I've never heard of a law on engine mileage in Germany, it doesn't sound right to me. There is a law in Japan that prevents engines from being rebuilt. Could be that someone has stretched that as some sort of line for German engines. I'm very skeptical about this.

Good luck,

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Larry Bible
'84 Euro 240D, 523K miles
'88 300E 5 Speed
'81 300D Daughter's Car
Over 800,000 miles in
Mercedes automobiles