[Uncle Hal]

I have a 1982 MB 300SD. It has 193,000 miles on it and runs well. I bought it new. I would never own a diesel car again. They are messy, noisy and sometimes you have to look for diesel gas. It has been a reliable car. Perhaps the new diesels are better. I am skeptical. However I hope to keep this car for many more years. I am now retired and only drive it a couple thousand miles a year, if that.

[Red Badger]

Today's techno-diesels are as far away from your 1982 diesel as a 2007 gasoline engine is from a 1982 gasoline engine. Different genre, with piezo-fuel injectors, common rail fuel pumps, etc. They are now almost silent and smoke is a thing of the past............