How many miles on your Benz? I will try to do a high mileage survery similar to that done by the Star magazine of about five years ago.

I don't know if this will work, but if you have more than one Benz, vote them individually. If that won't work, vote with your highest mile car.

Hopefully this will be as fun as the one in the Star.

Have a great day,

hey Larry
just got my engine back in the car this afternoon and will begin hooking it all up after dinner. Should be running fine tomorrow. 265,000 miles on the 617.951 engine and I am amazed at how good the internals were. I will itemize the costs for all to see. Remember this is what I call an overhaul--- not a complete rebuild. with a head job and new injectors I still think I am around $1000 Thanks for the help...She purrs like a kitten till the lake pipes roar. Now that I know what is inside these engines, I would like to get me another motor and see how much power we could squeeze out of these. I bet there is a bunch of hidden HP. I know at the expence of longevity. But heck there is a bunch of them out there.

jb,

Did you rering, replace liners, or bore?

Sounds like you're moving right along with it.

Good luck,

174k mi. on my '88 300TE-runs as new, and burns not a drop of oil.

I plan to keep it until it sees a million miles! I put the 250k km. badge on it-looks great, and shocks people when they see the condition of the car

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"If God had meant for us to walk, why did he give us feet that fit car pedals?" Sir Sterling Moss

Michael
2014 E63S Estate
2006 SLK55
1995 E500
1986 Porsche 944 turbo

Mercedes hands out badges for mileage? How do you apply for one? Thanks. This is kind of motivation for me to keep my car longer.

Alex

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1983 300D (parked for four years)
2012 VW Sportwagen TDI Manual
2001 Miata SE
1962 Chevrolet Corvair Rampside

I once got a 250k (or 200k?) badge for my 300D. I filled out a form and they sent me the badge. This was 10 years ago. I don't know if they still do it. I have to stop at the dealership to pick up a missing cylinder head bolt washer and radiator hose. (One washer fell somewhere and I can't find it!) I will ask about the badges when I am there.

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Michael LaFleur

'05 E320 CDI - 86,000 miles
'86 300SDL - 360,000 miles
'85 300SD - 150,000 miles (sold)
'89 190D - 120,000 miles (sold)
'85 300SD - 317,000 miles (sold)
'98 ML320 - 270,000 miles (sold)
'75 300D - 170,000 miles (sold)
'83 Harley Davidson FLTC (Broken again) :-(
'61 Plymouth Valiant - 60k mikes
2004 Papillon (Oliver)
2005 Tzitzu (Griffon)
2009 Welsh Corgi (Buba)

It only let me vote once! I have three MBs. (voted 100-200k)
'86 190E (Wife's car) 170k
'83 300D (daughter's car in 2 weeks) 355k
'87 560SEL (mine) 317k
and just for good measure:'93 Suburban 158k
for a grand total of over "one MILLLLION miles"
so I'm cheap and buy used cars-at least I buy right.

You can get a badge at 250km, 500km, and 1000km.

Call 1-800-FOR-MERC for an application. Mine's on the way!

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Michael LaFleur

'05 E320 CDI - 86,000 miles
'86 300SDL - 360,000 miles
'85 300SD - 150,000 miles (sold)
'89 190D - 120,000 miles (sold)
'85 300SD - 317,000 miles (sold)
'98 ML320 - 270,000 miles (sold)
'75 300D - 170,000 miles (sold)
'83 Harley Davidson FLTC (Broken again) :-(
'61 Plymouth Valiant - 60k mikes
2004 Papillon (Oliver)
2005 Tzitzu (Griffon)
2009 Welsh Corgi (Buba)

So far, just about half of us have between 200-300,000 miles. I wish Mercedes issued badges sooner than 500,000KM (312,500 miles) I wonder how many Benzes have the 500,000 KM badge, and I mean in the world. I suppose Mercedes knows.

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1999 MB SL500 (110,000 mi)
2004 Volvo V70 2.5T (220,000 mi)
2014 Tesla Model S 85 (136,000 mi)
MBCA member

My 85 300D can get two badges.. (200k and 500k).. she's got 473K miles

John

Turbodiesel,

The 200k badge was superceded by the 250k badge. You should be able to get them both.

I fell into a particular timeframe with my 240D in which I got the 200k badge, then the 250k badge, so I have three badges on the grill. The 250k badge is silver rather than gold, the 250K badge changed to gold not long ago. The 250k badge on my 300E is gold, and looks great.

I need to get a 250k badge now for my daughters car.

Have a great day,

Wow - I didn't know you could get one at 155,000 miles. The dumb dealer here said you got one when you completed your maintenace book (187,500). My paperwork is on the way. Thanks!

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1995 S-350
370K + SOLD
1952 220B Cabriolet
39K kilometers + SOLD
1998 E300D
310K +
2012 E350 BlueTec
120K

Oldsouth, maybe your dealer automatically fills in an application on the behalf of customers when they complete their service book. If he did mean that you can only get a badge after 187,000 miles, then he/she is mistaken.

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1999 MB SL500 (110,000 mi)
2004 Volvo V70 2.5T (220,000 mi)
2014 Tesla Model S 85 (136,000 mi)
MBCA member

mistaken, or trying to con you into some more business. Naa, couldn't be.

Have a great day,

The odometer was broken when I got it, it showed 69,000 miles and I don't know how long its been broken .