Thread: What kind of car do you drive??
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Re: What kind of car do you drive??
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Originally Posted by Lledargo View Post
1985 Mercedes Benz 300SD Turbo-Diesel
It has a Straight-5 engine (Yes It is a 5 cylinder car). When I first got it, It had a bad transmission(slipped out of 3rd, and could never get to 4th). My father and I replaced it, now it just needs new brakes and a new windshield.
Do you burn fryer oil in it? A former team member had a similar car, and he used fryer oil from his parents' restaurant. It would coagulate, though, in unusually cold weather here in Florida, and he'd mix some regular diesel fuel with the other stuff. You have to filter the particles from the fryer oil, but those old Mercedes seem to burn it ok. I hear that the newer car diesels, like VW TDI's and the current M-B's are much more picky about fuel than the older M-B's.
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