Yes, I've been looking at those as well. Harder to find and much more expensive -- twice the price of the 87 300TDs. The extra room and horsepower may be worth it, however.
Martin R A Bennell wrote: > There is also a Passat wagon which would be a bit bigger than the Jetta. > > Randy > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of dave walton > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 1:45 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] 87 300td wagon prices > > > I changed a transmission on a 2001 Jetta TDI. It was the job from > hell. I much prefer working on Mercedes. You need a computer just to > check the transmission fluid level. > The VW's are very light and tinny in my opinion. Although with 6 air > bags they might have a safety advantage depending on the > circumstances. > > -Dave Walton > > On Feb 13, 2008 2:40 PM, carbucks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I do my own. Have two 300SDs. What I'm finding is they are taking up >> more and more of my time. >> >> I've had both VWs and Mercedes as well as BMWs. They share a number of >> qualities. The VWs are less expensive to maintain and very few get close >> to their mpg. >> >> Martin >> >> >> John Robbins wrote: >> >>> Do you do your own work or do you have a mechanic do most of it? Old >>> Mercedes are a very good value if you do all or a lot of the work >>> yourself, but they get expensive real quick if you have a mechanic take >>> care of everything. There are a LOT of little things that can go wrong >>> on these cars, and if you want everything to work perfectly you are >>> absolutely correct that the older MB will cost more to maintain. That >>> being the case, there is still something to be said about the quality >>> and drivability of an MB over a VW! >>> >>> If you would like to find out more about the VWs check out TDI Club. >>> There is a very large following of those TDIs, and there is quite a bit >>> of good information there as well. >>> >>> www.tdiclub.com >>> >>> >>> HTH! >>> John >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________ >> 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________ 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
