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My 87 300 SDL is my daily driver (when I drive daily) but it still gets about 500 miles a week. I'm averaging 21K miles a year for the two years I've had it, with 14K miles on B100. My 86 is still getting an engine put in it. (I think I'm making a career out of it.....)
The F-350 only gets a few thousand a year now...
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87 300SDL - 215K Miles !! 99 F-350CC Dually PSD - 190K 86 300SDL - 189K All on B-100 |
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everyday that there is nothing wrong with it 79 300d
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im at 484k so i drive as much as possible, i want that 500k award, day and night driver
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1985 300D - 599,xxxk - blue interior #265 Monark Nozzle, AL129X, 15" Ronals, Gen II Big Brakes hunting 1985 300D - 491,xxxk - in prog-{A-A IC, 3" exhaust, psi\pyro, 28*BTDC, Hella Euros, IP Limiter removal 1985 300TD - 783,xxxk - parts car,used new engine with ALDA cap inplace 1987 Kenworth T-600 8LL 425 CAT Mech. - 6,000,000+k - DEI exhaust wrap, punched through resonators, 1 recent rebuild, |
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The 300CD has been my daily driver since I bought her new, same for my wife's 300SD - her daily driver since new.
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Houston, Texas 1984 300CD 235K miles, Elvira, one owner 1987 300TD 180K miles 1974 TR6 78K miles Sarah Jane, one owner OBK #27 |
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I drive my F-150 as a work truck daily, but since I'm going to be unemployed by the end of the month {} who knows what my driving habits will turn in to. I do use them in the evenings and on weekends exclusively. I find I drive the Squash the least since it has a car cover on it. It is a pain to take it off.....
I would never feel comfortable using one of these as a daily driver without another one for back up. Too many things "pop up" unexpectedly......
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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 |
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I sometimes feel I’m the only long-distance daily driver, it’s good to see others doing 50 or 60 miles per day.
64 miles per day commute for me. |
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I consider mine an "every other day" daily driver. '83 300SD shares the weekly grind with a 1983 Porsche 944.
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1985 300 D T - Rauchsilber (Smoke Sliver Metallic) with MB Tex Quartz 155 = Cream interior - 320K and counting! 1999 E300 TD - Silver - Just got her 3-13-15 ! the 2nd '83 300SD - Brown Metallic - traded away 1985 Limo Diesel aka "Stretchy" - Sliver - Blue Int - Sold but still in Athens 1983 300SD - Brown Metallic - Sold April 2008 1982 300 D T - Royal Blue with Tan interior - Sold |
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I live in BFE so I put a lot of miles on mine. 20 mile round trip to town.
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1981 MB 300D 214K 2003 Dodge 3500 Cummins Diesel |
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30 miles a day every day and on weekends
Thought about only using the car on weekends to "preserve it", but really enjoy driving it, and I figure at the current mileage rate, I have several more years to enjoy this car.
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1989 300E 103,500 miles 1982 300SD Sold but not forgotten |
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You need to drive it to preserve it. Unless you let it get rusty or drive into a large object it will last indefinitely. Just drive it and maintain it properly.
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Letting an automobile sit in the garage, barn, on the driveway or wherever, is the quickest way to 'chronic' problems - IMHO! And oh yeah, mine is driven several times a week. I am a contractor and have a work van that I drive daily.... When I need to go somewhere in the evening though, I usually drive it - unless the fuel is low - then I drive the wife's Accord!
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Dale 1995 E320 Wagon 185K [SOLD] 1988 260e Sedan 165K 2007 F-150 XLT 188K [SOLD] 2003 Harley Davidson FLTRI Anniversary 26K ----------------------------- 2006 BMW 330Ci 110K - [SOLD]
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300SD & 240D (4 speed)
I have driven the 300SD 50K in the past three years. Trips to Calif., Maine, and back and forth to Austin, TX from my current home in Central Fla. Plus a 45 mile round trip commute.
The 240D is the weekend car Chugachugachuga
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Anders 1995 E300 2015 VW TDI Sportwagen 15K 1977 240D (197K) 2002 Subaru Legacy L Wagon (115k) (Wife's) Gone but not forgotten: 2005 Buick LeSabre 1998 C230 1984 300D 1983 240D 1981 300SD 1974 240D 1974 Fiat 124 Spider 1968 Triumph TR250 |
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present.. but i dont think i'm old.. heehhe. 31yrs old.. but my car a 79 300TD is my daily driver. 7 days a week. The car is outside the garage mostly from 6am - 6pm, but not on the road all the time.
this is maybe due to the fact that i dont have any other car that i can use.
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Mike ---------------------------------- 1975 200 - Sold (no pix); 1978 200 - Sold - http://www.pbase.com/hboy/redbaron 1979 300TD - Sold http://www.pbase.com/hboy/greenwagon http://www.geocities.com/hboy726/300TD.html 1985 230E - now my daily driver... |
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DD here. Put on 10,000 miles in the last 5 months.
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Can I chime in?
Although she's a 124 and not in the original request posted...
My primary transport is my 1987 300TD... was bought for that purpose. She also tows my dinghy catamaran and hauls sails and sailing equipment around.
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1987 300TD Turbo Wagon "Ti Blanc Stella!" Carpe cervisium. "If I owned Texas and Hell, I'd rent out Texas and live in Hell." -- William Tecumseh Sherman |
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