Do you put on your diesel Benz? What year vehicle? Use it for work? Pleasure? Vacation?

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1984 300D
1985 300CD
1980 300SD
1993 SL500

I roll it out for pleasure only. Maybe a little weekend run here or there. About 6,000 miles per year.

My bride mentioned last night, during dinner, vacation planning, 11- year old interested in a trip out West, Mt. Rushmore and the like. In the blink of an eye I am back with the atlas, hummm... One route up and out, different route down and back. Yes exactly... the perfect plan, I can see it now 2,000 miles at least, in a week...

I went to sleep dreaming of changing the oil, 2 new tires, refinishing the wheels, waxing, fuel economy, blissful cruising and obviously having fun with The Bride and Little ones... Dern I bet they want to take the van...

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1999 E300DT Obsydian Black Metallic, Heated Full Leather Parchment options, E2, K2, 136,000+, best 36.5 mpg - GP's 12-04 & 11-12 Zero Stuck
2010 Honda Odyssey - The BrideMobile - best 26.5
(2) 2005 Honday Accord- (1 -Corporate 1 - Personal) - 110,000 4-cyl 30mpg
2000 VW Golf GLS TDI, Upsolute Chip (sold to Brother, now 300+k on it) 48.5 mpg like clock work
1987 Honda CRX HF - Sold 87,000 always over 50 mpg Max 67 mpg

i did my math and my car should have only gotten 13k a year

1977 300D. I put about 20-25,000 miles per year on it.

Other than the fact that the rear bumper fell off last week, runs like a swiss watch.

More than a handfull of times I have driven it non-stop, except for fuel and.... well you know bio break, from NJ to KY, 750 mile. The old girl charges along at 70-75 miles per hour and loves ever minute of it. I would not hesitate to drive it to California tomorrow, or maybe after I replace the rear bumper.

JCD

I do aroung 15K a year. It is my daily driver but I use my motorcycle for recreation and sometimes ride to work @ 12 miles each way.

The longest drive I do regularly is about 200 miles to visit family in Tampa. I have the boost cranked up to12 psi and it hums along at 70 - 80 mph.
In fact I'll be doing that drive in about an hour from now.

Danny

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1984 300SD Turbo Diesel 150,000 miles

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taking I-4 i presume... have fun .. im the exit right by the big heavy machinery auction place..

and I'm at the exit right before the exit with the heavy equipment.

130 mile/day commute gives me about 30-33k per year. As reliable as the sun.

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1984 300Sd 210k

Former cars:
1984 300D 445k (!!) (Strider) Original (and not rebuilt) engine and transmission. Currently running on V80 ( 80% vegetable oil, 20% petroleum products). Actually not, taking a WVO break.
1993 300d 2.5 275k. Current 120/day commuter
1981 300SD 188k (Hans) Killed by a deer

champions gate exit?

Last year I only put 8700 miles on my 300TD, and now it will be even less beacuse I ride my bike to work every day instead of a 100 mile daily round trip commute. Jeeze, I may have to start taking more long trips just to keep the car in good running order.

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I've had my 300D for 1 year this month and put on 13,000 miles.
Best thing I did was get a great allignment.
Used for work and play. Rides nice

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'87 924S
'81 280SEL

Sold ->

81 300SD -
93 300E w/ 3.2
85 300D-
79 300SD
82 300CD
83 300CD - CA
87 190E 5 spd
87 Porsche 924S

"..I'll take a simple "C" to "G" and feel brand new about it..."

red came into our life about a year ago.


10,000 miles approx.

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currently
[1981 300 td tdidi 165500 dark brown/palamino-Brownie-mine-3k miles of ownership
1983 240d 162+++ Anthricite grey w/ henna red interior and hella lights-wifes car-Red

the above two cars are for sale
and can be seen on the cars for sale thread here. pix also available.


240d-144+ Manilla Yellow w/ palmino interior-greasecar kit-Blondie-the college kids car

23" gt 21 speed still on original tires-still got the nubs
21" khs tandem

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)
Mercedes How-To and Repair Pictorials
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