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[@aj_nichols]

The 240d had an insane amount of steering angle.

[@SirDrifto]

Guess they wanted it to be able to u-turn anywhere 🤣

[@turboseize]

@@SirDrifto Turn radius was actually a design requirement. Car needed to be able to turn around on an average road in one single turn, without need to reverse and without touching the curbs. Taxi drivers were an important subset of the target group for the w123.

[@adventurousairman]

I drive an 82 Mercedes-Benz Diesel every da here in Alaska. Studded tires, weight in the trunk gets me everywhere, 😁

[@SirDrifto]

That is awesome!

[@jeepfan1998]

@@SirDrifto studded snows just on the rear

[@Philip.Magnusson]

Living in Sweden and having a w123 240D as a first car this sound brings back the memories ;)

[@SirDrifto]

That would be a fun location for a w123

[@nirfz]

I think something to mention is: most of the W123 have no ABS. So for the younger folk who never learned to brake without ABS,they maybe should try to get adjusted to that before their first time in the snow.

[@SpikeArrowood]

Awesome video 😎😎 W123 ❤️❤️

[@carsnanidiot]

Beauty

[@hakosama]

Looks fun. My next Diesel will be a 240D manual. I have a 300SD (which I will keep of course). I had a 1987 190D with about 350k miles on it and I loved it until my daughter totaled it.

[@SirDrifto]

Love 190s. Good cars

[@SpikeArrowood]

HOW ON EARTH DID I MISS THIS VIDEO 😳😳?!? I would so love to be riding around with you in the snow!!

[@SirDrifto]

It's a blast!

[@joewellborn802]

I am totally gonna try this next winter 😎

[@danturpening5773]

I started my W123 300D in 18F below zero temps this morning. No alcohol needed. I do have warm it halfway thru the night. I have yet to ever see fuel gelling.

[@SirDrifto]

The cold weather diesel life

[@mbkomfort]

You allso need to keep the valves properly adjusted for good cold starting. 🙂 This brings back good memories 👍

[@SirDrifto]

Very true point 👉

[@leazer44]

Did the 240’s also have the limited slip differential? My 84 Euro 300d would just plow through snow on regular seasonal tires!

[@Jc-hr5zu]

Did you do anything to your rear differential

[@joewellborn802]

Now I'm dying to give this a try. If only there was some snow... Also, my 83 240D suffers from cold weather squealing pig syndrome. Try bar soap on the belts for a quick fix.

[@highlanderNC-mr8fe]

So if you dont work on your own car (or minimally) which one a manual or an auto would be cheaper to maintain? Which in your opinion would last longer? TIA

[@SirDrifto]

Manual for sure. No vacuum system to transmission. And I've never heard of a manual failing but have heard of the autos

[@TDM0802]

Wish I could get a 300CD here in Germany 😂 sadly the coupes were never sold with a Diesel engine here.

[@vintage76vipergreenBeetle]

Didn't know MB did that. Must be a reason why.

[@SirDrifto]

I did not know that! Learned something new

[@turboseize]

@@vintage76vipergreenBeetle w116 and w126 diesel also were limited to the north american market. 300DC, w123 300d turbodiesel als well (the turbo was only offered in the estate car in europe, never in the sedan). The reason Mercedes did that was that they needed more diesel models in the US to bring fleet fuel consumption down. They never bothered with luxury diesels in Europe because they thaught that whoever was going to spent huge money on the w123 coupé or even an S-class would certainly prefer the refinement of a petrol engine. I would really love to get my hands on a 300 turbodiesel sedan...

[@vintage76vipergreenBeetle]

@@turboseize Thanks for the information. The diesel engines on the w115,116,123,126 were better engines, than the petrol engines of the same time period, in my opinion. Europe lost out big time.

[@turboseize]

@@vintage76vipergreenBeetle In terms of durability, yes, maybe. (Although all petrol engines from w123 and w126 would be called bulletproof came they from another manufacturer, so it's not that the petrol engines were unreliable or didn'n last... quite the opposite. They were just not as ridiculously reliable as the diesels). But there is no denying that the diesels are noticeably slower and much noisier than the petrol engines. In town or on country roads, this doesn't matter much, but at higher speeds, the difference in cabin noise levels is enormous. You have to keep in mind that when these cars were new, the US was suffering under the 55mph dictate (=88km/h), while motorway speed limits in Europe were noticeably higher (between 110 to 130km/h in most countries or even completely absent like in Germany).

[@leifandersson6808]

Mercedes Benz👍👍👍👍👍

[@carsnanidiot]

You have more fun driving fast in a slow car than driving fast in a fast car. try it now! 😀

[@SirDrifto]

Challenge accepted

[@vintage76vipergreenBeetle]

If I owned a diesel w123 nowadays. I would never drive it in the snow or rain.

[@SirDrifto]

I know the feeling. But when it's your daily it's hard not too 🤣

[@vintage76vipergreenBeetle]

@@SirDrifto What happened to the GEO? The prices of diesel w123 on BAT shows, some folks are paying crazy money for nice w123's.

[@SirDrifto]

@@vintage76vipergreenBeetle I unfortunately sold the geo 🤣

[@SirDrifto]

@@vintage76vipergreenBeetle thats why I'm not driving my wagon too much in the wet.

[@vinnybruce2874]

I owe one I got it free mine is a 1983

[@nikvandeneede1228]

in Europe it is forbidden to drive a car without first removing all the snow !!

[@SirDrifto]

In America they like snow to block view so you don't drive 🤣

[@hakosama]

It should be here in WA state too. I've been hit by chunks of half melted snow/Ice many times!!!

[@eusdeenius]

Everything is forbidden in EU, soon you will be taxed to breathe

[@markkryachun4508]

My automatic one does not slide😂

[@tsebehtgma6422]

You have to drift in second gear...

[@daylightiraq3115]

Your car and your woman are very cute 😍

[@SirDrifto]

😊 thank you