I was 20. It was a 1984 300TD Wagon, astral silver, Euro model. At the time, I didn't even know what it was, but I knew I had to make it mine.

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1984 300TD Wagon--Astral Silver--Retired
1983 300TD Wagon--Dark Blue--Retired

22

My interest in MB diesels started in the spring of 2001 but I didn't buy one until the summer of 2002 when I was 25. That's when the addiction began.

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2004 VW Jetta TDI (manual)

Past MB's: '96 E300D, '83 240D, '82 300D, '87 300D, '87 420SEL

17 when I bought my 82 TD.

I think I was 24. I bought a '75 300D. I thought I'd buy a slow diesel after I totaled my Datsun 240ZX.

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Michael LaFleur

'05 E320 CDI - 86,000 miles
'86 300SDL - 360,000 miles
'85 300SD - 150,000 miles (sold)
'89 190D - 120,000 miles (sold)
'85 300SD - 317,000 miles (sold)
'98 ML320 - 270,000 miles (sold)
'75 300D - 170,000 miles (sold)
'83 Harley Davidson FLTC (Broken again) :-(
'61 Plymouth Valiant - 60k mikes
2004 Papillon (Oliver)
2005 Tzitzu (Griffon)
2009 Welsh Corgi (Buba)

im 16 but i bout mine when i was 15 8 months ago for $300 it rus and drives too.

I'm 48 and I just bought my first one! '82 TD

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'93 300D 200k (since Aug 04)
'82 300TD 205k (since March 04)
'02 Ford Escape 192k (bought new)
'90 Ford Festiva 310k (since '92 with under 10k)
'01 Jeep TJ Wrangler 278k (since 07 with 235k)
'76 VW Westfalia van 150k ? (since '90 with 100k)
'72 Chevrolet Corvette conv. (base not a LT1) 175k (since '84 with 100k)
71' VW Squareback (since '72 with under 9k, odo turned over, then stopped then replaced. maybe 250k)
'87 Yamaha Riva 125 scooter 7k

First yr college, age 20 - nearly 30 yrs ago. Car was '65 220Sb with blown head-gasket for $600..... an easy DIY repair and the seller thought he ripped ME off. It was an immaculate 4-spd antracite grey, red leather interior, manual sunroof car that was less than 10 yrs old at the time.

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'80 300SD/ w116
'79 240D 4-spd
'71 750cc Guzzi

previously owned:

'83 240D 4-spd
'77 280SEL 4-spd
'74 280/8
'72 250/8
'65 220Sb 4-spd
'63 220Sb 4-spd
'63 190c 4-spd
'61 220Sb 4-spd
'60 190b 4-spd

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I was 16...I got my 240D on July 1st 2002...and 14,000 miles later...we are still going...albeit with the piston slapping replacement motor.

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Nick
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2002 Sprinter 2500 140" High Roof :

i was 25. it's my 79 300TD euro.

the other MBs we had were more of a family car... the TD was my own.. after selling my jap car.

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Mike

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1975 200 - Sold (no pix);
1978 200 - Sold - http://www.pbase.com/hboy/redbaron
1979 300TD - Sold
http://www.pbase.com/hboy/greenwagon
http://www.geocities.com/hboy726/300TD.html
1985 230E - now my daily driver...

I'm surprised how many youngish folks there are here..

25 for me, last Thanksgiving. Traded my father a pretty nice 82 VW Caddy turbo diesel for the 300D, that I've been trying to weasel away from first his wife, then him, for the better part of a decade now.

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One more Radar Lover gone...
1982 VW Caddy diesel 406K 1.9L AAZ
1994 E320 195K

28, but I'd been wrenching it before I bought it. I think age 10 or so the first time I let out a clutch on a truck. Age 12 when I first backed a truck with a trailer attached (I remember that day!).

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daBenz - 1970 220D

I was 35 when I bought the gasser. 36 when I got the 220d.

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1992 500SEL 25K
1995 E320 40K
1995 SL600 120K
2002 JX8 Sport 43K
2005 Volvo S40 95K
2006 Isuzu NPR 304K (Frankencamper)
2007 Crown Victoria 150K
2014 Smart Electric 20K

I bought my first Mercedes 83 300D of of Ebay 5 months ago. I'm 47 young. I wish I had discovered diesels a long time ago.

18 -- Bought the '79 300SD for $500 and drove it home. Was so cheap because the kickdown wiring melted itself (and all others around it). Never done anything but an oil change before I bought the car, first thing I did to the car was remove the dashboard and rewire what needed it. A little over a year has gone by since then and I can't imagine NOT owning a Mercedes.

John
'79 300SD