Landed in the father land this AM and picked up our rental. Had my hopes up for B class but got a pregnant ford focus C Max. Why dont they sell these things in the states??? Diesel, 6 speed, seating for 6. I will probably be repeating the above quite frequently.

Also, it smells like my 16 yr old dog everywhere. They really need to find a better catalyst than urine....

__________________
http://superturbodiesel.com/images/sig.04.10.jpg
1995 E420 Schwarz
1995 E300 Weiss
#1987 300D Sturmmachine
#1991 300D Nearly Perfect
#1994 E320 Cabriolet
#1995 E320 Touring
#1985 300D Sedan
OBK #42

Are you headed to the MB museum? I had a visit and enjoyed it very much. The Porsche museum is also very good and close by too!

__________________
____________________
1984 300CD (sold)
1973 220DPK 4 spd (died)
1978 350SL 4 spd gray market
2003 SLK32 AMG
1988 300CE (sold)
1997 E420 (Totaled)
1998 E320 Wagon

just recently went to Italy, and I complained constantly in those words.

I rented a fiat bravo 6-speed turbo diesel (reserved a ford fiesta online, so pleasant surprise to actually get an italian car), my uncle rented an opel astra 6-speed turbo diesel, and my other aunt had rented a B series diesel mercedes.

I loved my fiat rental, felt and sounded just like a TDI with a little lower power curve in a little 1.6 turbo diesel.

Fuel economy on all 3 was astonishing.

__________________
This post brought to you by Carl's Jr.

I drove a right hand drive 2012 Ford Focus TDCi 6 speed this past summer.

I got 5.6 liters of diesel per 100 kilometers in mixed driving for a few weeks. Not bad of a car I must say. I also wonder why they don't sell them here.


.

__________________
1983 123.133 California
- GreaseCar Veg System

I might have to get you some money for a proper Finnish tuned pump.... one day!

Well, I just read the EPA/Obama administration just enacted new legislation to reduce soot emissions another 20%. So I don't expect any new diesel cars anytime soon. And I wonder if those few still sold here may dissappear as well!

Happy Motoring, Mark

__________________
DrDKW

pfff, i got stuck with a Citroen C4 picasso minivan when i went last September. Total POS.

As far as the MB museum, i heard they're having a special exhibit with racecars from the 50's (not all MB though)

__________________
1983 300SD (daily driver)
1991 420SEL (work in progress)
1979 300SD (future replacement for 83 SD)

RIP:
1983 300SD (totalled)
1986 420SEL

I wish I could find a cartoon I saw once in a trucking magazine when EGR first came out on heavy trucks. The exhaust stacks fed back into the air filters. "now what" was the caption. If only they knew...

EGR valves to reduce NoX, Particulate filters to reduce soot, Urea injection to further reduce NoX.

Actually, the urea injection into the exhaust to reduce NoX allows the manufacturers to reduce the amount of EGR required to meet the stricter emissions. As a bonus, they are able to tune the engines back up a bit and retrieve the previously lost horsepower. The DPF and urea combination has proven to be a much more reliable system than just the DPF.

I don't know about the requirements for cars, but heavy trucks are already 99% soot free and the NoX is way down. The urea does smell like cat pee but the exhaust has no smell. Trucks with a half a million miles still have exhaust stacks with NO soot in them.

__________________
1982 300sd, new project car to restore

It doesn't matter if you know what you're doing, as long as you look like you know what you're doing.

Turns out this preggers Focus will fit 7!! I found a hidden middle seat under one of the middle row chairs. Clearly, 4 adults is a squeeze but 3 adults and 3 kids were easy going today.


We went to the MB museum last time, this go around its the BMW museum. It's just mind boggling that this car isn't sold in the states. For the eco conscience soccer mom it'd be perfect.

__________________
http://superturbodiesel.com/images/sig.04.10.jpg
1995 E420 Schwarz
1995 E300 Weiss
#1987 300D Sturmmachine
#1991 300D Nearly Perfect
#1994 E320 Cabriolet
#1995 E320 Touring
#1985 300D Sedan
OBK #42

The C-max is sold in the 'states. It's only available with a hybrid drivetrain here. No diesel, but that would be no surprise.

where are our pictures? huh?

__________________
This post brought to you by Carl's Jr.

We need a picture of that Euro Focus. Wreck it and it will be out of Focus.


Charlie

__________________
there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works

It sounds like fun. I have been in Europe three times and each time I had a car to travel in. The driving is no problem especially since we use universal signage here now. Taking a tour in a bus just cannot compare.

in 2001 I took my four daughters, Mrs. W and my Mom to Italy for two weeks. we got a renault 9 passenger van with a four cyl turbo diesel and a five speed. It drove like a car, had decent power and got great economy.

Great stuff.

In Italy the Alfa Romeos were the greatest looking cars overall as I remember.

__________________
[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

We wuz robbed last time we went to Italy. We were supposed to have something diesel but got stuck with a Lancia something (Eta?) gasser. We picked it up from a small agency in Orvieto that just didn't have much. Crap. Time before we had a very pleasurable Renault Clio3 dci that I would have liked to have taken back to the US.

__________________
80 300SD (129k mi) 82 240D stick (193k mi)77 240D auto - stick to be (153k mi) 85 380SL (145k mi) 89 BMW 535i 82 Diesel Rabbit Pickup (374k mi) 91 Jetta IDI Diesel (155k mi) 81 VW Rabbit Convertible Diesel 70 Triumph Spitfire Mk III (63kmi)66 Triumph TR4a IRS (90k mi)67 Ford F-100 (??)

I hate the C max - for its crappy luggage space sorry!



The S max is so much better for that though I reckon it to be a bit more van-like



...I still can't see the point of a 6 speed manual transmission though - 5th gear in most cars (especially those stupid French ones mentioned above) just seems to make more noise. I spend most of my time trying to remember to shift from 4th to 6th and ignore number 5...

__________________
1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!