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01-26-2007, 09:30 AM
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hints on how to reach the 1M mark...MB Mention of mystic...
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/SaveonaCar/CarsThatLastAMillionMiles.aspx?page=1>1=8996
I am still reading the article, but free Saab for certified million milers...! MB are you listening? John
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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread "as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do! My drivers: 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 560SL convertible 1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!  1987 300TD 2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB 1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere! Last edited by vstech; 01-26-2007 at 09:49 AM. 
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01-26-2007, 09:48 AM
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eh, nothing really in the article aside from that free Saab mention... sorry.
"Automaker Saab announced recently that it would give a free car to any original U.S. Saab owner who drives the car 1 million miles or more. Spurring the challenge were Wisconsin insurance salesman Peter Gilbert and his 1989 Edwardian Gray Saab 900 SPG, whose odometer not long ago clicked over to six zeros."
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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread "as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do! My drivers: 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 560SL convertible 1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!! 1987 300TD 2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB 1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere! Last edited by vstech; 01-26-2007 at 09:55 AM.
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01-26-2007, 10:28 AM
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It's really too bad mercedes does not have that program. There are a few mercedes on ebay that may have qualified for it already.
 I went and looked at one of them a few years back. If it had not done the million miles it must have been an exposed payload on a saturn rocket. Perhaps more than one trip even. At least the odometer was cheerful.
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01-26-2007, 10:31 AM
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Yeah, the biggest drawback I see to the saab deal (other than having to have a saab) is the original owner part...
John
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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread "as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do! My drivers: 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 560SL convertible 1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!! 1987 300TD 2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB 1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!
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01-26-2007, 10:46 AM
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I'm suprised a SAAB lasted that long. Ya know a lot of companies use planned obsolecence. I remember a comic strip about an old lady that wrote a company about a can opener she had for fifity year. The president wanted to get the old can openr and give her a new one. Then he wanted R&D to go through the old one and see why it lasted so long, so that they did not make the same mistake again....
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01-26-2007, 10:49 AM
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yup, anybody hear about the lightbulb in the fire department awning that is over 100 years old and still working? the company went out of business 95 years ago...
John
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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread "as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do! My drivers: 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 560SL convertible 1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!! 1987 300TD 2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB 1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!
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01-26-2007, 11:45 AM
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that lightbulb used a super thick fillament, which was also not very bright (literally).
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01-26-2007, 11:58 AM
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my 240D is close, only another 30 years until i hit 1 million miles, because i dont drive it enough...
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01-26-2007, 03:17 PM
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About 15 years ago I believe MB did give new MBs to two owners ... the one with the oldest running MB and the one with the highest mileage running MB. I remember that because it did spur a short rumor that MB did that for all owners who put 1M on their cars.
I don't have a problem with the original owner rule, simply because it sort of acknowledges those who kind of made a "commitment" with Saab when they paid for a new vehicle and stuck with it all those miles ... kind of a "been there from the start" thing. Few people buy an expensive car and then keep it for a million miles ... it's kind of a rare breed. Although personally I would think anyone with the heart to own and maintain a million-mile car deserves some credit.
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01-26-2007, 03:18 PM
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If my Benz makes it to a million miles I would not want to trade it for a new one.
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01-26-2007, 03:21 PM
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01-26-2007, 03:33 PM
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01-26-2007, 03:37 PM
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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles 1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles 2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles 2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles 1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles 1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car)
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01-26-2007, 04:01 PM
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Simple if you really want to do it. Buy a new Mercedes, drive it 50k-100k miles a year, maitain it to the 10th degree and you will have that 1M mile badge.
You just need to drive it enough so you rack up the miles before age really starts to take affect.
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