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Do you ever regret selling your diesel?
Some days I wish I had my W126 back.
The W201 I drive now is nice but it feels like a Honda Civic especially on the interstate.
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Ben 1987 190d 2.5Turbo |
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Not too long after that, I got my w116, and now that she's sold, I have a 123. Even with the clickety-clack diesel engine, it still has a certain amount of a refinement feeling to it. Not as much as the w116, which was probably one of the smoothest cars I've ridden in, but enough that I still feel like i'm in an MB. I can understand why going from a 126 to a 201 would make you feel that way. Not to say there's anything wrong with a 201 at all, just that it's like a different car. |
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What !!!
Sell a diesel ?
Is that even possible ?? |
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I still regret selling my '81 300SD in 1989. We moved from Columbus to Chicago and needed to go from two cars to one. We kept the '85 RX-7 and sold the SD. Then I got a job with a 90 mile daily round trip, and every day that I was in that tiny car in stop and go traffic with a stick shift for four hours I missed the SD. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
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Whunter,
How's my car doing? Did you get to drive it?
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Ben 1987 190d 2.5Turbo |
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Umm
No, it is still needs a radiator.
I have not even seen it yet. |
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thats the reason I always find myself grabbing the keys of my benz rather than wifeys new maxima.. its clackety, oldschool and generally heavy on feel. Its solid..
Mrs thinks otherwise. I also had a diesel VW - miss that little car, always up and ready for any task.
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2012 BMW X5 (Beef + Granite suspension model) 1995 E300D - The original humming machine (consumed by Flood 2017) 2000 E320 - The evolution (consumed by flood 2017) |
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I still have every diesel.......(at least the engine) I ever owned.
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Proud owner of .... 1971 280SE W108 1979 300SD W116 1983 300D W123 1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper 1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel 1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified) --------------------- Section 609 MVAC Certified --------------------- "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche |
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I miss my 240d. Well I miss the manual tranny at least. :'(
Time to 3 pedal swap the 300D I guess haha.
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1981 300TD 4 speed manual Euro bumpers, zender valance and skirts, H&R springs, billy HD's, leveled sls, real AMG Pentas 16x8 et11, vdo boost/egt gauges intergrated into ash tray, eurolights, led 3rd brake light |
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201's don't feel like a civic at all if the suspension is taken care of. They ride like a miniature W124.....waaaay more solid/refined than a civic.
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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life- '15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800) '17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k) '09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k) '13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k) '01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km) '16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k) |
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you just inspired me to replace my original shocks
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Ben 1987 190d 2.5Turbo |
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I miss the '75 240, as slow as it was (auto) but I do not miss at all the rust.
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Gary Experience is something you get, Just after you needed it.... '99 E300 295K, '83 300D 220K, '75 240D 185K sold '80 MCI Bus Conv DD 6V92TA, w/4 cyl. Kubota diesel GenSet 12.5KW |
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Good. I did that on my sister's car and it felt brand new afterwards!
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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life- '15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800) '17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k) '09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k) '13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k) '01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km) '16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k) |
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'85 300TD is the one I wish I had kept.
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I let go of a nice 92 300D perhaps 3 years ago. In hindsight, I really should of kept it. Looking for another W124 Diesel, this time I think it will be a 95.
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2012 B Class 1981 300D - Now with greazzer |
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