Actually the smartest, best way to buy one of these German wonders at the dealer is to go in wearing holey blue jeans, white T-shirt and flip flops... it really seems to disarm the pressurized salesmanship routine and makes them focus on closing the deal, not prolonging it or trying to eak out your last dime...worked for me everytime over the last hundred years and I'm what? Well, lets just say an old Mercedes driver...

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Bama1


2008 SLK 280, Firemist Red - "Hurricane"
2001 F150 Lariat 4x4, Black on Black - "Badboy"
1982 240D 4 speed survivor -"Pearl" - Donated to Vietnam Veterans
1962 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 -"Gertrude"

1954 model original owner - ~2.5M
Gray softtop/solid exterior/modified chassis

gee another 2 years i'll catch up to 10 knots strider i want the highest mileage car in here. But i suppose it be cheaper to buy a newer one

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commercial fisherman diesel in my blood in my boats trucks and Dear old Dad has had me drivin them since i got my first license in 1968
1986 300 SDL 427654
1999 Chevy Crew Cab Dually 225423
1986 300 SDL 287000 Dad's
1987 190 Turbo 158000 Mom's (my inheritance)

I'm not happy with the quality of the mileage badge. I've had mine for about a year and it appears water got under it and is discolored and starting to peel. I wish I had the old style, those looked much nicer.

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-Zack K.

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1983 300d Turbo (Daily Drive) -- 243,000 miles
1979 280ce AMG (Beginning extreme restoration) -- 141,410 miles
1979 Yamaha Chappy LB50 (Awating new points) -- 1411.6 miles

1981 300d Euro 4 speed -- 188,421 km -- SOLD
1979 300d Euro 4 speed (Sold to Brother) -- 257,000 miles

A Collection of w123 AMG Cars and Parts

Got mine today.

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Excellent! I like the 2 badges......
Uhm Lance, what is that other debris? Looks like you rear ended a Volvo!

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

mine used to be white.. but after a years its became discolored.. I am not happy about that. the part covered by the round portion shows a difference in colours

I still have both the brass ones from my TD.

There is a 1,000,000 mile badge but the others are all kilometers.

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"Buster" in the '95

Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762
"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970

Well, I stopped in today and got the paperwork filled out. The Service Rep had to ask the Service Manager if he was allowed to fill it out.

He said that he had heard of their cars going past 200,000 miles. He said now he can say he has actually seen one.

(S350D 231,000 miles --> much more than what is needed for the 250,000 Klick badge.)

-Jim

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1995 S350D, Green with black leather interior.
Bought January 2008 w/ 233,xxx miles.
I did 22,000 miles during the first year of ownership.

I stopped in the dealer 2-4-07 for my 250000km & the 500000km badges.
the young kid at the counter never heard of it, but there is a lady that
has been there 30 years. she said "I`ll take care of that". will take about
4 - 6 weeks to get them.

The kid looked at me with wide eyes when I told him it has 335700 miles.
WOW!! he was impressed.

Charlie

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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works

I have had mine for about 2 years, all the color is gone, just left with a brass color.

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Dennis
2006 E320 CDI Black/Black Leather. Nav, HTD Seats HK stereo 32000 miles.
2000 VW Passat 1.8t 300,000 miles as of Dec 09, 2009 original owner
1997 E300d Silver 300,000 miles As of Jan 05, 2010
3rd owner SOLD

I have a silly question and I bet everyone here knows better...I'm sort of a MBZ Newbie, I have had my 1981 240d for the past six years. now when i got it the speedometer read 80000 and i was told that the one flipped to zero again after you cross the 100000 mile mark. i was told it had 180000 then 280000 but it hit the 100k mark and its still going on. can anyone clarify for me???

Went in to get my 83 verified today. Boy. no one knew anything about it, nor wanted to do anything. The Sales weasel sent me to the parts department. Parts sent me to service. Service sent me back to the sale weasel. Weasel sends me back to the parts guy, that begrudgingly fills out the form.

Ya like I am going to do any business with this place now??? Felt like they treated me like I was in their way.

You would think that they would be proud to have a person come in with all of those miles. I certainly will not be going to this one for my 84 which has 313,000 on it.

Nor will I be going to this place for any parts, alignments or whatever.

What kills me is that the sales weasel (which was supposed to be the Sales Manager) wasnt doing anything anyways. Perhaps... just perhaps he would like to get to know a person that MAY be in the market in the future? Guess my government and military credentials that were hanging around my neck were not enough clue that I could afford one of his vehicles.

Thanks for letting me vent.... I feel better now.

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NC Benz
Fuquay-Varina, NC
1979 300D
1983 300D Turbo 260,000 Miles
1984 300D Turbo 345,000 Miles (sons car)
OBK #31
1998 Ford Expedition 5.4l (fer Haulin'!) 145,000
1973 19' SeaRay with 115 Mercury TOWER OF POWER!
Club Car Golf Cart 36V
Ex toys:
1967 Mustang 289 (First Car)
Fiat 124TC
1975 Honda CVCC
1980 Audi 5000 Turbo

Well I am going to check this out, my problem is on my 1970 220D the odometer has not worked for 22 years and still does not work.
In 1986 the engine had 70,000 on her. I should be able to get the 500,000 kilometers---312,000 miles badge. I am going to try.

Well I went to the dealership, in through the lobby, a sales person on the phone talking, I go through the lobby to the service center, and ask for the service manager, he was a nice guy, I think this was the first time he has seen high mileage award application, he did take a minute to read it, asked about the milege and passed it on for someone else to fill in the blanks. No problem.
My problem is they did not even look at my car. I thought someone would come out and look at my car and say, wow she is still on the road, she looks good, have a good one.
I got nothing.