Turbo Diesel

Here's a story from the NY Times about a man in Ramsey, NJ who collects 1970's/1980's era Mercedes-Benz 300D's. I always find it funny that Miss Leda, Miss Melanie and I all drove a variant this model in high school. And yes, I think the article is correct when it indicates that when originally tested by Car and Driver the 300D made it to 60 MHP from a stand still in about 20.3 seconds (which in car-speak is about two and a half lifetimes).