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New Addition
Well, I bought a 'new' MB yesterday.
Its raining today so will take more pictures tomorrow, but thats the whole fleet of cars I've got! The pickup was my first vehicle, bought the white SD in Jan of '03 and the blue SD was bought yesterday. Paid $3800, which was too much I know, but the car is in fabulous condition minus the seats. The car was owned by an ER doctor (seriously) for the past 1.5 years or so and he spent some good money getting it up to snuff and keeping it in tip top shape. GOOD: --ACC is fully functional, am unsure about all the vac pods, but the big $$ items all work (compressor, holds a charge, ACC servo (new past year) --Has new Michelen tires (Radial Plus?? can't see any other name) --Body is very very nice shape One small bit of surface rust, jack points are clean --Paint is my preferred color and is in good shape. Only paint chips right above the headlights from bugs and whatnot. --Trunk liners are intact, clean and not deformed (big change from the white car) --Cruise control works, no surging or anything (it gets tempermental when you do decellerate on the stalk, etc) --Proper radio antenna that works --Original chrome windshield wipers (what the blades go in, not the arms) --Rear glass isn't seperating --All the window regulators work --****QUIET**** engine and wind noise at speed --*Perfectly* functioning/sealing sunroof --Very little play in steering wheel --Chrome looks in remarkably good condition --Only takes a pinky to open/close doors! --Jenn likes it!!! (very impressed on that one) BAD: --The seats outright suck. All of them. The white SD (which has cancer) has seats that are in quite good shape, so it is going to be donating them. --No instrument lights --Instrument cluster needles need paint --Wood has a few light cracks --Carpet is average --US headlights (white SD will swap) --Tranny snaps necks... didn't realize shifts could be that hard! --Kickdown system dead... --Accelerator Pedal has an inch of dead travel initially --Door locks have a fairly fast leak (white car can hold for a week..swap!) --Fuel door area doesn't drain --CV boots are starting to look iffy --Its as much of a slug as the white car, 17 sec 0-60, while Jim F. can get 10-11. This should be adjustments on both cars. --Speedo reads 5pmh low, white reads 5mph high, just can't win here --Dash is cracked (anyone ever see a non-cracked blue dash though?) --Aforementioned rust spot I'm mostly happy with it, but I'll be much much happier with it when I get the new driver seat and that one inch of dead play out of the pedal... it feels like I can't floor it! It is simply amazing how quiet this car is compared to my other SD. WOT 5000 rpm in 3rd is about 1/3 to 1/4 as loud as the white car. I'm also very happy with how the car looks. I've always liked dark blue vehicles and have always wanted to repaint the white SD to blue, but I just bought another one instead!! Not to mention that there is nowhere near as much crap wrong with the paint on the blue car! Thanks guys for making these cars so affordable (once you buy them anyway !!! Best of luck with your Diesel(s)!! John Robbins '79 300SD - Blue '79 300SD - White '80 300SD - Tan (Parts) '95 Mazda B2300 |
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Congratulations!
Build that fleet I say....build it large! Don
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DAILY DRIVERS: '84 300DT 298k (Aubrey's) '99.5 Jetta TDI IV 251k (Julie's) '97 Jetta TDI 127k (Amber's) '97 Jetta TDI 186k (Matt's) '96 Passat TDI 237k (Don's '84 300D 211k Mint (Arne- Undergoing Greasecar Conversion) SOLD: '82 240D 229k (Matt's - Converted-300DT w/ 4 speed |
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Nice car the 116 sure has a classic front end. you are right about blue dasboards. I am just finishing swicthing dashs from my 81 SD black and perfect to my 86 SE witch has a blue and much cracked one.here's the blue one......
William Rogers............ |
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Here's the black one from a car that's five years older,both cars came from california........
William Rogers........... |
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