There is no glow plug light.

I drove my moms equinox..

The steering wheel is too small, the blind spots can be counted on two hands, the throttle is tooo repsonsive, the seat is too hard, and.. I waited for the glow plugs..

I love the visibility in the 123 body MB's. The seats OTOH are not what I would call comfortable though sheepskins take care of that.

With me it's the pedal difference that gets me. I use all the pedal range in my 300cd all the time (floored). Then I go to a 260 horsepower turbo Saab and I floor it!:ukliam3:

try doing that in front of a cop and explain to him you drive a 23 year old diesel... ^_^ 10$ says he laughs

When I drive my 230CE I don't have the problem of needing to put the pedal to the metal. I did try driving it like I did my diesel at the time and got a pleasant surprise as well. It's a stick so It'll burn rubber with no problem but by no means like the SAAB.

Yeah the same thing happend to me but in a 400hp Vette, nice burn out though.:D

waiting for the engine to warm up before turning key to start in gas cars after using the diesels...

The problem I have is after driving my 60hp '77 240D automatic WITH the A/C on, I get into my 375hp Dodge-Cummins powered and forget NOT to push the throttle ALL the way to the floor on take off!!! :dizzy2:

From the time I was two until I was about 13, we owned a 1980 240D. Whenever I got into someone else's car, I never tried to unlock the passenger doors for fear of wrecking the vacuum-actuated power lock system.