Larry, If you ever find 2 300D 2.5's I'll take another one-I agree with you. Do you still have your 240D? Dwight
Dwight E. Giles, Jr. 1978 240D 4 speed. 218K miles. 1979 240D- auto -250K + miles. (SOLD). 1990 300D 2.5t 160K miles. Wickford, RI -----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of LarryT Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 7:37 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Car for OK Don's kids You wrote << I had the 94 Diamante >> It sounds like you ar a big fan of the Diamate? I have always liked the looked but know nothing about the mechanicals. Does this use the V6 you speak so highly of? Did the Diamante ever come with a V8? As much as I like the Diamante it would be hard to move me away from the late model W124 like we have. Wish I could find another just like it. Take care - LarryT 91 300D "If 'universal health care' as proposed by obama passes, it will demand rationing of care - Are you willing to wait 8 months for chemotherapy? Is your wife? Your Mom or Dad? Rationing is the only way to reduce costs." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Booher" <edboo...@gmail.com> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 1:02 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Car for OK Don's kids > On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 8:09 PM, Kevin <ke...@mordred.punk.net> wrote: > >> My experience parallels Dan's. >> >> On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 04:47:42PM -0700, LWB250 wrote: >> > >> > Any Japanese car approaching 160k is going to need some work. It's >> > been >> my experience that while Hondas and Mazdas and Nissans are very reliable, >> they all seem to hit the wall reliability-wise around 160k or >> thereabouts. >> > >> > Just my $0.02 >> > > There is a very real reason for this. Maintenance schedules. Almost > everyone > sings the praises of Japanese engine building, and almost as many forget > to > follow the very strict maintenance schedule of the manufacturer. > > I bought a 94 Galant from a Mitsubishi dealer my wife worked for once upon > a > time. The car had not been maintained at all. The kid who had received it > as > a hand me down from the parents got it to 220K before the engine died. Had > it towed to the Dealer, and was told it would be about $1000 to fix. He > walked and left the title. The $1000 .... maintenance? They took it down > to the block, ordered a "Rebuild Kit" that is supposed to be installed > every > 150K or so, new gaskets, new timing belt, etc. Just all the maintenance > parts and put the engine back together. Boom, good as new. > > Drove it for a couple years without a single further engine problem. Then > the neglected transmission blew and, well, I had the 94 Diamante by then. > > The point is, I guess, following the recommended maintenance schedule will > help keep a car running whether Japanese or German or even American I > guess, > unless you're GM and build things for planned obsolescence and then it > doesn't matter as much. > > EdB > > -- > "I'm a Night Elf Mohawk!" - Mr. T. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090703/88 0c49ef/attachment.html> > _______________________________________ > 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
