Been driving the 140 diesel for a while. Had the center console apart on the 92 300D fixing the cig lighter, was not working. Discoverd it was not hooked up. Anyway, put car back together and drove it today to work. It needed to be filled up so I filled it up and got 29.8 mpg. WOW. The 2.5 turbo is the perfect balance of economy, performance, and luxury. The 140 diesel is the ultimate luxury but gives up some performance and economy.
On another note, there is a crappy alpine cassette installed in this car. This has the factory 2 piece system with the amp etc. Well all the equipment is installed in the trunk but when hooking up this aftermarket radio, there is nothing plugged into the amp in the trunk. Looks like the round plug that goes from the head unit to the trunk unit is still there under the dash, as is the power (I think) plug. The fader switch has been bypassed I guess. Also the antenna wire is up front to hook to the radio. In the factory configuration it goes to the trunk unit. So in order to get this thing back to stock, looks like Im going to somehow have to get all the wires back to the trunk area for the speakers and the antenna. I guess when they hooked it up they removed the plug on the amp in the trunk and routed everything up front some how. Originally there are speaker connections on the trunk unit. Do these go from there to the amp, then from the amp to the fader switch and then on to the speakers? All I know is since it doesnt run thru the amp now the sound is very bad, not like it should be with the proper configuration. I hate it when people butcher up the wiring for the factory radio, especially the 2 piece radios. Very hard to get it back to original. -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 94 E420, 92 300SD, 92 300D, 92 250D Turbo, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 300D, 90 420SEL, 89 560SEL, 89 260E, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 84 190D, 84 300D euro manny, 81 240D, 81 380SLC, 80 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, 72 250C, 69 250 http://www.okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
