I've been averaging about 30-35K per year on my 300D (about 160K in 4.5 years). I drive it all over the country on business.

On my '79 300d I will put about 30k per year. Use it for going everywhere I need to go. Its a great car and it is being sold.

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1981 300D 147k
1998 VW Jetta Tdi 320k
2001 Dodge Ram 2500 141k
1979 300D 234k (sold)
1984 300D "Astor" 262k(sold)
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I love the smell of diesel smoke in my hair

I expect to do 40,000 this year and each year - it's my commuter. My "weekend toy" is my '02 Z71 Suburban, the other "weekend toy" I want would be a small convertible...maybe someday.

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- Brian


1989 500SEL Euro
1966 250SE Cabriolet
1958 BMW Isetta 600

I expect ~20k/yr.

I really didn't want to put that kind a mileage on my $50k+ Sierra just to get to work every day, so I bought the SD.

The Dmax is now happily parked waiting to pull the trailer or the boat on the weekends.

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But what do I know...

1984 300SD 256k

I drive about 45,000 miles per year commuting. Shabby humms up and down I-85 just about every day..... I buy fuel every-OTHER-day...

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Over 21 years I owned several:
w108
w110
w111
w115
w116
w123
w124
w126
w212

I have a functioning odometer as of August, and by looking at the average number of miles I drive each month, I'm putting near 16,700 miles on my car per year, mainly from going to school and other errands and events through the week. I don't drive it long distances, unless 100 mile round trips to Galveston count. You can call it a pleasure car, and a daily driver because it's always a pleasure for me to drive it daily.

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

Based on the miles I put on my Lincoln in 2005, the Benz will be getting about 8,000 miles a year in pleasure use after the Lincoln sells (anybody wanna buy a Town Car?). I have a disposable POS for the daily commute.

By my math, the engine in the Benz should go for about another 12 years before I need a rebuild. Tranny I'm not so sure about, but I want a Euro 5 spd anyway.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

20+ a year i do alot of driving.(my only vehicle)

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have no worries.....President Obama swears "If you like your gun, you can keep it

I average about 25K a year on the diesel for business and dad-taxi service to soccer games and such. Coincidentally, this is about the 4th anniversary of my diesel conversion starting with my previous car. 80K on that one and 20k on this one so far.

My significant other puts about the same # of miles a year on our Murano running the kids around also + errands.

We also have an E-150 based conversion van for the mega cruises, and it gets about 5-10K a year.

So about 50-60K a year total for the household.

Chuck

35-45k.

I bought my 1980 300D brand new in Dallas TX. It’s been registered in three other states since. Now it’s back to TX to stay. Doing the math shows I run about 12k a year. Looking back though, there were years I was driving it well over 40k and some years it spend its time in the hands of my folks while I was up in Canada and Alaska flying. For three years it was started and driven about 5 miles a week just to keep things loosened up. I was 17 when I bought it (long, odd story of childhood dreams that didn’t involve Mustangs, Camaros and/or trucks). The last thing you want to hear is all that’s happened with, in and/or around this car. I’ll just say that it’s always been there for me and hardly (if ever) really let me down. It’s been there for me all these years, and so now it’s only fair that I’m there for it. Some may call it “just another car“. Just a piece of “should be replaced machinery” used to get around in. But when you’ve had the same car (yes, I’ve had others along the way) for 25 years, “sentimental reasons” hold fast. Now my 9 year old has laid claim to it as her first car. So, I guess we’ll be keeping it around for another decade or so. I’m holding fast with Skippy. Another 12 years before it’s first rebuild !! I’m go’n for it!!

I've had my sd for 3 months and already put 12k on it.

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"spreading a trail of obnoxious where ever we go"
1981 300sd w/ 341,500 miles

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Under my watch it's averaged about 10,000 mi/yr. Maybe that'll pick up when I start making bio this year.

Through it's life the car has averaged 19,000 a year.

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Greg Schwall

1983 300SD - 465,000 miles

I've had a 95 E300D for 6 months and about 15,500 miles. lots more to come.

When I had my 300CD I was doing about 5,000-9,000 miles per year...