what's a 340? The kids love mud season. They come home with mud from the tip of whatever they are driving to the tail. Jasper says it a "badge of honor". Max
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "Nate" <vwnate1@...> wrote:
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> Reading all this , I can't say I miss the Mud Season all that much .
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> To - day I went out for coffee for SWMBO in the very first Mercedes Diesel we bought , a 1982 340D that has well over 300,000 miles and still runs fine and is 100 % reliable in spite of the engine and tranny both being worn out .
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> This car is the one that set me on The Mercedes Road , I didn't know when we bought it for $1,500.00 and idling on three cylinders , that my life would change so drastically in a few short years, I can't drive cl;utches anymore easily so all my VW's and other old cars are gone ,I now have three Mercedes Diesels , a Metropolitan Nash FHC and a '69 Chevy C/10 pickup truck , _all_ have slushboxes , a thing I couldn't even contemplate five years ago but I'm still mobile and so happy .
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> Hang in there Trish ~ in time you'll learn how to power your Mercedes through deep mud , the trick (IMO) is : keep it in "S" drive and don't give it too much throttle but don't slow down either....
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> Tom and I got through a really bad patch in the absolute middle of nowhere New Mexico , miles from any pavement or help , the others before us in their pickups had scrubbed the trees pretty good , Tom and I surveyed the so called road (a mud bog) and decided we'd get through O.K. in his old '81 300SD and we did in spite of 1,000 # of crap he always carries .
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> As you have a dirt drive , consider some LT truck tires, the old typ that are tall and narrow and have good lugs for dirt & mud roads .
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> These really are good cars , they just -look- like Luxo - Boats but they're made to go the distance , safely , quickly and comfortably , what more can you ask ? .
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> -Nate
> Trish wrote:
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> > I know the feeling. In the winter I have to wait for it to freeze hard
> > enough to get out.
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> > Yesterday as Kevin sat rocking his F250 and saying colorful things he
> > realized yet again that he needs to clean out the bed of the truck and
> > bring home some of that free road base sitting at camp...a few years ago
> > Cedar Hill State Park ripped up their parking/driving areas, first they
> > asked camp if they'd buy the stuff..then they asked if they would take it
> > for free. So it's there for the taking.
> >
> > I got the 20% rain today after an awesome near 80 degree sunny day
> > yesterday. It's still going to be near 80 today. No need for the heat lamp
> > on the chicks today, they're warm enough! I'm going to try to get out so I
> > can get the exhaust mounted higher than the oil pan.
> >
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