Nitpicking here, but is it a '93 300D 2.5, or a 300E 2.5? My favorite reference shows the '90 to '93 as 300D 2.5 and the '95 as an E300 Diesel.
I find the ride of my new-to-me '90 300D 2.5 to be much stiffer than the 300SDL. Maybe it has Bilstein performance shocks? It's also much more sensitive to cross winds. Perhaps even a bit "jumpy" - kind of like my MGA was with a dead neutral alignment. It isn't as directionally stable as the SDL. A function of the shorter wheelbase - nah, it's a lot longer than the MGA was. -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK '90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC The FSM created the Diesel Benz http://www.venganza.org/