Tom,
Well, comparing he 240D and the 124 300D is like my British friends
say, chalk and cheese. All of the obvious flaws of the 240D, esp. the
automatic are pretty well known. I drive my 240D 300-500 miles each
week. It is noisy, primitive in some ways, but solid and reliable. And
I love the way it looks. And I like the simplicity of manual windows,
set, etc.
The 90 on the other hand is ugly-IMHO compared to the classic lines of
the 123. It is undoubtedly the nicest car I ever drove-(I have never
driven an SD or SDL). it's refined, fast-twice the horsepower of the
240D, feels more 'modern' quieter, smoother, turbo is great and mileage
is much better than the 240D. EPA rated it 37 on the window sticker,
Nitske says 33 mpg. I haven't really checked it as I have been diving it
hard to 'tune up' the nailing. As was pointed out here earlier, the 124
handles better on curves. The 90 also has vacuum door locks. I think
the best argument for the 124 300D is the 2.5t engine-smooth, quick, and
economical.
I really had planned to get a 300CD to eventually replace the 240D-but
fellow lister John Peterson had bought this 300D and we did some work on
it-he was ready to put it on e-bay and I decided to buy it. No regrets,
but I still mostly drive the 240, at least for now. Plan to take the
300D on a road trip to NC this spring.
Anyway HTH.
Dwight Giles, Jr
1979 240D auto, 250K + miles
1990 300D 2.5t, 129K miles
Wickford, RI
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Dwight said
"Tom, I like and agree with your philosophy-I will always drive a MB
"diesel for the rest of my life-I have two sitting in the driveway right
now"
Dwight do tell about the 1990. maybe it is time for me to trade up from
the
123 chassis. The vacuum door locks give me real grief on all those. I
do by
the way have a 1979 240D too. I call it the "Flip Maker" As I drive up
and
accelerate (0-60 forever) up the highway on ramps I get folks flipping
me
the bird all the time, my pedals is to the metal. People are very full
of
hate and discontent in this the freest country in the world. Why is
that
so?
It is now my daily driver and I love it, 77K now and growing by 50K a
year.
thanks Dwight
Tom Scordato
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Tom, I like and agree with your philosophy-I will always drive a MB
diesel for the rest of my life-I have two sitting in the driveway
right now.
Dwight Giles, Jr
1979 240D auto, 250K + miles
1990 300D 2.5t, 129K miles
Wickford, RI
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Brian said
"All that said, I still do admire this type of vehicle and think that
it is one of the few that - since I have to drive - I want to drive. I
do enjoy it and look forward to a happy life with it."
As you should and will. Like I told my family who gives me grief that
I do not or will not drive a rock climber:
"I will drive a Mercedes Diesel until I die, so get used to it. For
me Brian I to bought a 185K 300D diesel which I did not have records
on. But guess what I put 100K miles on it, had a lot of fun, worked on
it, developed
a love for a car I really enjoy driving. Luckily I bought a 1979 240D
with
low miles and I can start all over again!
Thanks for your input and enjoy changing your starter out. I know on
my
300D I had to remove the transmission dip stick tube but other that
not too bad of a job. Kind of a reach around to get at the Allen
bolts if I recall.
Small stubby angle ratchet helps.
Tom Scordato
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But would it be worth doing all the crack? Seriously though, jesting
aside:
One of the things that I was most surprised about when I began to
investigate an older Mercedes was how affordable they were. Not
having
had
any specific interest in them in the past, I always assumed that even
an
old
one (as in 80s) would be way way out of the range of reasonable (like
the
range you gave for the showroom cond. one). And an even older one
would be
getting into true "classic" status and thus would be even further out
of
range.
So basically one that is in the lower $2k range is one that,
generally
speaking, has not been maintained and the seller therefore knows it
has problems?
I see all the time through the list, Mercedes diesels for that sort
of price (and that's about what mine cost) and the listers often tout
picking
them
up. Guess what I have been missing all along is that it is understood
that
if you buy one at this price range, you will be looking - almost for
certain
- at several repairs.
I have read things today on the list that I did not see in the six
months or
longer leading up to the purchase of my 240D. But in fairness, it is
a
Mercedes enthusiast list (with a very large do-it-yourself
contingent).
What
should I have expected? And also in fairness, I don't think that I
ever
specifically asked the question, do you guys think that I ought to
buy
one
of these autos?
All that said, I still do admire this type of vehicle and think that
it is one of the few that - since I have to drive - I want to drive.
I
do enjoy it and look forward to a happy life with it.
Next order of business: replace the starter. It did it's "nothing"
trick just now.
Brian 83 240D
Marshall wrote:
One that's quite well maintained, may well be worth $2000-5000 and
one
that's in close to showroom condition with less than 75kmi on it can
sell for $10+k and MAY even be worth that.
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