Snapped by my dear wife this morning in her C300...she saw it coming up and pulled onto a side street to take a photo with her phone!

It was totally unplanned even though I was the last to fill the tank and reset the trip odometer

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Marty D.

2013 C300 4Matic
1984 BMW 733i
2013 Lincoln MKz

Awesome! My wife would have never noticed that....oh well.

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

Nice and nicely done. What are the odds?

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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

1111111:1?

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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 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

Two can be as bad as One, it's the loneliest number since the number One!!!



BTW, just went and saw Three Dog Night about 3 weeks ago for a local charity thing. [free tickets] Not bad at all.......

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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

im starting to hate yall with working odometers....

I got time to catch up though... I installed an odometer out of chassis #137 ('72 450 SL-C) (and snagged the bumpers and all metal grille star while I was at it)

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". . .back before accountants designed cars"

-Current Stable-
'78 MB 450SL-C 107.024.12.020783 #3840 <Kayleen>
'85 FORD F250 6.9L Diesel <Allison>
'98 Lexus ES300 <Rachel>
Long Gone...
'74 Chevy G10...........................'99 GMC Yukon 4X4
'83 Chevy Suburban 6.2 diesel .....'99 SAAB 9-5
'90 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS............. '01 Chevy Tahoe
'98 Nissan Altima .......................'02 MB ML320
'88 Chevy Suburban V2500 4X4 6.2 diesel

That sure looks a lot like my odometer of my previous 300D I had. I took it on 2-20-04. It would have really been something if it happened on 2-22.


Coincedence maybe?

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DJ


84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

That is a sweet looking speedo. Does the needle actually go lower in reverse?

Also, props for finding a wife that was cool enough to think of something like taking a pic of that.

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My Primary Driver - '85 300CD - 4-speed conversion, 2.47 rear, lowered, euro headlights, rebuilding (not restoring so much)

Wife's - '08 Saab Sportcombi Aero

Riding a '03 Yamaha Warrior

I guess it's a good thing that some OCD person made sure both of the screws in the middle of the face of his speedo are both facing the same direction.
Cuts down on coincidence........

BTW, was your old 300D an '85? On another pic I have of MY odo it has the same part # as yours does, and mines an '85.....

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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

The free tickets or or 3 Dog Night?

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1981 300TD "The Green Lantern"
1980 300TD
1983 300D Euro "China Cat"

Nice goin', Marty. More often than not if I am in a conversation about cars and I ask a female how many miles are on their car, they do not have a clue. I suppose a lot of guys are oblivious as well. I guess I should do a controlled study before I make any generalizations.

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85 300D 75K Anthracite Grey 0-60 in 13 seconds **For Sale**
84 300D 333K Black (The Velveteen Rabbit) 0-60 in 14 seconds
00 Toyota Sienna 208K (Sold)
15 Subaru Outback 43K
11 Subaru Outback 67K
98 Ford Taurus 100K (Gertie - Was Grandma's - drove it to church and shopping - really) Daughter's car now.
30 Model A Ford 2 Door Sedan (Sold) 0-60 in . . . Never reached 60

I hope I make it to 222,222

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1985 300TD Turbo Euro-wagon
1979 280CE 225,200 miles
1985 300D Turbo 264,000 miles
1976 240D 190,000 miles
1979 300TD 220,000

GONE but not forgotten
1976 300D 195,300 miles
1983 300D Turbo 175,000 miles

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...e485-1-2-1.jpg

enough with the speedometers.

isn't it time for another picture of superjimmy/spiderjimmy? in action?

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"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."

Yes, mine was an 85 as well. Looking at the screw heads these are from two different cars. What a coincidence.

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DJ


84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

I'm almost to 333333. I'll surely try to get the pic.

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79 MB 280 SEL Euro 133k
77 MB 450SL 154k
05 Mustang GT Vert (3) 104k
12 TSX Wagon Tech (66k) (192k)
06 Subaru Outback base (135k) 164k
16 Acura MDX (109k) 111k
18 Silverado 2500 LTZ Midnight (212) 56k
97 Ford Ranger 163k
11 RAV4 154k
01 Escape 173k
04 Honda Pilot 292k
1967 Mustang (Resto Project)
1968 Mustang (Parts Bin)
00 Ford Ranger 124k