Cool story I just ran across about a guy in Boise using 300SD's for a fleet of cabs running on veg.
New cab in Boise will run on french fry oil | Local & Regional | Boise, Meridian, Nampa, Caldwell, Idaho News, Weather, Sports and Breaking News - KBOI 2

Very Cool!
-Graydon

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1980 240D (Mileage Unknown, broken odo say's 160K)
1985 300SD (213K) SOLD

" TAXI ! TAXI ! " in Santa Monica , Ca. ran a fleet of these for over a decade , I'm not sure why they changed over to (ugh) Toyota Prius' , they summarily junked all the W-126 SD's they had , most were very clean indeed , inside and out .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

Way cool! I remember seeing a W116 300SD used as a taxi in the Tacoma area of Washington.

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Stop paying for animal enslavement, cruelty, and slaughter. Save your health and the planet. Go vegan! I did 18 years ago. https://challenge22.com/

DON'T MESS WITH MY MERCEDES!


1967 W110 Universal Wagon, Euro, Turbo Diesel, Tail Fins, 4 Speed Manual Column Shift, A/C
1980 W116 300SD Turbo Diesel, DB479 Walnut Brown, Sunroof, Highly Optioned, 350,000+ Miles

We had (Maybe still do) a bunch of W123`s that were called Green Cab. they burned Bio-Diesel.

I was at one of the PNP`s and there was a Green Cab being slammed around and then shoved into the crusher.

Go Green Cab Santa Cruz

Charlie

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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

got a feeling he's going to trouble with that logo if M-B evers sees it.....

Cool story and I applaud the effort but the reporter should at least get the facts correct. He states that the company is "converting them to run on biodiesel". The cars are obviously being converted to run on vegetable oil and of course no conversion is required if they were actually to be run on biodiesel. May be picking nits but that kind of sloppy information annoys me.

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Joe

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1980 300SD - 495k miles - 'The Ambassador'
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Former Family Members
95 C280
73 280SEL
90 300D
87 300SDL (X2)
86 560SEL
84 300D
80 300SD

That's pretty cool! I hope I see them driving around town here in Boise. I don't see many old MB Diesel's around here.

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1987 300SDL 271,000
1999 E300 Turbodiesel 155,000ish. (Dad's)

"Baby Polar Bear" was sold to a husband&wife owned Taxi service in Canada. I have no memory of their location.

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daw_two
Germantown, TN

Links:
Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
Cluster Needles Paint
New Old Stock (NOS) parts

Past:
3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda"
04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben"
& many more