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Originally Posted by Shane001
Haha, thanks mate, yeah I'm pretty happy with the V8
Thanks everyone who talked me out of the CRD. I was cursing that there weren't any available around Syd for sale at the end of June but I guess fate was maybe smiling on me for a change
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Haha. No worries
I couldn't read all the replies on this tablet. It kept freezing up.
The 2.7 has it's place, in the right hands, the right example, for the right purpose.
I'd have one (for touring mainly), so would quite a few in here who can work on them, but to anyone else... no way would I recommend one that's done up around 200 plus, 10 yrs old, questionable servicing.
Yep, true, 95% of cars this old are all ticking time bombs, but diesels like this platform are ticking
nuclear time bombs. Whole other level of kaboom.
You take a damaged 2.7 OM647 to a workshop for a comprehensive rebuild...you'll be crying like a baby.
Most likely a write off for sure.
Not that the 4.7 would be really cheap to get rebuilt, but, it's the next couple of levels with the 2.7.
A friend with zero mechanical abillity was looking at getting a Merc van with the diesel in it off a friend for nearly free. I talked him out of it. No such thing as a free boat deal. Get a Jap petrol van, not on gas.