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What Would It Take for YOU to buy a diesel car?

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Re: Craigslist [bumpy] by gagrice
Jan 10, 2009 (5:29 am)
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Well that was 7 good reasons to buy a new Diesel car. You got some ugly iron back there on the other coast. Here is what you still see running around wishing they had a diesel engine running on veggie oil.
 
http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/cto/987200403.html
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Re: Craigslist [gagrice] by bumpy
Jan 10, 2009 (5:37 am)
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Replying to: gagrice (Jan 10, 2009 5:29 am)

Ha. I put it in the wrong topic. I did find this, though.
 
http://norfolk.craigslist.org/cto/986486825.html
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Re: Craigslist [bumpy] by gagrice
Jan 10, 2009 (5:38 am)
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If you don't want to spend a lot of money on your diesel ride, these still look good.
 
http://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/cto/987172182.html
 
http://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/cto/986593236.html
 
http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/cto/982543005.html
 
Must be 30 old MB diesels in San Diego for sale
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Re: Craigslist [bumpy] by gagrice
Jan 10, 2009 (5:42 am)
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Replying to: bumpy (Jan 10, 2009 5:37 am)

No problem, I love Craigslist. I have at least a dozen items listed around the country at any given time. I check every day for a good buy on a diesel Beetle that my wife wants for a runabout. Has to be 2006 with the DSG in green or yellow. Not too picky is she?
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Re: Craigslist [gagrice] by nippononly
Jan 10, 2009 (7:17 am)
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Replying to: gagrice (Jan 10, 2009 5:38 am)

Yikes, they were still carbureted in '83! That's a big turn-off. Luckily, diesel benzes were available most of the way through the 80s, right? Into the 90s as well, or not? They must have been fuel injected by the late 80s, I would assume.
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Re: Craigslist [nippononly] by fintail
Jan 10, 2009 (7:40 am)
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Replying to: nippononly (Jan 10, 2009 7:17 am)

I didn't see a note about a carb. The last carb MB sold in the US, IIRC, was the 70s W116 280S, until around MY 1975 or so. Then all FI or diesel.
 
A W126 turbodiesel (300SD) would be a good car, and if you find a 1984-85 model there's a decent chance it will even have an airbag. The W123s aren't bad either, very slow if not turbo...but I have an attraction to the W126.
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Re: Craigslist [fintail] by gagrice
Jan 10, 2009 (7:53 am)
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Replying to: fintail (Jan 10, 2009 7:40 am)

Just when I least expect to see you pop in: Then this may not be a bad buy?
 
http://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/cto/986269181.html
 
Most of the 300sd models are 82-83'
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Re: Apropos of nothing in particular [ruking1] by alltorque
Jan 10, 2009 (8:36 am)
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Replying to: ruking1 (Jan 09, 2009 12:09 pm)

Read on the front page of my newspaper this morning that Exxon, (Exxonmobil), are now calling for higher taxes on fuel to fight GW/CC whatever. Don't know what caused the sudden volte-face but guess it's to do with money. However, with Exxonmobil on-side and a new Democrat POTUS on the way I guess the end result will likely be predictable for you folks..............so diesel will begin to make real sense.
 
Of course, if our Commisar Brown takes the hint and raises fuel taxes even more then I may be on here asking for the odd food parcel. That's "odd" as in occasional, not weird, by the way.
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Re: Apropos of nothing in particular [alltorque] by steve_ HOST
Jan 10, 2009 (8:38 am)
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Replying to: alltorque (Jan 10, 2009 8:36 am)

I meant to post that link somewhere yesterday and spaced it out. I think ExxonMobile prefers a taxing scheme to a cap and trade scheme.
 
But they really prefer neither.
 
Exxon chief backs carbon tax (Guardian)
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Re: Craigslist [gagrice] by fintail
Jan 10, 2009 (10:30 am)
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Replying to: gagrice (Jan 10, 2009 7:53 am)

That one doesn't look bad, save for the chrome wheelarch trim which sometimes hides problems. Just look for maintenance records and make sure the transmission is sound. MB enthusiasts tend to be good record keepers, and an enthusiast owned car is usually best. A nice W126 is a lot of car for the money.
 
That 300SD was sold from 81-85. There was a W116 300SD that is pretty rare, only sold here in 79 and 80 I believe. The post 85 diesel S-class tended to be a little more problematic. And of course now we have a diesel hybrid S on the horizon.
 
Onto the thread topic...it would take a big raise for me to buy a new diesel car. I "built my own" 335d and it was in the mid 50s! That's too much.

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