looking for reasonably priced diesel/automatic car

[italiansportster]

Fairling good shape and reliable. Im looking to convert it to a grease car. If already converted the better.

[DA-BRT]

Just a side note:

I tried mounting a gasser automatic transmission (1.6 carb engine: EV automatic code) to a diesel.

I just couldn't get it to life. Problem is that the gasser starter is not strong enough for the diesel. If you can find a diesel starter for the 010 automatic transmission price yourselfe happy.

[jtanguay]

you want an automatic diesel??? damn...  maybe it's not as bad on a diesel as it is on gassers though...

i know trev0rbr has an automatic rabbit...  maybe the longer gears would make better use of the lower torque???

[burn_your_money]

I think he told me that it screams on the highway. I'd imagine the newer ones are better though

[jtanguay]

I think he told me that it screams on the highway. I'd imagine the newer ones are better though

yea... once you break 3k rpm the fuel consumption goes up almost exponentially... its that bad!  i had a gasser golf... auto tranny.. 3500 rpm @ around 100-110km/h

around town it wasn't so bad though... many HG issues and blowby like nothing else... so much blowby that the air filter was always oil soaked  :lol:  i brought that thing up to 7k rpm on a regular basis.  it was the only way to make it move fast hehe.  

the gearing is what really pissed me off though... 2nd gear might as well be thrown out the door because 1st gear is really long... then 2nd gear hits.. then 3rd gear hits ... i'd rather have a long 1st, long 2nd, and a taller 3rd....  way to engineer that badly!  of course German's are more concerned with 5 speeds, which is good

[RabbitJockey]

i guess i'll chime in, the automatic really isn't so bad, but like burn_your_money mentioned, it's no highway car, i don't have a tach on it but that thing is definetly wound out on the way.  in town it's really nice to drive, i almost like it more that my jetta for town/country driving.  but i don't since my jetta is so much faster/better brakes and handling lol.  but in town it's really a pleasure, once you get above 55 the thing is really wound out, my dad took it to 70 before haha.  but like you guys said down low it actually runs nice, definetly not slow and i have no trouble pulling out and keeping up with normal traffic, doing burn outs, and chirping the tires lol. really it's not so bad.  i'll have to make a newer 0-60 movie now that the engine is broken in better.  during the winter though when i was keeping track i was only getting 35-36mpg, i'm gonna start keeping track again soon and see what it does.

[Dr. Diesel]

how about a nice 1978 mercedes 300d?  

[745 turbogreasel]

'good shape' and 'reasonably priced' are pretty subjective terms...
Intrested in California cars?

[bignivanut]

1.8 auto Mk2 jettas seem to be cheap here in Ontario, could you put a newer 4spd auto into an older jetta instead of the 3spd,  use a 1.6 and should pull some decent mileage?   HMMMM? :?:  :idea:

[myke_w]

All I gotta say.. Mercedes Benz.. 1980-86 - stay away from 87-95's with 6 cylinders.

[duffer]

Didn't you sell that '78 Mercedes 300D on e-bay

  a while back?

[myke_w]

me? nope.. MB is known for bulletproofness tho.. especially the 80-86 cast iron head 5 cyl models.. I have dip *** customers that could kill 5 Volkswagens in the time it takes them to trash one..

[RabbitJockey]

1.8 auto Mk2 jettas seem to be cheap here in Ontario, could you put a newer 4spd auto into an older jetta instead of the 3spd,  use a 1.6 and should pull some decent mileage?   HMMMM? :?:  :idea:

it'd be easy in a mk2 because you could use the mk3 mounts, and in a later mk2 it'd be even easier because you could use the computer since they are electronic controled trannys, but they are known to be ***ty, so i wouldn't even attempt it.  the old 3 speeds, although lacking a good highway gear, are very good trannys that last a long time when maintained.

[jtanguay]

there must be a way to work around the electronics on the earliest 4 speed auto's...

[lacolocho]

Don't forget the W116, the MBZ late 70's 300SD. Same engine as the later turbodiesels, but very different body style and interior. Mercedes, like everyone else, changed a lot aesthetically in 1980. I like the 70s look myself.