There are a few places in Holland (Budgetbenz, Nijkamp mercedes) that specialize in finding older low km MB's in Germany. They're not cheap, but the cars are good.
I got a 250D there (2.5 liter 5 cylinder diesel).
From this group I often get the impression that the 300D sold in the US is a 5 cylinder 2.5 liter diesel. In Europe, the 300D is a 6 cylinder 3 liter diesel. Is that the correct impression? I wonder why they did that. Is the 300SD a 2.5 liter as well?
specialize in finding older low km MB's in Germany. They're
4cyl diesel engine are not too bad on the mountain
Well the 200D is a bit too relaxed for my tastes even though there's not a hill around.
The 250D is not a fast car either, but combined with the automatic gearbox (which is rare in Holland) it makes for a very relaxing ride, especially in heavy traffic (whih is not rare in Holland). My GF has a
190E 2.0 and I find myself driving much too fast in it in comparison. Probably to compensate for the ole 250D I try to overtake everyone ;)
Maybe. But I'd feel bad about packing my kids up in a Toyota and lettnig them loose on a freeway to play with 18 wheelers. At the end of the day it's harder to die in the benz.
Nonsense. A basic understanding of what a glo plug is, how it works and how to keep them happy will start the car in the worst part of canada on the coldest day. A bit of common sense goes a long way. You will need a block heater at -44. There's many gas cars that de facto need the same thing.
Heat is generlaly easy to fix in all but the oldest (70s) benzes.
Not true. I didn't use a block heater this winter. I think there were three times when I had to drag out a second Optima battery and use both to start it, but it did start every time.
Some area in Canada is so freezing cold... My uncle used to live there... he said, one day he forgot to plug the car in at work parking lot (all provided by employer)... when he got out of work, he couldn't start the car and it was super freezing... gas engine too.
Oh, come on, there's 300 m near Maastricht... Or is that 100 m?
BTW, I drove my 200D for two years mainly around Schleswig-Holstein, with a topography similar to that of NL. I was very happy, but those colleagues (many also with company 200Ds) who had to drive longer distances around all of Germany or mountainous Bavaria were less pleased...
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Shipping is simple. My dad shipped 6 of these diesels (including a beautiful
5spd turbo diesel "Westfalia" VW) to tacoma washington. Cars are around 800USD. You're in Vancouver, right? To import a car into Canada from outside the US it must be 15 years old. To import a car into the US from outside it must be 25 years old unless you got a lot of money and connections, which wouldn't make any sense anyways =)
The two sites kfzmarkt.de and mobile.de are more than enough. That's how my father shops. Once he won't straight off the plane and picked one up. It's definitely worth if you're into these cars.
Yeah, you should see the beautiful 1990 w201 200D my father brought for my sister. 120K for 2500EU, with shipping and taxes cost around 7500CAD, which is more than worth it.
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