Newer diesels make a lot more power on less fuel than the older ones too. The 2.0l in my Jetta makes around 145hp and that's with the de-tune from VW. Compare that to 120hp out of the 3.0l 617 turbo. It also starts well in deep cold. I've started it at -5F and it fired right up, no complaints.
It'll also do 55mpg pretty handily, a 617 turbo dreams of 30mpg... I really like the look and feel of a W123 but my Jetta is a lot easier to live with. -Curt On Monday, February 21, 2022, 01:50:15 PM EST, Allan Streib via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: I have had this feeling but not based on any real data. The older diesels are so simple. They just need fuel and good compression and they will run. They don't need a computer, or even a working battery/alternator. The complexity of the new diesels is all about reducing the particulate emissions, something that gas vehicles really don't have to worry about. I probably would not buy a modern diesel car, as much as I like my OM617s. On Mon, Feb 21, 2022, at 1:31 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes wrote: > I saw a 2012 E350 BlueTec, 103k miles, show up at a Subaru dealer here. > Ran it to ground and in the process talked to the shop that performed > all its services. The dude‘s shop makes its living servicing and > repairing Mercedes’. We talked diesels in general and he revealed to > me his love of older MB diesels. He told me the car in question is > squared away. He told me everything he has done to it, he even sent me > its complete service history. Then in the very next breath he told me > that I should run away from “modern Mercedes diesels”. He has years of > empirical data and it shows that people will spend almost exactly twice > as much $$ to correctly maintain one of these “modern diesels” as > people will spend to correctly maintain the gas version, same model. > > AZBob _______________________________________ http://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 _______________________________________ http://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
