I've seen 4 so far in my area.
kinda cool seeing the little star on the front and back of the trucks!

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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!

What type of engines do they use? I'm rural so I seem to get the big truck!

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My occupational hazard bein'
my occupation's just not around...
1980 300SD
1980 300SD

Cool...waiting for one to bring me my new Becker Europa II right now!

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Current Mercedes
1979 maple yellow 240D 4-speed

Gone and fondly remembered:
1980 orient red 240D 4-speed

Gone and NOT fondly remembered:
1982 Chna Blue 300TD

Other car in the stable:
2013 VW Jetta Sportwagen TDI / 6-speed MT

Hmmmmm? Haven't they been this way for about 8 yrs now?

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

I believe they use the same V6 used in the E class and ML class. It is, however, derated from the passenger car HP.

I've seen fedex sprinters since 2004... strange you haven't seen them until now... but I'm assuming they have the OM612, OM647, or the OM642 (probably not the M111 or the M272). My van has the OM647 I believe (316 CDI)

Not sure of the current engine but they used to have the 5cyl turbo diesel I think. Or was it 6?

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

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My occupational hazard bein'
my occupation's just not around...
1980 300SD
1980 300SD

Yea it was 5 because the 6 cylinder diesel (OM642) was not available until the 2007 model. The OM647 is inline 5 rated at 154 HP

I passed one in my Driveway still badged as a Freightliner, We've had then awhile. nice trucks. I believe it's only the express levels of shipment here that are the sprinter vans we still have the large box on wheels

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hum.....
1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

I thought FedEx guys were all owner/operators.

Jay

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On the road, currently:
'83 300D (German spec.) 168k mi. - - Wolfgang (tucked snugly away for the winter!)
'87 300D 375k mi. - finally went over to "The Dark Side"
'87 300TD 225k mi.
Cannondale 66cm CAAD5 w/Campy/Jamis Aurora
Hujsak Custom Fixie/Landshark Track Shark Custom/Ahearne Custom 29'er

Yea the one my parents and I drive has the dodge badges... Cost like $450 for all Mercedes badges

Freightliner is the same so, Dosnt matter the badging still neat vans

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hum.....
1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

Not very easy to park or see much of anything though... The engines can get that thing up to speed pretty quickly and it can get up to like 90 mph... Turbo kicking in once almost made me crash (trying to test acceleration in a back alley). One of the coolest things is the fact that it is a Sequential Automatic, so it will shift gears by itself buy you can tap the shifter to the left to go down a gear or to the right to go up a gear so you can either improve acceleration, go down a mountain/hill at a controllable speed (using the transmission almost as a brake), or easily power up an incline, and there is no clutch pedal to mess with. One other problem is the brake and the throttle pedal are so close together, you can only drive with one foot if you are a male or have big feet (I'm both a male and have big feet).

FedEx Ground are owner operators. They bought out RPS several years ago which were owner operators also.

Those Printers are nice...air conditioned unlike Big Brown!

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Dave
Pawleys Island, SC

'79 300CD