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Subject:Re: Mercedes 5cyl 300TD in vanagon?
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Tue, 10 Dec 2002 20:15:20 +1300

>Not a marvellous engine??

rough, raucous...

>Perhaps you're right, they do wear out after 350,000 miles...

Ha! Thay can last far less than this, even when well-maintained.

>But I agree that it's too heavy for a Vanagon.

That too. I'd love a T3 with a 3.0 Toyota turbodiesel but way too
heavy, as well as expensive.
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Andrew Grebneff
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<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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