When I posted my 'Hard Shifting' message a little earlier, I received the following mail from snipped-for-privacy@XXXXX.com: (XXX = anonymized)
Hey X,
>
> I had a similar concern with my 1988 Mercedes 250D and I
> subscribed to ALLDATAdiy.com and it has been very useful. I am handy
> and like to do things myself and this subscription gives me diagnosis,
> repair, TBSs, recalls and labor times. I hope you find it useful -
> it's pretty cheap considering the information comes directly from the > manufacturer.
>
> Check it out - I copied the link below for you.
>
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I was a little suspicious, cause it sounded a bit like a commercial to me. Especially with the embedded number in the link. I checked the alldatadiy site and found that they have no info for a '87 250D and they don't have any info for a '88 250D either!
I mailed Andy to ask him to tell me a little more about his 'similar problem' but received no reply.
My conclusion is that this 'guy' is spamming people who post to this group. A little googling turned up similar messages:
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