I've probably told this story before...When my daughter "needed" a car in high school, I "gave" her my '79 240D, which I had lovingly repaired and cleaned up over a period of several years. It was brown, and VERY SLOW...she and her brother called it "The Brown Turd". She knew she needed to change the oil every 3,000, but never thought about needing to check it between changes. Called me up one day and said she and her brother had to add 5 quarts to it, and it sounded REAL bad. Sure enough, she had toasted a piston or two, and I was not in a position to either repair it myself or pay for it. Sold it to a guy who had a 300D with a good engine and a rusty body. She then got her mother to get her a used Honda Accord. Oh, well.
Royce Engler 1985 300TD Turbo 265K -----Original Message----- From: Loren Faeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 8:23 AM To: Mercedes mailing list Subject: Re: [MBZ] cold day reflections on owning a diesel Great choice! A 240D auto is a great first car. I let my daughter drive my SDL one time and she immediately scraped the LF alloy wheel on a curb. OUCH!
