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Date:         Fri, 7 Dec 2007 16:56:01 -0500
Reply-To:     Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
Subject:      Re: diesel Vanagon vs. MB, Volvo, other diesel VW
Comments: To: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <021301c83911$845a8050$6401a8c0@TOSHIBALAP> (Scott Daniel's
              message of "Fri, 7 Dec 2007 12:41:14 -0800")
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Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> writes:

> The Benz diesel cars are great , all those 80's era ones. Problem > is, they mostly all have 300,000+ miles on them. Solid safe car, > but finding a good one is hard to do. Fantastic car, really, > seriously, just most of them have jillions of miles on them. The > one's from the 90's aren't the same.

Finding one with under 200,000 on it is not so hard, and if it has been cared for it still has more life in it than most new cars built today.

Allan -- 1983 300D 1966 230


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