the tata be that new item from india. $2500 as in list. my experience on 'cheap'. in the last 5/7 years i have purchased 3 model 123's. two with a 4cylinder diesel. manual trannys both. one with a 5. total cost - about $2200. total miles driven in the 123's. a little over 100k. maintenance? total? maybe $1200. this be for tires, batteries, hoses, whatever. does not include oil/filter changes, etc. i do turn my own wrench. what brought this silly missive to the surface? in part, the 123/hybrid post. god. i should get a life.

http://news.google.com/news?q=tata&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&client=firefox-a&um=1&hl=en&sa=X&oi=news_result&resnum=1&ct=title

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

imagine hitting a pothole in one of those... not to mention hitting another car or a tractor trailer...

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

The W123 is a real car, the Tata is what a beer can with some playschool wheels nailed on?

Thats pretty insulting to compare any MB to that thing.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

If they made an electric one I would buy it in a second and use it for a city car. I hate starting the diesel on a cold morning to drive the kids to school. It is a bit to far to walk, 2 miles? and they are still to young to walk on their own.

For $2500 it might make a great platform to convert to electric? Maybe you could even order one without an engine?

I am looking at electric bikes, but even then I wouldn't want to do it in the winter

That one should be called a Na-Da, or a NO NO. Looks like a bubbled out Yugo. remember how safe those were?

The "Smart" car looked pretty impressive in its crash tests, but it is still too small for me.

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70's Southern Pacific #5608 Fairmont A-4 MOW car

13 VW JSW 2.0 TDI 193K, Tuned with DPF and EGR Delete.

91 W124 300D Turbo replaced, Pressure W/G actuator installed. 210K

90 Dodge D250 5.9 Cummins/5 speed. 400K

Hmmm.......I knew that thing looked familiar. They even stole the name! Remenber the egg-shaped space craft that Mork arrived in??? "Nanoo-Nanoo!"