512tr Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Due to my present work on a gas receiving plant, I needed a rental car for 6 months (require 4x4 diesel), and what was more natural than renting a Jeep, brand new, picked it up at the dealer. The Mercedes engine is impressive, 218 hp 3.0 CRD diesel It’s not an MJ, but ok for a rental car. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feerocknok Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Wheeled it yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Diesels are awesome! :D Can't wait til my parents get their Diesel KJ so I can borrrow it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oizarod115 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 wheres the engine, i didnt know that mercedes could make engines from plastic ;) :bowdown: :bowdown: thats sweeet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JN_comanche_luvr Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 My uncle used to joke that the engine in his '73 M-B diesel was made of compressed cow chips! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
over2land Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 I really like that 3.0 Diesel. Wish it made it over here... without importing your own. Got to tool around in a Grand with that engine, and its a lot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aemsee Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Want to replace my wifes 04 Grand with a Commander, but she thinks it is too big for her. Yet she used to swipe my 85 K10 Silverado longbox all the time. :nuts: . Next year we should be seein' a diesel WK and I assume a XK as well. But I think displacement is going to be 3.5 liters. I keep looking at the Commanders at work and picturing them with a bit of lift and 33's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aemsee Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 I was wrong. Is is the same 3.0 displacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COMJNUT Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 how does the engine run with all that plastic!? :nuts: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
512tr Posted December 12, 2006 Author Share Posted December 12, 2006 he,he.. the top of modern engines looks like a suitcase, but the little ‘thing’ under the “samsonite” cover is very powerfull to be only 3 litre. The press writes… 3.0-litre CRD diesel powerplant pops up all over the Chrysler, Jeep and Mercedes-Benz ranges and with good reason. Its one of the most impressive diesel engines money can buy. Its 218bhp output is capable of making a Mercedes C-Class feel indecently quick but when tasked with hauling the rather weightier Commander body about, it instead relies on its 510Nm of torque. This is more than even the Commanders range-topping V8 Hemi engine can manage. On the road it equates to a sprint to 60mph in 8.7 seconds and a top speed of 120mph. Economy is very respectable at 30.9mpg and emissions are rated at 284g/km. Even the new ‘old american’ Hemi, have the same Samsonite plastic look 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenosha Warrior Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 I say screw plastic, find yourself a nice 383, 426 or 440 and drop it in, marry a nice 4spd and watch your tires flyh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COMJNUT Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 that's gotta be a tough place to change the oil filter when it is in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisty Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 howcome the vehicle is LHD when its in europe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
512tr Posted December 13, 2006 Author Share Posted December 13, 2006 howcome the vehicle is LHD when its in europe? In Europe it's only UK (England, Scotland and Irland) that have RHD and drive on the WRONG side of the road, in the rest of Europe, we drive on the RIGHT side of the road ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisty Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 i never knew that!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
512tr Posted December 13, 2006 Author Share Posted December 13, 2006 TwistedSymphony, scary avatar you got there...Regan from The Exorcist, best horror movie ever. Check ot this!:ack: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisty Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 i saved that .gif...its sweet! yeah, it was my halloween avatar :D . when i was in DC, my friend took me to the stairs that the priest rolls down at the end. those things are steep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aemsee Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 i never knew that!! Don't you hate it when knowledge sneaks up on you like that :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jage Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 i never knew that!! Yeah, thank Napoleon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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