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Re: Wondering? -
01-09-2004
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"atwifa" <atwifa@'fsmail'.net> hat in Betrag news:7dCdnUNmJ9P4L2CiSa8jmw (AT) karoo (DOT) co.uk dies gedichtet: any idea why the 300SD variant was never released in the UK? with the high tax on gasoline here, one would have thought an 'economical' benz would have sold well ... AFAIK thte 300SD W126 was only available in the US, because there was some kind of an illogical run at everything which was made by Mercedes and had a diesel engine at the beginning of the '80s. At that time Mercedes did not really think that a Diesel engine could compete with a petrol engine in other therms than longeviety and fuel consumption. It was hard to imagine to put a taxicab engine into this luxury limousine. When travelling to the US, I saw some strange cars never sold to Germany, for example one Mercedes 300 CD (two door W123 coupé body with five cylinder Diesel engine). Funny thing: This car was painted in ivory, which is the mandatory colour of taxicabs in Germany. Nobody in Germany would have the idea to buy a Diesel coupé back then. Nowadays times are changing. Some manufacturers even sell Diesel convertibles, while Mercedes is thinking about doing it. Frank -- please replace spam-muelleimer with fk-newsgroups for e-mail contact Time Flies Like An Arrow - Fruit Flies Like A Banana |
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They must be close as the coupe (CLK 270 CDI) is already out. DAS -- For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling --- "Frank Kemper" <spam-muelleimer (AT) gmx (DOT) de> wrote in message news:Xns946B1EE9710Deldosampleman (AT) 130 (DOT) 133.1.4... "atwifa" <atwifa@'fsmail'.net> hat in Betrag news:7dCdnUNmJ9P4L2CiSa8jmw (AT) karoo (DOT) co.uk dies gedichtet: any idea why the 300SD variant was never released in the UK? with the high tax on gasoline here, one would have thought an 'economical' benz would have sold well ... AFAIK thte 300SD W126 was only available in the US, because there was some kind of an illogical run at everything which was made by Mercedes and had a diesel engine at the beginning of the '80s. At that time Mercedes did not really think that a Diesel engine could compete with a petrol engine in other therms than longeviety and fuel consumption. It was hard to imagine to put a taxicab engine into this luxury limousine. When travelling to the US, I saw some strange cars never sold to Germany, for example one Mercedes 300 CD (two door W123 coupé body with five cylinder Diesel engine). Funny thing: This car was painted in ivory, which is the mandatory colour of taxicabs in Germany. Nobody in Germany would have the idea to buy a Diesel coupé back then. Nowadays times are changing. Some manufacturers even sell Diesel convertibles, while Mercedes is thinking about doing it. Frank -- please replace spam-muelleimer with fk-newsgroups for e-mail contact Time Flies Like An Arrow - Fruit Flies Like A Banana |
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Hi all, Well I did it. I bought an 1989 560 SEL. It has 138,000 miles on it. Is that ok? If anyone can enlighten me more on this car, please do so. First thing I'm doing before "officially" buy the car, is to be thoroughly inspected. The car is in Tampa, FL and I am on Long Island, NY. And thus the careful inspection. I hope it's everything that the owner said it is. Oh yeah, I brought it on e-Bay. The pictures were very through. Also, is the MBCA worth getting into? Bill G. "Dori A Schmetterling" <ng (AT) nospam (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message news:3ffeb381$0$18041$cc9e4d1f (AT) news (DOT) dial.pipex.com... They must be close as the coupe (CLK 270 CDI) is already out. DAS -- For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling --- "Frank Kemper" <spam-muelleimer (AT) gmx (DOT) de> wrote in message news:Xns946B1EE9710Deldosampleman (AT) 130 (DOT) 133.1.4... "atwifa" <atwifa@'fsmail'.net> hat in Betrag news:7dCdnUNmJ9P4L2CiSa8jmw (AT) karoo (DOT) co.uk dies gedichtet: any idea why the 300SD variant was never released in the UK? with the high tax on gasoline here, one would have thought an 'economical' benz would have sold well ... AFAIK thte 300SD W126 was only available in the US, because there was some kind of an illogical run at everything which was made by Mercedes and had a diesel engine at the beginning of the '80s. At that time Mercedes did not really think that a Diesel engine could compete with a petrol engine in other therms than longeviety and fuel consumption. It was hard to imagine to put a taxicab engine into this luxury limousine. When travelling to the US, I saw some strange cars never sold to Germany, for example one Mercedes 300 CD (two door W123 coupé body with five cylinder Diesel engine). Funny thing: This car was painted in ivory, which is the mandatory colour of taxicabs in Germany. Nobody in Germany would have the idea to buy a Diesel coupé back then. Nowadays times are changing. Some manufacturers even sell Diesel convertibles, while Mercedes is thinking about doing it. Frank -- please replace spam-muelleimer with fk-newsgroups for e-mail contact Time Flies Like An Arrow - Fruit Flies Like A Banana |
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Not sure they have S Class diesels in the US, but there are plenty of gasoline versions of the 560SEL around, at very good prices. A friend of mine has a 1991 560SEL and favors driving it over his ML430 and E500; he's keeping it until it won't run, but it's pushing 300K miles now and still drives like new. He says it's the best part of working, getting to drive his 560 to and from the office. |
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Well I did it. I bought an 1989 560 SEL. |
Change ALL the fluids ASAP!
cp
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Not sure they have S Class diesels in the US, but there are plenty of gasoline versions of the 560SEL around, at very good prices. A friend of mine has a 1991 560SEL and favors driving it over his ML430 and E500; he's keeping it until it won't run, but it's pushing 300K miles now and still drives like new. He says it's the best part of working, getting to drive his 560 to and from the office. What's the gas mileage on those? cp |
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At highway speeds of 65 to 75 you should be getting around 18 to 19 mpg with the 560 SEL. About 14 mpg around town..... |
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