Depends on what you're looking for really. I love me some 240D simplicity. I also really like the 201 handling and a 5spd to row your own with. My '81 300TD had the smoothest suspension I've ever had the pleasure to drive and I know the 124 was more refined so I can see the '87 300TD as a great choice...
I took my winter weight out of the '84 190D yesterday and today I see that either the fuel gauge has broken or my economy has jumped considerably. I was averaging around 34mpg all winter (7,000 miles so just enough to start to draw a conclusion...) I'll change to summer tires tomorrow, I need to get 2 replaced first, that should buy me another 1 or 2 mpg. Hopefully this car will come back up where my '85 used to be. With winter tires the '85 did around 38mpg and ~2mpg better on summer tires. The 5spd seems to be worth 4 or 5 mpg. My wife says as much as she likes the 240D she wants me to find another 201. -Curt Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 15:06:01 -0500 From: Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] Search for the Perfect Diesel Message-ID: <a0624080ec9e4be6fd2f2@[192.168.1.51]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" May/June issue of the Star has an article about searching for the perfect Diesel. It turned out to be a 123 300D That is a hard to beat model, but I'd still pick an SDL as the best Diesel, with the 87 TD and 87 300D as contenders. _______________________________________ 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://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
