I'm going to a wedding about 1500 miles away from where i'm at. my dad did a similar trip in (what is now) my 84 300SD just before he gave it to me. the reason he gave it to me was that it broke down on him while he was tooling around at the wedding and then had to repair the car before he could drive it back the 1500 or so miles.

so, what should i be inspecting and what should be replaced before the trip. i have a new tranny filter and seal from the dealer... and i'm planing on changing the oil. and fuel filters. any other suggestions.

i've only had the car leave me stranded twice in the 4 years i've owned it and that was because of bad alternators both times. but i had the alternator changed by a local shop this last time and so i'm hoping that they solved the problems. so far so good.