TDstalcup - 7/29/2006 10:20 AM Ok, I do not have a G, right now I have a BMW 6 (older E24, Alpina mods etc) but I had an 03 Discovery that I gave up before going back to school (law school). Here then, is my question: I would truly like to be back in an SUV, but do not want another Rover. I would really like a G, but want a diesel 463, for the range and for the ability to run biodiesel, for which there are now a couple of stations in Northern California. It seems that such a thing is apparently like finding a Unicorn in the US. I have seen posts about people importing them, and occasionally one does appear at Keiser motors, or on Clubwagen...but how about this: the 2002 MBUSA G500s are now coming off lease, being traded in etc. My studies indicate that the diesel conversion is more or less a straight swap, get a TD crate motor, a set of gauges for the dash, perhaps in a pod, and then change out the motor mounts. If such a swap cost on the order of $10-15K to be done right, and the 2002 Gs are now going for the low $30K range with 75K miles on them...wouldn't that be less expensive and complex than importing a European car and having it Federalized, which I am given to understand is also $10K or so?. Of course, there may be something I am missing since I haven't ever heard of anyone doing a conversion of that sort, and I am fairly certain you wouldn't be able to register it in California (without registering it first someplace else).