I often use a lab coat when working on cars.
Luther wrote:
and keeps your white lab coat white :D
Luther
--
Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK
(2x) 91 300D 2.5 Turbo, 90 420SEL, 89 560SEL,
87 300SDL, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 84 190D 2.2,
81 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, 72 250C, 69 250
uh, no, its not worth $3k. Maybe $1500
Sunil Hari wrote:
My mechanic here has a 1982 240D with 220Kmi on the chassis, 150Kmi on the
engine that he just put in, manual tranny, body has no rust on it. He says
it's ready to roll with no mechanical issues. Burgundy with tan Tex
interior.
Ceteris
Hi, All.
I need boot repair advice. I was wrestling the snowblower into the shed after
this last snowfall and managed to stab the toe of my rubber(?) boot with the
end of a small bolt, 1/4 dia. The bolt pulled out and the hole closed up, so I
only need to seal the top of the boot. Will the
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Large-Collection-Vintage-Mercedes-Benz-NOS-Used-Parts_W0QQitemZ110105763732QQcategoryZ10076QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
--
Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK
(2x) 91 300D 2.5 Turbo, 90 420SEL, 89 560SEL,
89 260E, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 84 190D 2.2,
81 240D, 80 240D,
It'd better have a woman's name
At 07:45 PM 3/21/2007, you wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercedes-Benz-300-Series-1994-s350-turbo-diesel-s350d-18k-miles-on-MB-engine_W0QQitemZ330099985078QQcategoryZ6336QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
--
Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK
(2x) 91 300D 2.5 Turbo, 90
Some years ago I bought some really good white cotton jumpsuits for $1
each at a surplus store. They are size 52 and have some nuclear reactor
lapel labels on them. I don't need shop lights or anything when I wear
them, and they keep me warm in the winter too! Kinda big on me, but I
seem to
Had an issue with the anti war folks. Wife was out of town yesterday
and left the e300d parked downtown. Not too close to the path of the
peaceful demonstrators. Seems one of them decided they did not like
german cars. No indication that the owner might support the war
effort, just wanted
Frederick Moir wrote:
Hi, All.
I need boot repair advice.
When my rubber boot had a crack in it (in December IIRC),
I patched it inside and out with Household Goop (very similar
to Shoo Goo). I submersed it a week ago, still no leaks.
Mitch.
Kaleb needs more parts!!! Kaleb, just think of what your neighbors would
think when those rolled up! Aren't triple bottoms legal in OK?
At 07:58 PM 3/21/2007, you wrote:
haha, that would be funny. Everyone should chip it to buy them for me.
Loren Faeth wrote:
Kaleb needs more parts!!! Kaleb, just think of what your neighbors would
think when those rolled up! Aren't triple bottoms legal in OK?
At 07:58 PM 3/21/2007, you wrote:
I bet there's some stuff in there i'd buy from ya Have them arrive just
before the okieQ and then you can draft everyone to help inventory the
stuff and buy stuff
At 08:30 PM 3/21/2007, you wrote:
haha, that would be funny. Everyone should chip it to buy them for me.
Loren Faeth wrote:
Look at all that wood... But it looks used sigh
Then again, there are shelves of NOS chrome bumpers too.
Not too far from D.C., either.
Must fight the urge Must fight the urge.
On 3/21/07, Loren Faeth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I bet there's some stuff in there i'd buy from ya Have them
I occasionally rub elbows with people in the know, and I've heard that
there's a new patchouli-scented IED designed to 'shock and awe' you
right-wing types, into a becalmed state of bliss. You have been warned.
You may suddenly decide it's time to withdraw support for pointless
quagmires.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercedes-Benz-300-Series-1994-s350-
turbo-diesel-s350d-18k-miles-on-MB-
engine_W0QQitemZ330099985078QQcategoryZ6336QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Sure is. Sigh.
-- Jim
I only need to seal the top of the boot. Will the infamous
Shoe Goo be the best?
Absolutely. That's exactly the kind of thing it's for. It's
tough, yet flexible. Sticks to most anything.
-- Jim
uh, no, its not worth $3k. Maybe $1500
Highly local-market dependent. Witness the current inflated
prices in the SEA and PDX markets. I sold that '79 240D auto
with 303kmi on it last summer for $2500. Depending on the
cosmetic condition this would be a far better car. (But
cosmetics counts
What excactly are we talking about? The plastic sheet that goes
between the
door trim and door or the rubber strip that holds the window in the
channel.
Neither. The big rubber gasket that goes around the outside of the
door.
-- Jim
Drive a W123 or W124 in the Seattle area
Can't even stand out by displaying a biodiesel sticker. What to do?
Drive that DVD'd vehicle with the gullwing doors, etc. that
we were vomiting over the other day!
-- Jim
On the label stated not for exterior use .
Bill
1981 300 TD
Craig McCluskey wrote:
On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:32:50 -0700 Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
So, my question: will Liquid Nails Projects Construction Adhesive
do the jobs of these glues?
Better
Harbor Freight is having a sale. (I got a fuel-pressure test kit that
has Bosch CIS fittings in it. $70. The diesel compression tester is
again on sale at $17.) But what was particularly interesting was a 1#
box of Alumiweld (http://www.alumiweld.com) rods. These are some
kind of zinc alloy
i don't know how driveable a 240D is on modern roads.
On 3/21/07, Sunil Hari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My mechanic here has a 1982 240D with 220Kmi on the chassis, 150Kmi on the
engine that he just put in, manual tranny, body has no rust on it. He says
it's ready to roll with no mechanical
Did I mention that I now work across the street from the
store? I _walked_ over and bought an armload of crap, and
then walked to KFC and had lunch. The long-term potential
harm of this store's location cannot be underemphasized!
-- Jim
S'help me, I was also somewhat entranced (again) by their
$199 (when on sale) TiG welder, the 7 HP monster air compressor,
the $599 8-12' rollaround gantry, the long-frame foot- and
hand-operated floor jack, the 1kW almost-a-lunchbox generator,
and many other fine (enough) items.
-- Jim
i don't know how driveable a 240D is on modern roads.
With a stick, assuming it's at least as zippy as our
200D, I would say it's just fine. It's the slushbox
that seems to make it so nasty. That '79 was downright
unpleasant to get rolling, but fine at speed.
-- Jim
Fortunately, the one here is 14 miles away. The distance keeps my trips down
to once a week..
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
www.kegkits.com
256-656-1924
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Jim Cathey
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 9:52 PM
To:
The roads are pretty much the same as they were in 1983 - I remember
cruising along at 80 MPH back then. But then I don't live in Atlanta, where
there are 2 speeds on the bypass, 100 MPH slow enough to walk beside a car
as its traveling down the highway..
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
www.kegkits.com
The slush box and AC!
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
www.kegkits.com
256-656-1924
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Jim Cathey
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 9:59 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1982 240D - is it worth it?
i
The KFC store's harm? I'd be more worried about that stuff than the HF
products.
--R
Jim Cathey wrote:
Did I mention that I now work across the street from the
store? I _walked_ over and bought an armload of crap, and
then walked to KFC and had lunch. The long-term potential
harm of this
Tell you what - I'll trade my '81 240D, manual tranny, manual windows,
manual sunroof, manual heater and AC, for your 300D. Light Yellow with
tan MB Tex. It's been in our family for four generations - since we're
all Donald A. Norris, I say it's a one owner car. Approx. 150K miles.
On 3/21/07,
Jim C. Mitch H.
Ta! Very much! Shoe Goo it is.
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I only need to seal the top of the
boot. Will the infamous
Shoe Goo be the best?
Absolutely. That's exactly the kind of thing it's for. It's
tough, yet flexible. Sticks to most anything.
On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:25:38 -0500 wilton strickland [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
True bearing of sun discernable with theodolite OR sextant.
Wilton,
I'm familiar with how a theodolite works, but I'm somewhat ignorant about
a sextant.
How would one use a sextant to discern the fraction of a
Trade for a 300SDL?
Original Message
From: OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 03/21/07 10:32 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1982 240D - is it worth it?
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Tell you what - I'll trade my '81 240D, manual tranny, manual
On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:19:13 -0400 andrew strasfogel
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Look at all that wood... But it looks used sigh
Then again, there are shelves of NOS chrome bumpers too.
Not too far from D.C., either.
Must fight the urge Must fight the urge.
But you know you want to go
On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:51:49 -0700 Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
The long-term potential harm of this store's location cannot be
underemphasized!
Isn't that usually written as, overemphasized?
Craig
The long-term potential harm of this store's location cannot be
underemphasized!
Isn't that usually written as, overemphasized?
Maybe! :-)
-- Jim
Hi Sunil Hari; my 240D has a Reman. engine with only about 30k miles on
it; $1635 in engine alone; TOO bad it is Automatic; like to get somewhere
near $2000 for it
Steve
Nah, it's those stinking capitalists they don't like. Obviously big money is
behind the operation in Iraq, all those billions have to go somewhere.
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From: Redghost [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Cc: Banned List [EMAIL
Ahh the door seal, shoulda said so. Yeah a good glue is recommended there.
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From: Craig McCluskey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 2:27 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Question about changing the gasket on
I'd trade my 300D for a 300SDL in a heartbeat - that and a stick 240D are
the two practical cars I lust for
On 3/22/07, Tom Hargrave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Trade for a 300SDL?
Original Message
From: OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 03/21/07 10:32 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
For those on the east side of the pond what is the meaning of the W
sticker?
Peter
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From: Allan Streib [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 21 March 2007 08:53 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] How to blend in
Zoltan Finks [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
you asked:what is the meaning of the W
W - as in Geo. W Bush.
Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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It means I am delusional and/or in denial.
On Mar 22, 2007, at 7:53 AM, Peter Merle wrote:
For those on the east side of the pond what is the meaning of the W
sticker?
Peter
-Original Message-
From: Allan Streib [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 21 March 2007 08:53 PM
To: Mercedes
Me too - I have a dozen or more auto related cloth patches sewn onto it.
That and rubber exam gloves completes the picture -
;-)
Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts
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PORSCHE POSTERS!
Jim said...
Did I mention that I now work across the street from the
store? I _walked_ over and bought an armload of crap, and
then walked to KFC and had lunch. The long-term potential
harm of this store's location cannot be underemphasized!
-- Jim
I think there's a 12 step plan for that
Sunil,
There's your answer-if it's about lust it's worth it. A stick 240D is worth
what you can get our of it for transportation. To respectfully disagree with
Kaleb, here in t he Northeast, a rust free 240D stick would probably bring 3K.
I don't know if I'd trade my 300D 2.5t for a 240D
Zeitgeist wrote:a new patchouli-scented IED designed to 'shock and awe'
you
right-wing types, into a becalmed state of bliss. You have been warned.
You may suddenly decide it's time to withdraw support for pointless
quagmires
The demonstrators vandalized Redghost's car and you think it's
My 78 240D w/AT and AC is ok except when starting from a stoplight. I
usually turn the AC off until I get rolling.
Fixing the bushing in the AT control rod transformed it - after ~30 years
all bushings and rubber parts should be looked at suspiciously.
If I lived where it's hilly I believe
How soon after a rebuild is it meaningfull to do a compression test (
diesel )
PEter
It works great.
Richard
--- Frederick Moir [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi, All.
I need boot repair advice. Will the infamous Shoe Goo be the best?
Or are there other, better, solutions. Clumsy Clot wants to know.
TIA
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
190D
190DT
300TD
I think I also need rehab. HF has a store about 5 miles from me, and my
garage is bulging already. Just so much NEAT stuff that I MIGHT need
someday.
Tom Potter
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Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007
As long as EVERYTHING grows in proportion I guess you will be OK.
Tom Potter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Thomas
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 8:08 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] best way to pull an engine
WOW! That is a nice car. That would be a great car with the MB long
block in it. I wonder how much that will go for? I wonder even more
if I could buy it and just swap it out for my car so my wife wouldn't
notice.
With the MB reman these engines are very reliable, Right?
But I'm looking for a stick 240D. I've already owned a few 300D's, turbo
non-turbo.
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
www.kegkits.com
256-656-1924
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Sunil Hari
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 5:20 AM
To: Mercedes
None in New England yet, purportedly one being built in Warwick, RI.
Maybe the RI listers and I should plan a group event on opening day?
I fairly frequently see stuff there I'd like, and IR thermometer jumps to mind
but hearing other stories of mailorder disaster makes me wary...
However I
Get it !
PEter
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From: L. Mark Finch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 22 March 2007 02:08 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] How to blend in
It means I am delusional and/or in denial.
On Mar 22, 2007, at 7:53 AM, Peter Merle wrote:
For those on the
That is a nice one! The only thing I saw is that the floor mats are
not original - which is curious for a low mileage vehicle.
Not so curious in a Floodida vehicle. However, to me these look
like extra covers, something I put into all of our cars to trap
the winter muck. I use the deep ribbed
Although if my wife gets pregnant and becomes a stay at home mom
there'll be no real need for a third vehicle.
Silliest thing I've ever heard! (Says the man with a dozen
vehicles lurking around his house.) You'll need it eventually,
and the supply could have dried up by then!
-- Jim
Wonder what the reserve is
andrew strasfogel wrote:
Look at all that wood... But it looks used sigh
Then again, there are shelves of NOS chrome bumpers too.
Not too far from D.C., either.
Must fight the urge Must fight the urge.
--
Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK
(2x) 91 300D 2.5 Turbo,
However I did go to a Cummins Tool show last Sunday.
Cummins, Harbor Freight, Homier. Quite similar, really.
HF seems to have more of the heavier stuff.
-- Jim
Speaking of bumper stickers, my brother recently purchased a 1973
Cadillac Sedan DeVille. He found out it was first delivered in
October, 1972. He decided it would be fun and true to the era if he put
a Nixon Agnew bumper sticker on it. He found an original sticker on
ebay. He is NOT a
I already am in the used parts business, but at a much smaller scale...
On 3/22/07, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Wonder what the reserve is
andrew strasfogel wrote:
Look at all that wood... But it looks used sigh
Then again, there are shelves of NOS chrome bumpers too.
Ban him, Kaleb. Off with his head!
On 3/22/07, Donald Snook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Speaking of bumper stickers, my brother recently purchased a 1973
Cadillac Sedan DeVille. He found out it was first delivered in
October, 1972. He decided it would be fun and true to the era if he put
a
What am I going to do about what transvestite patchouli wearing
resisters?
On Mar 21, 2007, at 7:23 PM, Zeitgeist wrote:
I occasionally rub elbows with people in the know, and I've heard
that
there's a new patchouli-scented IED designed to 'shock and awe' you
right-wing types, into a
But it could have been the car of a nice jewish arab who works at the
ACLU. Bought used and running bioD
On Mar 22, 2007, at 1:11 AM, Hendrik Riessen wrote:
Nah, it's those stinking capitalists they don't like. Obviously big
money is
behind the operation in Iraq, all those billions have to
Larry,
Most everybody knows my stance on liberal weinerdom. More poking fun
at me than actually insisting I be assaulted by some unwashed herbal
tea drinking, vegan, hemp clothed, victim of not even British dental
services. All in good fun. But for the messed up car window.
It rained
If the value is not too low, couple then with and inductor and a capacitor and
have a perfumed resonating chant.
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
(Off my meds today)
Redghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What am I going to do about what
transvestite patchouli wearing
resisters?
This is getting to be a highly-charged discussion, causing my bandwidth
and bandpass to store a lot of energy.
--R
Frederick Moir wrote:
If the value is not too low, couple then with and inductor and a capacitor and
have a perfumed resonating chant.
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
(Off my meds today)
I'm going to have my indy change both lower control arms on my 124 300D 2.5
Monday.
What is anyone's guess on R+R labor for this job? I trust this guy, but
want to be sure he is not soaking me because of the star on my hood! John
Peterson
1991 300D 2.5 84k
Needs ball
With tongue firmly in cheek - Twice as much as changing one of them???
Randy
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Subject: [MBZ] Labor to Change Both Lower
What are you offering to the person whose guess is closest to the actual
estimate?
On 3/22/07, R A Bennell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
With tongue firmly in cheek - Twice as much as changing one of them???
Randy
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A stay at home mom is an urban myth. They are taxi mom's - even in
the first few years (the pediatrician will become a primary
destination). If tyou NEED two cars running, you NEED to own three.
Then you can get into specail purpose vehicles (SLC, SDL, etc.)
On 3/22/07, Jim Cathey [EMAIL
A one mile wide grease pencil on the nav charts I used, I might add.
On 3/22/07, wilton strickland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
B-52 navigators used to say, We measure it with calipers, mark
it with a grease pencil and chop it with an ax.
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I'm a man but I can change if I have to ... I
My ground school instructor ferried B-17s during WWII, to South American
to Africa then to Europe. He would leave Florida, fly south, take a
left at land, and find the airfield. Then he would fly east, hit land,
take a nav shot then turn right or left to the airfield. He said he
always
One flaw with his theory of navigation. When you have an inflight emergency
and have to quickly give your last known position prior to ditching, it is a
little late to take a sun shot with the sextant. Probability of detection
tables are depressing enough without having to radio in a position
Offer 2500 for it see what happens
Regards Tom
- Original Message -
From: Sunil Hari [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List Mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 5:30 PM
Subject: [MBZ] 1982 240D - is it worth it?
My mechanic here has a 1982 240D with 220Kmi
don't know how driveable a 240D is on modern roads.
I do 35K a year on every interstate from Bangor Maine to Bellefonte Ohio to
Richmond VA. 1979 240D Auto, the roads are still made with the same
material they were 30 years ago.
Regards Tom
- Original Message -
From: Gary Hurst
One sort of learns to anticipate and drive accordingly. I don't think that I
really hold up traffic or cause myself
or anyone else a danger when I drive my old non turbo 300D.
Randy
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Sent:
WOW!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1981-MERCEDES-300-D-31K-MILES-X-CLN-1-OWN
ER_W0QQitemZ330099948537QQcategoryZ6330QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Donald H. Snook
McDonald, Tinker, Skaer, Quinn Herrington, P.A.
300 West Douglas
P.O. Box 207
Wichita, Kansas 67201 0207
Tel. (316) 263-5851
Seems like each has its own little niche. Homier seems to have more small hand
tools. I got a bunch of multibit screwdrivers at one of their shows once, $0.19
apeiece.
Smelled like old tires, worked pretty good though.
Cummins is where I got my woodsplitters which have been awesome. My new cell
I'd offer $2k to get the discussion going...
All this talk about 240Ds and I find one for sale today. I've even got some
company stock in the money...
-Curt
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:07:21 -0400
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1982 240D - is it worth it?
To: Mercedes Discussion
Beautiful but I wonder why he calls it purple? Does not look purple to me in
the photos.
Randy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Donald Snook
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 3:33 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: [MBZ] 81 300D with only
One learns to be a better driver with less power. Even in soapbox derby,
they said the winning difference was being on the right line, and steering
steady. Wandering wastes time and fuel. Driving an underpowered cars teach
you about looking ahead, anticipating, planning moves, especially
I did a quick on-line search it looks like the going price for a good,
rust free 123 body 240D is about 3K.
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
www.kegkits.com
256-656-1924
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Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007
Curt Raymond wrote:
Interestingly cooking taco meat seems to be the fastest way to season cast
iron.
I once bought a cheap piece of cast iron, couldn't season it enough
to make it stop sticking. Showed it to my mother, who pointed out
that it was still rough as cast, not milled smooth
R A Bennell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
One sort of learns to anticipate and drive accordingly. I don't
think that I really hold up traffic or cause myself or anyone else a
danger when I drive my old non turbo 300D.
Supposedly the worst were the diesel VW vans. Something like 48 hp?
Allan
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