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Originally Posted by vstech
As many, if not most of us here on the forum purchased our cars used from MULTIPLE previous owners. I've got to wonder how many of our cars are actually over 500K... It's SOOOOO easy to change the odo on our cars, and most used car salesmen KNOW that over 300K is a scary thing for buyers... and the MB holds up SOOOO well to high mileage. if my W201 190D is any indication, the motor should last several hundred thousand miles more... I'm willing to bet huge amounts of money that most of our cars do not reflect anywhere near accurate miles...
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My first 123 had a swapped odometer, but it was dated as well as recorded in the owners manual when the swap was done. So I just had to do some calculations to find the actual mileage. My 300D turbo, and my current 300TD have never had a broken odometer in their life and are fully documented. Sold the 240 at 331k, 300D at 263k, and my current wagon has 209k. My 300D by far ran the best of all three. Ran like clockwork.  Shouldn't have sold it I guess. 
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1981 300TD 4 speed manual
Euro bumpers, zender valance and skirts, H&R springs, billy HD's, leveled sls, real AMG Pentas 16x8 et11, vdo boost/egt gauges intergrated into ash tray, eurolights, led 3rd brake light
Last edited by vstech; 10-07-2013 at 01:47 PM.
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