A happy diesel owner, again!

[Dcraig]

I put a deposit on a 1985 Astral Silver 300CD today to replace the 1985 Nautical Blue one that I stupidly sold 6 months ago.

It needs some work, and I think I'll be into this one for more than I was with the blue one, but what the heck.

If you saw my post about the trans not shifting, well, this is the car. Today it shifted beautifully, one of the nicest shifts I've seen.

First it needs about a gallon of Simple Green and elbow grease for the interior, then a detailed wash and wax. Finally, off to the salvage yard for a set of original rims. The current rims are black with break dust and the chrome plating has peeled off, I don't think they can be saved. Then off to the tire store for a new set of Michelins MXV4's.

One thing I noticed today that I didn't see before was the rear window is cloudy at the bottom. I think that happens when the glass is separating. Sounds like big $$. The coupes have those little wires used for the defroster. Almost killed the deal for me.

I missed that diesel smell.

Craig