500,000 Miles!!

[dproudfo]

Hey everyone!

Our “black car” finally hit the half million mile marker. The car is a 1991 350SD Turbo. I thought that I would celebrate the news with the fellow diesel fanatics that would appreciate its accomplishment. The history of the car is as follows:

We purchased the car from one of our close family friends (original owner) at 225,000. The car has had an engine replacement (done at around 125k) due to a timing chain problem. (which in turn did some major engine damage). After that the head gasket was replaced at 275,000 as well as a transmission re-build which was done at around 300k. Yes, the car did have some bad luck with its initial engine replacement but other than that, I’d consider the repairs fairly common.

In the pictures the car looks absolutely filthly and I love it. Don’t get me wrong, I love a car that is washed and waxed, but I also love cars that are put the hell and back and still running like champs. To have a car go half a million in California is one thing but to have it go that kind of distance in the brutal weather of Minnesota (ie; burning hot and humid in the summer and ice cold in the winter) says something to the testament of classic W126 Mercedes engineering.

Comments welcome!