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Quickest car I ever owned, could easily smoke my friend's '03 E500, and happily made black stripes on the macadam when asked to (twice in 80K miles of ownership). Sold it for $5k this summer without any haggling and 178K on the clock. The guy I sold it to made his friend drive him 300 miles to come get it.
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My 4-banger makes black strips on dry asphalt as well, although more sophisticated ESP keeps it under control.
I had bad luck with the above engine - getting "black death" when at the time the description was unknown un USA.
Fortunately European member help me in dealing with it.
I still have search set on CL for diesels as present 4-bangers come from factory with weak DPFs, but now, having settlement and following warranty, that is no longer an issue.
4-banger will loose slightly to 6-cylinders on acceleration, but will beat them hands down passing gas stations.
Anyway, over 1/2 millions miles and car still looking good is impressive. Would it be in white, I would go for it, to have it sit next to my Ford T, but black seats under Las Vegas sun don't work well.
I had bad luck with the above engine - getting "black death" when at the time the description was unknown un USA.
Fortunately European member help me in dealing with it.
I still have search set on CL for diesels as present 4-bangers come from factory with weak DPFs, but now, having settlement and following warranty, that is no longer an issue.
4-banger will loose slightly to 6-cylinders on acceleration, but will beat them hands down passing gas stations.
Anyway, over 1/2 millions miles and car still looking good is impressive. Would it be in white, I would go for it, to have it sit next to my Ford T, but black seats under Las Vegas sun don't work well.
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My car never had an issue with Black Death, but I did have that problem on my '05 Duramax. Had to replace the head gaskets at 135K miles and removing the driver's side valve cover was problematic thanks to a leaking injector seal on #4. Ended up breaking and replacing the valve cover. Truck is now at 304K and no issues. (knock on wood).
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