tipk99

Hi, A Newbie here. Heavily considering a MB diesel car. probably turbo. I wanna run Bio-Diesel. Some of my driving is very short trips - to the grocery store, to work etc. I've heard diesels are bad for this kind of driving. I also do plenty of longer drives, but I'm worried about ruining something pre-maturely in the short trips. I've also heard that if I'm gonna drive shorter trips, the more modern engines (with the aluminum head and hydaulic valves) are better because they heat up quicker and are genreally technicaly better engines.

So, the questions are...

1 is this true? Should I stick with the newer engines? Are they called something special or do they have a diffent designator or name?
2 In which year cars are these found? Is there a place I can go to see all of the year to year changes in the class cars?
3 300 or 190 more reliable? (I'm sure this one will have heavy battle on both sides)

Any advice - I"ll take it. I"m really new to the MB world and have been surfing around a bit trying to soak up as much info as possible. Thanks again and I look forward to joining the MB family in one form or another...

Tom

http://bigbadboatblog.blogspot.com

schwarzwagen

hey Tom,

You might want to consider asking the guys over at Mercedesshop.com about your bio-diesel question. I know several members converted their cars.

As far a short trips, more modern cars polute less certainly and thats a good thing.