From my perspective, if you don't love 'em, aren't
interested in working on them or paying an MB mechanic
to do so, better go for the VW.
On the other hand if you were to find an 83-85 with
less than 150K miles on it for sale by the original
owner, who has performed the scheduled maintenance as
required, at a reasonable price, then you should jump
on it.
By the way, when referring to MB cars of this era TD
would mean "Transport or Touring Diesel" what we call
a station wagon, not turbo charged diesel.
All 83-85, 300D, 300CD, 300TD, 300SD, and 300SDL cars
made for the North American market were turbo charged
diesels with automatic transmissions.
The 300 indicates 3.0 liter displacement with 5
cylinders.
W-123 indicates chassis model. (produced '76 - '85)
The 300D is a 4 door mid sized sedan.
The 300CD is a 2 door mid sized coupe.
The 300TD is a mid sized station wagon.
W-126 indicates chassis model. (produced '?? - '??)
The 300SD is a full sized 4 door saloon (sedan)
The 300SDL is a full sized 4 door saloon lang (long
sedan)
If this is more info than you need, my apologies.
Good luck!
daniel ... "Liesel" '84 300D Turbo
--- lostintheflood2 <lanni.johnson@verizon.net> wrote:
> Hello Everyone, I joined this group a couple of days
> ago because we
> need to get a diesel vehicle and I've been looking
> at Mercedes Benz on
> various forums online for about a year.
>
> I've concluded that we need to either buy a 2000 or
> newer VW TDI, or
> an 80's version Benz TD.
>
> I like the idea of buying an '80's version Benz TD,
> but we've never
> had a diesel and my husband is not a mechanic and he
> has no interest
> in working on cars. He is concerned that buying a
> car that old (over
> 20 years) will mean a LOT of maintenance. From
> reading the posts on
> here, I can't figure out if you guys are doing what
> you do because you
> have to or because it's fun (maybe both?).
>
> Anyway, my question...if we could find a
> well-maintained 84 or 85
> Benz, would it mean constant maintenance, way more
> than a newer car?
> Would we be in danger of breaking down on a road
> trip?
>
> I realize these questions are subjective, but I'm
> just trying to
> understand the attraction of the older Benz cars to
> justify my
> interest and I want to know your thoughts.
>
> We've been driving a 2001 Camry since it was new and
> it's been a great
> car, but the days of diesel are here.
>
> So, please let me know what you think.
>
> Thanks,
> Lanni
>
>
>
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