E240 V E220 CDI V C220 CDI
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E240 V E220 CDI V C220 CDI
i currently have an e240 and am thinking of changing it for an e220 cdi or the C220 CDI because even though it has 7hp less it has much more torque and i think would be much faster. What are your guys opinions? Should i change the car? if so which one should i buy?
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A 4-cylinder CDI would still have noticeable CDI engine clatter, nothing like old diesels but heavier than the 6-cylinder engines.
Economy would be a lot better than that of the E240. But new gassers have improved from the E240 too.
Generally a CDI with less peak power drives better at normal traffic because it has more power at the normal engine speed (I just compared my W221 CDI to an S550 on another thread, the CDI has more power at 1500 rpm than the S550, although I would consider the S350 the car to compare against the 320CDI).
I'm not saying my opinion really, I only have experience about one MB gasser in my family (not mine, it was not the black sheep of the familiy, at least not by colour, it was a white car).
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Buy a used E320 CDI/Bluetec from the US. The dollar is weak now, and shipping will be no more than 1000€
That will be much faster than a 220 or your 240, and still use less fuel than your car.
That will be much faster than a 220 or your 240, and still use less fuel than your car.
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He may also come from a country with RHD cars.
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That sounds like a good idea but I did not figure out where the OP actually comes from but I am assuming it would be pretty difficult to import "a US car" as an individual, unless one had been working in the US and bringing it back along with other moving stuff.
He may also come from a country with RHD cars.
He may also come from a country with RHD cars.
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I forgot about the RHD possibility. If he is from the EU, the car can be imported with few restrictions or required modifications. From what I remember, there is not even a light modification required when the car has BIxenons since those are the same for all markets.
Different rules apply when you visit another country for some time and then bring the car and other stuff with you when you move back.
But things may have changed or perhaps it is easier to get the paperwork in some EU countries than others.
MBs anyway are sold so cheaply to the states that I could see all new European cars first sailing to the US and immediately back if it was easy to register cars coming from the US.
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I understand that either the cars are already compatible with EU rules or at least can easily be made the same. But the problem usually is to prove this for local officials. Even if everybody knows it is a German car, if you import the car, you have to be able to prove it on paper and I've understood this being difficult.
Different rules apply when you visit another country for some time and then bring the car and other stuff with you when you move back.
But things may have changed or perhaps it is easier to get the paperwork in some EU countries than others.
MBs anyway are sold so cheaply to the states that I could see all new European cars first sailing to the US and immediately back if it was easy to register cars coming from the US.
Different rules apply when you visit another country for some time and then bring the car and other stuff with you when you move back.
But things may have changed or perhaps it is easier to get the paperwork in some EU countries than others.
MBs anyway are sold so cheaply to the states that I could see all new European cars first sailing to the US and immediately back if it was easy to register cars coming from the US.
The only reason everyone does not re-import to Germany, or re-export to everywhere else, is that MB dealers make buyers sign a one year non-export agreement upon purchase (as far as I have been told). Even so, there is a loophole for new cars, and no restriction on used.
So, if anyone in Europe would like to arrange something, I can be of assistance.