It seems these cars really like to be driven. I drive mine 480 miles per week or 25,000 mi. per year. What about you guys/gals?

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Muleears
'07 E320 Bluetec 133K my DD
'04 Jaguar XJ8 VDP, 34K
'10 Hyundai Accent 60K Grocery Getter
'02 VW Golf soon to be on the road again
'97 E300 Diesel Son's DD
'61 VERY tolerant wife

Hampton Roads, VA USA

Gone but not forgotten:
'67 250S 95K
'86 300SDL
'87 300D Turbo, 364K! R.I.P.
'98 E300 Turbodiesel, 213K
'02 S420, 164K
'01 Prius 138K

Avg wkly miles 336 on DSE WVO @ $.80 per gal

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85 300CD The FryrBird MY daily driver

drove my 240d 1981 4 speed manual between 450 to 750 miles a week. average 30 MPG and need to convert to wvo soon.

Bob
1981 240d

Drive 260 miles per week. 89 traffic lights each day. Northern Virginia to WDC. Drive on the hov lanes where I get up to 65 mph until I get to the 14th street bridge where I hit the brakes. A lot of times, it takes me longer to get from the Pentagon to Capitol Hill than it does to drive from my house to the Pentagon (about 25 miles) At 65 mph, she is steady, straight, smooth and gives me a little gyrating humm to let me know things are moving around fine. At hardly any mph, she just moves forward ever so slowly. I have it timed so I don't hit the accellerator or the brakes very much sitting in traffic. Also gives me a chance to read the paper. People flip me the brights and the bird all the time, and my wife thinks I'm a psycho, but when I'm driving, I'm the boss. So glad I have a diesel.

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2009 E320 Bluetec 117,000
1995 E300D 306,000 Sold
1996 Ford Taurus LX 130,000 Sold
1985 300TD Still 225,000 Sold
2016 Ford Fusion 24,900

i avg 500 miles per week driving hopefully the MB runs well enough to get most of those miles the dually getting 14 mpg is hard on the wallet

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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 will average 400 in my driver, but will put another 15K per year on my truck, mostly hauling and towing things.

tom w

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Just got back from Florida in the '83 240D. Total trip was 2700 miles averaged about 26 mpg. 65 to 70 mph , all on home brewed biodiesel . Used 1 qt synthetic oil. Now 263K on the clock. I'd do it all over again in a heartbeat.

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'83 240D 264k on 100% biodiesel/ 31mpg
83 300D 217K the $800 gem
'82 300D 267K the new WVO project car finished and driving for free
International tractor B275 on B100
Ford 555 backhoe on B100
Sargent 25 ton Rough Terrain crane on B50

Mark, we saw you just below Erie! Nice looking car,.... and driver!
( his wife guys, not him! )

My 95 is replacing my Tahoe ( winter duty). The Tahoe was inspected in Jan with 120,007, and now has 127,000, so around 20K per year is what I';ll add to the 220K on the odometer of the Benz, i.e., I';m planning on driving the heck out of it. Part of that is a 60 mile commute every day. On 1.5 gals of D!

Hope to be right behind ya mulears. More weekly annd less annual since "Blackie Dee" wont see the heavy winter around here.

29,000 in the last 5 years on the daily driver, mostly city driving. Works out to be a little over 100 miles a week.

Frequent trips to the interstate reset it to purring mode.

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83 300D 328k mi (623) Light Ivory - daily driver
82 300D 166k mi (881) Thisle Green - fixer upper
82 300D 282k mi (473) Champagne - parts

700-800 a week - 30,000 a year.

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- Brian


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

I put 800-1000 miles per week (45-50K annual) on the daily driver. Rarely hit more than one or two stop lights in a day.

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2005 C240 4matic wagon (daily driver)
87 190D - 225K (on loan)
85 190D - 312K (on loan)
2011 Subaru Legacy AWD (Wife's)

Are you really running the DSE WVO? I had heard alot of negative feedback about the DSE. Any problems with the injectors or IP? How many miles total have you run on it? I run 100% biodiesel for .68/ gal. and I know its a proven fuel. Just my 2 cents

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'83 240D 264k on 100% biodiesel/ 31mpg
83 300D 217K the $800 gem
'82 300D 267K the new WVO project car finished and driving for free
International tractor B275 on B100
Ford 555 backhoe on B100
Sargent 25 ton Rough Terrain crane on B50

First batched mixed 10-04-05. Best guess appx 24k in mileage. Only problems to date, were the initial filter clogging and such. My price per gal includes all additives, an extra splash of diesel kleen plus price of filters for my processing station. At this time I wash the primary filters (I have two inline) with rug, just for PM. Yesterday only washed one

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85 300CD The FryrBird MY daily driver

I drive my 300D about 20 miles per week plus some on the weekends to clean it out. I fuel up about 1 time per month weather it needs it or not. I drive the 500 about 20 to 30 miles per week but usually all at one time. I fill it up usually the same day I do the 300.
I change the oil on both at about 1000 miles.

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84 500 SEL (307,xxx miles)

I average around 400 miles per week in the winter months. In the summer months, since i pick up odd jobs, i usually put around 600 a week on.

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1983 Euro 240D 277K
2016 Mazda 6
Coming Soon, 2013 Mercedes E350 Bluetec
Formers:
2012- Mazda 3
2007 Outlander- complete pile
1995 E300 Diesel 208K
2007 VW Passat 2.0T 63K SOLD
2003 Jaguar X-type 3.0 Sport Sold 04/11 w/88K
2009 Lexus RX350 9061 miles. Sold 04/09
2008 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS:Totaled Sept.,09 @ 24,000
2003 Infiniti I35 58K Sold
1984 300 turbo diesel 222K