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Oil changes I would imagine. (When was the last time you saw the owner of a new(ish) BMW changing their own?

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1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

Oil changes cost more, although it won't matter for awhile since BMW includes maintenance for the first 50k miles. Also modern diesels are more complicated than there gas counterparts and are always more expensive to fix.

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2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

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That "more maintenance" bravo sierra gets old, since it is false.

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I was really happy to see a passenger diesel advertised in the US at all. A harbinger of good things to come. Let's keep our fingers crossed for that diesel-electric hybrid E Class!

However, I couldn't believe BMW's X3 commercial. "Designed in America. Made in America." Really? Your selling point for a GERMAN CAR is that it's designed and made in the US? If I'm getting an American car, why do the parts still cost three times as much?
Smooth move, BMW. I'm sure Joe the Plumber can't sell his Chevy fast enough.

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RIP:
2011 E350 BlueTEC, Schwartz 81k (totaled by uninsured drunk driver)
1964 Unimog 404.1 (wrongfully towed by the city)
1994 E320, Brilliantsilber 208k (transmission shuffled off after sudden catastrophic fluid loss)
1982 300D, Silberblau under a blue repaint 256k (sold for parts)
1995 E320 Polarweiss, 131k (sold for parts)
1995 E300D Polarweiss, 287k (totaled by drunk driver)

Probably a result of some market research about american football fans.

Did you see the Chrysler ad? Honestly moving. Makes me kind of proud to be an American... Sadly the car in the ad is a re-badged Sebring quite possibly Chrysler's most boring car. But the rest of the ad was amazing.

I'd buy a Chrysler before a BMW after seeing these ads.

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Advertising executives find it nice to know that you can still be moved to buy thier product with audio visuals.
If the 911 and the recession never happened eminem would have never done that commercial and he would still be calling dtown stinktown.(or whatever caustic slang his drugged out no book reading ass wants to call it)

Newer diesel powered engines use about a third less fuel than thier gasoline using counterpart model.However there are more costly to produce.This planet runs on greed.

READ the book :TWO BILLION CARS: there is an interesting section on mercedes and thier inability to bring electric cars to the mainstream almost two decades ago...... you can find it for FREE if you VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY....or ebay...(books can be had there for just a few dollars,if they are more than a year old and are non-fiction,this book fits both categories.)

your congressmen dont want you to know certain information.A bill will be passed very soon limiting your internet access....guess which buisness loving, pro gun ,not even a tenth of a percent tax increase and freedom loving party will support it

it took the prices of food to increase twenty percent in a month to incite a riot and a regime change in another country,
but they dont have access to our wonderous television and alchohol and mind numbing prescribed drugs.

This has relevance...how?

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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

I wouldn't buy a Chrysler product under any circumstances...

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I'd love to own a couple Chryslers products - if I needed them. I think they represent a good value.

I like their Cummins powered pickups.

And I really like the Chrysler mini vans. Very nice vehicle to own and operate.

They gained a lot of engineeering expertise when part of the Mercedes-Benz company. As did the Jeep brand as well.

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Plus a middle-mileage 123 or 124 purchased now will outlast a 2012 330d.

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RIP:
2011 E350 BlueTEC, Schwartz 81k (totaled by uninsured drunk driver)
1964 Unimog 404.1 (wrongfully towed by the city)
1994 E320, Brilliantsilber 208k (transmission shuffled off after sudden catastrophic fluid loss)
1982 300D, Silberblau under a blue repaint 256k (sold for parts)
1995 E320 Polarweiss, 131k (sold for parts)
1995 E300D Polarweiss, 287k (totaled by drunk driver)

It will probably outlast a 2012 anything.

Maybe not a 2012 Land Rover Defender. But pretty much anything else, yeah.

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RIP:
2011 E350 BlueTEC, Schwartz 81k (totaled by uninsured drunk driver)
1964 Unimog 404.1 (wrongfully towed by the city)
1994 E320, Brilliantsilber 208k (transmission shuffled off after sudden catastrophic fluid loss)
1982 300D, Silberblau under a blue repaint 256k (sold for parts)
1995 E320 Polarweiss, 131k (sold for parts)
1995 E300D Polarweiss, 287k (totaled by drunk driver)

Thanks folks, I didn't realize there was a diesel BMW and have to wonder as rscurtis does, are there any left?
Seems they came late to the party, yet "last out, best dressed" also seems to be on target, as it was the most powerful diesel engine in 1985, not a difficult thing to accomplish, as the 617 was designed in the, what, late 70's?

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