[W126 Coupe] OFF TOPIC - 126 CHASSIS DIESELS 300SD VS 350SD

[Shayegan, Richard]

A lot of companies make good diesels these days. BMW makes some VERY
good diesels. While in Italy we rented a Volvo S60 5 cylinder
horizontally opposed diesel. It got about 35mpg mixed autostrade and
city mixed (we didn't even fill it up once until we returned it). Had a
pretty nice 5 speed manual gearbox in it, and wouldn't lug in 5th gear
as long as you were going more than like 20mph. Also didn't seem to mind
when I took it past redline by 500rpms (I think it was only 500 past,
might have been more, but that's where the tach stops). Smooth, quiet,
and no smell/smoke.
Richard

 

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From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com
[mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] On Behalf Of RICHARD JAFFE
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 5:18 PM
To: figstir at yahoo.com; Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] OFF TOPIC - 126 CHASSIS DIESELS 300SD VS 350SD

 

Hi guys,

 

I went over to my friendly local MBZ dealer to see what he had on the
used lot in diesel. Lots of late model S, M and C class, but no diesel.
So I wandered into the new car showroom to look around, and lo and
behold, MB now sells an E class 320 TDI (2005 and 2006 MY) common rail
direct injection  diesel. 201 HP with 369 lb-ft of torque coming on at
1800 rpm. 0-60 in 6.6 sec! 27 mpg city 37 mpg hwy. The literature say
the car can cruise up to 780 miles on a single tank. Bad news is MSRP
between $52 and $55K. If this thing were $10K cheaper I'd seriously
consider it.

 

Asking prices for very good condition 126, 123 and 124 chassis diesels
have gone up quite a bit recently - between $5K and $8k. The $2K - $4K
cars are pretty beat up and worn out. I looked at a really nice clean 83
300SD w/174K miles -  everything works, great paint and interior, clean
carfax. Seller wants $7,250.00!! Jeez. I figured this car would be worth
$5K max, using KBB valuation data as a guide.

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