240D Guestbook

I wonder if this guestbook is y2k compliant.....
Jaime <jaimekop@home.com>
Livingston, NJ USA - Saturday, January 01, 2000 at 05:48:52 (PST)

Yep, it is.

Howdy! I own a 1983 300tdt that I purchased a year and a half ago from truly "a little old lady". She was the original owner and maintained the car meticulously. I simply love this car! I've had to put a trans in it ($2000 from MB) and now I need tires. You said you use MB of Morristown... I have had a bad experience with them. Who does the work on your car?
Andrew Fekete <andrew.fekete@spcorp.com>
Springfield, nj USA - Monday, December 27, 1999 at 10:22:22 (PST)

At the intersection of Livingston Ave and Hobart Gap Road in Livingston, NJ is Carnevale's Gulf Station. Hes been our mechanic for many years and many hundreds of thousands of miles. Hes very honest and knows MB diesels. He does any work on my cars I can't do.

I bought a 1978 240d in August. The first owner ordered it without AC. He proudly showed me the sales slip which was for about $13900. Less than $14000. It runs great but I think I paid too much for it. After I bought the 1978 I traded a VW diesel for a 1980 240d. There is no doubt about that car being from the rust belt. Your cars look better than mine. I am jealous. Greg Yoder
Gregory Yoder <g_yoder@hotmail.com>
West Liberty, Oh USA - Friday, December 24, 1999 at 16:38:27 (PST)

A car without AC is rather rare! As long as you keep the car for a while and it serves you well, its hard to over pay for a 240D! Just think, you could have spend $15,000 on a econo-box! Good Luck Greg!

My uncle give to me his 240D when I finish building for brother, just before he go to Foreign Legion. It is automatic, which I bet you do not have in Mexico, Haimey. Now I am having trouble with Linux run injector pump. Help, Richarde, help. Oh, yes, you do not know me, as I am totally strange from quebecoise. Thank you for your good works! Yours in Christ, Alainey
Gary Alain <alain@quebecqiose.sherbrooke.net>
Sherbrooke, Quebec Canada - Sunday, December 19, 1999 at 07:40:00 (PST)

All I can say is Gary Hurst.

I really enjoyed your page. I'm an owner of two 5-bangers: a 1985 300D Turbo and a 1985 300TD Turbo. I drive the sedan, my wife drives the wagon. My sedan has 217K miles and the wagon is in pristine condition with 135K miles. We're both diesel heads and are looking to get 300K+ out of our cars. Once we do, we'll try to find newer diesels to keep us happy. Until then, our two W123s keep us happy. Thanks.
Jason Anthoine <JJ0926@aol.com>
Macon, GA USA - Friday, December 17, 1999 at 15:32:24 (PST)

Wagons are great... I'm always thinking how great it would be to have for those runs to Home Depot!

I am liking your web page. I especilly like 190E on other page. I looking to bye Mercedes in India, specificly a Mercedes 300 diesle. I hear they are very good. Thank for cool webpage. Good luck jamy.
Rommil Jamhouty <Jamhty@UBOMBY.IN.EDU>
Bombay, India - Wednesday, December 15, 1999 at 14:57:05 (PST)

Ok.....

I do enjoy the page. I own a Euro 230 and hope to have my page looking cleaner in a short while. Keep playing with the MBs, I know I'll keep modifying them!
Jacob Clark <MB230C @aol.com>
Orchard Park, NY USA - Sunday, November 14, 1999 at 13:40:37 (PST)

I must say I don't approve ot the non-MB engine, but the car looks good! Good luck Jacob!

Hey Jamie! I hope to join the diesel club soon with the help of your recommendations concerning the 1974 240D I'm thinking of purchasing. I gotta tell you that I've gotten more useful info from your site than the three days of searching other sites combined!! Keep it coming!
David M. Loncar <BONKRZ@webtv.net>
Johnstown, PA USA - Friday, October 29, 1999 at 22:50:28 (PDT)

Great! I'll do my best to create a few more sections in the future.

Mine's a 79 240D Manual Tranny. My dad bought it new. I always told him that when he wanted to sell it, please sell it to me. Well about 4 years ago he did. It's been very dependable. It now has 318,000 miles on it. Original engine. I'm putting a new a/c compressor in it now. Many of the other a/c parts are new as well. I think I need to adjust the valves and will definitely refer to your site again. Thanks for the directions in plain English! I got a new clutch recently thanks for my leaking rear main seal. Next is the ignitors and glow plugs and then the upholstery. The padding under the MB Tex is now crunchy shredded wheat. Pretty expensive but will be worth it when I'm all done. The car also has some other minor things I'll eventually get to. All for now and thanks for the informative site. I wish more would do that. Rob
Rob Campbell <1global@gte.net>
Thousand Oaks, CA USA - Saturday, October 09, 1999 at 19:28:51 (PDT)

Thanks for visiting Rob! Good luck with your car and all your repairs....

I am looking at an 82 240D with 123000 miles. Does anyone have ideas about a fair price?
Gena <genabelcher@mindspring.com>
Atlanta, ga USA - Tuesday, October 05, 1999 at 11:43:05 (PDT)

Price can vary from $2000 to over $4000. It all depends on the condition of the car and if it has service records. Be careful of anything thats a little fishy... if the car was well maintained, you'll know it by driving it.

nice site nice car i have a 240D station wagon with 412000 km five speed; the most best car in the world !!!
frédéric <fredsurf@club-internet.fr>
la rochelle, france - Tuesday, October 05, 1999 at 00:31:46 (PDT)

Wow! A five speed! Thats a very nice feature to have, my four speed just isn't enough sometimes. Good Luck!

Finally, another 240D page. I like your car. I also drive an automatic '82 240D. I drove it all the way to Virginia and back in May. That's one reliable car. I see more of these old 123 series Benzes on the road than any other car of the same era. Long live the 240D!
Rick Winkler <rwinkler@eden.rutgers.edu>
Piscataway, NJ USA - Tuesday, September 28, 1999 at 21:52:19 (PDT)

Thats right rick! Enjoy your car.

Finally, a site about 240D's!!!! I am the proud owner of a 1983 240D with 256K miles. I have owned nine Mercedes, and hope to never own anything else. My cars have included four 300SDs, a 240D, two 300SDLs, and an S320. (Word to the wise...the S320 sucks!!!) The old diesels are far better than anything Mercedes has built in recent years!! Keep up the good work!
Clint <busdriver@angelfire.com>
Liberty, NC USA - Tuesday, September 28, 1999 at 18:23:00 (PDT)

Hmm, thats interesting. I agree, the quality of all newer cars worry me. You can't beat an old diesel.

Nice Car! I'm a Mercedes enthusiast with over 30 Mercedes cars including an SL Gullwing up to a 1997 S600(bulletproof). I try to do all non-computer repairs myself.
Maxwell Smart <MaxSmt@elix.com>
Beverly Hills, CA USA - Tuesday, September 28, 1999 at 17:48:04 (PDT)

Oh my!!! Maxwell Smart?! From Get Smart?! ;-) Thanks for visiting the page.... you've got quite a collection!

YES! I Love it! Yours is posatively, one of the most interesting, informative, and humorous MB sites I've come across. I too, am a proud owner of a 240D, a 1976 with a w115 chassis that needs a bit of work but is still a damb fine auto. Anyway, keep up the good work I Love this page. Marty 1976 MB 240D and a 1967 MB 230 that needs everything done to it just to get on the road
Marty Waters <waters_marty@hotmail.com>
Anchorage, AK USA - Saturday, September 11, 1999 at 03:59:28 (PDT)

Thank you Marty! Enjoy yours cars! You've got good timing, September 11th was my birthday. :-)

I had to add this comment that was emailed to me... "A 240D enthusiast who is mechanically enabled and a Mac programmer- sound like my kind of lady!"
Jaime, the guy who runs this site
---, -- US - Wednesday, September 01, 1999 at 17:22:19 (PDT)

I just want to clarify... My name is Jaime. This doesn' t mean that I am female! I am no doubt a man (well ok, maybe a boy). If anyone does find such a women, please let me know! :-)

I am looking for a book or something I can use to ease myself into the world of diesel repairs (for a 240 D, of course!). Can anyone suggest any books or anything? It'd be greatly appreciated.
Norman Daley <ndaley@nhl.com>
Brooklyn, NY USA - Wednesday, September 01, 1999 at 08:51:47 (PDT)

This best source for repair information is factory repair manuals. You can find them on ebay, but be careful! Call 1-800-FOR-MERC and find out what they cost new first!.

Nice web page. Congratulations.... I just bought an 75 240D Mercedes car..... It's verry nice and I do some repairs..... Fabio from Brazil, South America
Fabio Teixeira Magalhaes <fmagalhaes@mrnet.com.br>
Sete Lagoas, MG BRAZIL - SA - Monday, August 16, 1999 at 05:33:38 (PDT)

Fabio, Good Luck with your new car! This is a 115 style car, very nice indeed.

Nice page man.. Sorry I dont have a Benz to share thoughts and ideas about. I only have a prelude...it's just not good enough for you, I see. Thats ok. I'm over it.. Bowfinger sucks.. RoCk On AmErIcAn PiE.. GO JEW BREAD!! Talk to you soon. Vicki
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Morristown, NJ USA - Friday, August 13, 1999 at 22:27:51 (PDT)

Thanks ???! Its ok, ???? are good cars. It could be worse, you could be driving an american car! ARGH! And yeah, Bowfinger did suck.

Wow! What a beautiful diesel car. I hope to see the odometer up to 300k one day!
Matt Gesek <U/A>
USA - Saturday, June 12, 1999 at 12:41:40 (PDT)

With your new 300SD, your not far from 300k yourself! Be sure to take a picture of the odometer and I'll post it up on the site.

I AM HERE TO COMBAT THE DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN!! Jaime isn't really a rutgers student, but rather a KGB agent. He is trying to make everyone buy mercedes and volvos because they contain a secret chemical that makes you blonde and giddy!!
Jon <oj1313@home.com>
Livingston, NJ USA - Thursday, June 10, 1999 at 19:08:38 (PDT)

Thank you for your comment Jon.

Now thats a good looking diesel!! Jaime has not told you guys yet but we drove up to michigan in the 240. I, after about 400 miles of diesel driving, 150 miles of diesel sleeping and 550 miles of diesel riding, have come to the conclusion that this is one FINE touring sedan! So Fine in fact that jaime prefered to drive MOST (12 hrs, jaime drove about 10) of the way home. Gotta love the diesel.
Alvaro Gil <avongil@home.com>
Livingston, NJ USA - Tuesday, June 01, 1999 at 13:56:39 (PDT)

This is true! Our trip to Michigan was quite an adventure! We did get a flat tire on the way there and made half the trip on the original Conti spare! While changing it, I came very close to death as a "Wide Load" passed by. I also learned to always buy brand-name tires. I couldn't find a National tire (they didn't name that company too well) anywhere in the state! I ended up coming home on a $50 tire from some tire shop. My car also didn't respond well to the shock of different diesel fuel after I filled up at a crapy station in PA.

Hey, nice site. I'll be on the lookout for that vacuum thingy you were rambling on and on about. Didn't you say ebay has EVERYTHING? I guess it only has ALMOST everything :)
Michael <paarsec@home.com>
Livingston, NJ USA - Friday, May 14, 1999 at 15:35:10 (PDT)

Mike, I'm still watching ebay... I'm sure it'll turn up.