Thread: Diesel cars 25yo+ whats out there?

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

Poogoe 405's .... the 1.9 TD's in them was a brilliant engine for it's time. Your talking old cars that will have been driven into the ground when you talk about 25+ year old deisels though. I reckon you'll struggle to find one. the mercs and N/A diesels were horifically slow so will have been thrown away.... the early turbo diesels such as the poogoe drove well.... so will have all done immense milage

Fuel economy and performance is NOTHING like the modern high pressure diesels.

seeya,
Shane L.

Thanks!, these things appear to be worth dirt

What goes wrong with them to have so little desirability?

EDIT: not old enough

Originally Posted by rovercare

Thanks!, these things appear to be worth dirt

What goes wrong with them to have so little desirability?

EDIT: not old enough

Sold in 89 weren't they? Nothing really goes wrong with them... there just an old car. interior plastic is absolutely woeful quality.

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

Sold in 89 weren't they? Nothing really goes wrong with them... there just an old car. interior plastic is absolutely woeful quality.

Only ones I found for sale were mid 90's

504 ?

Originally Posted by rovercare

Interesting, thanks!

What goes wrong with W124? is there a good benz forum?

I've adopted two W124 (petrol) station wagons for my family, they're terrific cars no matter the engine. There were over 2 million W124s of all varieties made between 1985 and 1995 approx. Many parts are still available as aftermarket. Of course like any Euro tech car they have some quirky engineering to keep your brain active when you attempt to understand what went wrong. The rear suspension contains more links than I've ever seen on a single car. Their ride in stock trim is soft but brilliantly controlled, I've done 12 hour road trips in mine and hardly felt fatigued. It is most definitely not a Gemini.

The W124 page on Wikipedia is a good start to learn about the W124.

Originally Posted by bee utey

I've adopted two W124 (petrol) station wagons for my family, they're terrific cars no matter the engine. There were over 2 million W124s of all varieties made between 1985 and 1995 approx. Many parts are still available as aftermarket. Of course like any Euro tech car they have some quirky engineering to keep your brain active when you attempt to understand what went wrong. The rear suspension contains more links than I've ever seen on a single car. Their ride in stock trim is soft but brilliantly controlled, I've done 12 hour road trips in mine and hardly felt fatigued. It is most definitely not a Gemini.

The W124 page on Wikipedia is a good start to learn about the W124.

In regards to the W201 190D

"With the many Mercedes 190D 2.0 or 2.5 who have more than 500.000 or even 1.000.000 km on their tachometer, these engines are considered as the most reliable and best engines ever made!"

Wonder if this is true for the rest of the car

Peugeot 504
economical and fairly comfortable

Originally Posted by pop058

504 ?

Originally Posted by rocket scientist

Peugeot 504
economical and fairly comfortable

My Dad had a diesel,mine was an injected 2lt petrol and with the sheep skin seat covers, it was ssoooo comfy. Not that the OP is looking for performance, but for a 72 model, it easily braked and cornered better than any Aussie models of a similar era.