From owner-diesel-benz-digest@digest.net Sun Mar 6 21:43:20 2011 From: diesel-benz-digest diesel-benz-digest Monday, March 7 2011 Volume 01 : Number 3406 Forum for Discussion of Diesel Mercedes Benz Automobiles Derick Amburgey Digest Coordinator Contents: Re: [db] mercedes Diesels - years to avoid? [db] just put our '99 WJ on CL Diesel Benz Digest Home Page: http://www.digest.net/diesel-benz/ Send submissions to diesel-benz-digest@digest.net Send administrative requests to diesel-benz-digest-request@digest.net To unsubscribe, include the word unsubscribe by itself in the body of the message, unless you are sending the request from a different address than the one that appears on the list. Include the word help in a message to stag-digest-request to get a list of other majordomo commands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 13:30:49 -0800 From: "Paul Masterson" Subject: Re: [db] mercedes Diesels - years to avoid? > I think the next round of decent mercedes Diesels picks up in 2003 or so? > model number? > That would be the w211 chassis, I certainly hope they are robust, as I have had mine for a whole two weeks, and so far, no issues. (gasser, but still...) Paul. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 21:42:54 -0800 (PST) From: john Subject: [db] just put our '99 WJ on CL just listed our WJ... $5900, 161,000 miles... laredo, full leather, heated seats, sunroof, factory tow pkg, quadradrive, 4.7l v8, newer bridgestone revo ats, fog lights... the only thing this doesn't have that would make it a limited is the dual climate control and painted lower panels... have gotten 21mpg on the freeway, 100% amsoil... but, it's just sitting in the garage... with fuel prices climbing, we're only using the Jetta, and the Benz... both Diesels... the Jetta just topped off at 41mpg, the Benz gets 30 mpg... we won't talk about the in town mileage of the WJ... it's in perfect mechanical condition... recent dent to the tailgate where I tried to rearrange the trees in the driveway during the thanksgiving snow... :) http://wagoneers.com/WJ/99WJ-pix-MtBaker-Sep07/ only problem with selling this now is I'll need to get help from friends to get superdawg home... guess I'll sell the hydraulic dump trailer as well, it weighs almost as much as the jetta... :) john ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 si vis pacem, para bellum http://johnmeister.com http://wagoneers.com http://fotomeister.us - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ End of diesel-benz-digest V1 #3406 **********************************