What's a good price for the lwb 300D on ebay? Chris
--- On Sun, 2/8/09, LWB250 <lwb...@yahoo.com> wrote: > From: LWB250 <lwb...@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] anybody need a LWB 123? > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Sunday, February 8, 2009, 9:08 PM > Having researched the 123LWb for several years before > purchasing one myself, I learned a lot about both the gas > and diesel versions. The diesels were designed specifically > for taxi service, and were purposely geared for driving in > city traffic. > > Many (more like most) of the 123LWB diesels that made it > over here did so after they were taken out of service as > commercial vehicles in western Europe, mostly in Belgium > from what I could tell. > > I'm a little surprised this one has MBTex rather than > velour or cloth, which was typically used, but then again, > you could order them any way you wanted. > > At least it has manual climate control. It should also > have 15" wheels, rather than the stock 14". > > Dan > > > --- On Sun, 2/8/09, Tom Savage <tesav...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > From: Tom Savage <tesav...@gmail.com> > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] anybody need a LWB 123? > > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > Date: Sunday, February 8, 2009, 9:03 PM > > Allan Streib wrote: > > > Manual windows, manual climate controls -- would > > almost think this is a > > > euro taxi not a "limousine" except for > the automatic > > transmission. But > > > still looks pretty nice. Would definitely be a > > vehicle that takes its > > > own sweet time, with the slushbox and no turbo. > > > > Surprisingly, it looks like it should be exactly as > fast as > > a standard non-turbo 300D. The "W" 300D > has a 3.46 > > rear end while the LWB "V" 300D has a 3.96, > and the TDM says > > they should both hit 100kph in 19.2 seconds with the > > autosuck, despite the long one weighing an extra 180 > kilos. > > > > Tom > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives > http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
