Hi All,

I'm about to go look at one of these. Love the idea of the car still
having a inline engine... turbo is nice. Any caveats that I'm not aware of?
What should I be paying for this car roughly??

cheers, guenter

ps I imagine it's a far car from the new CDI engine, but should be a lot
cheaper though.

Guenter Scholz wrote:
I considered one myself but a MB diesel fanatic friend convinced me to
go for an older one. I just bought a '92 300E turbo diesel. So far so
good. Haven't gathered enough data for actual fuel economy but with
diesel running $0.45 less than regular unleaded I figure I'm already way
ahead of the game.

JD

That's the car I would buy... either 99 or 98. I want that turbo!

..... so, what were they asking for the one you were looking at? What was the
ballpark on the '92 you bought if I may be so bold?

In article <TQ%1i.13413$He1.4617@trndny04>,
JD <jdblackwell2 (AT) gstringmail (DOT) com> wrote:

In article <uV12i.47$QQ2.0 (AT) newsfe12 (DOT) lga>, Tiger <tiger0002 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:
Yes, I hope that I'll get it.... it'll be a far cry from my 240D.
Any idea what the ballpark price should be with about 80k miles on it???

cheers, guenter

On May 14, 9:04 pm, sch... (AT) sciborg (DOT) uwaterloo.ca (Guenter Scholz)
wrote:
We have two of them, both 98's; they have their quirks but IMO offer a
newer car look, good fuel mileage, and good safety rating, we run ours
on SVO or WVO and they love it. I also have a 91 300TD... With that
mileage, depending on where you're buying it, expect to pay in the mid
to upper teens, which, if the car is very clean and everything checks
out is not too bad. Ours both have higher miles and I paid right at
11K for each one.

A pittance in comparison to a '98-'99; $4200

JD


Guenter Scholz wrote:

JD wrote:
I should qualify that a little. That year and model Merc could command
$10,000 in the Seattle area where I live. I bought mine from the Philly
area.

JD

Sounds about right on price range. Check with edmudns.com...nadaguides.com
and look at autotraders.com for some listing to get some comparison in
prices.

SVO or WVO... what kit did you install? I guess you got a second tank too...
Who does the treatment of the oil? How easy is it? Any direct source of
information is greatly appreciated as I want to plan for my 95 E300D diesel.

On May 14, 10:32 pm, "Tiger" <tiger0... (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:
http://www.vegeterrainian.com/ just made a kit for me with a custom 5
gallon tank for diesel which mounts in the trunk on the passenger side
behind the wheel well. This was his first W210 kit I believe but this
guy is a craftsman. I'm running single tank blends in both cars, that
is, I put the veggie oil once filtered and settled and dewatered
straight into my car's fuel tank and heat the oil in the engine
compartment before the injection pump. I collect and process all of
my own oil from one restaurant. To learn more about this go to the
infopop forum at http://biodiesel.infopop.cc and read away. Us
blenders were given our own section it's called "solvent thinning" go
there and read, lots of knowledgeable people there who have been doing
this for awhile. I read for 2 years before I took the plunge. I've
never looked back, I've got my whole family on veggie and now looking
to replace the familiy vacation hauler with a big diesel SUV to do the
same.