Well its happened again ,another to good of a deal that I couldnt pass up on CL sent me driving to the four corners of Texas in search of those awesome MB deals .I drove out of the driveway this morning at 6 am and set the odometers trip program to capture the distance traveled .The torrent of rain I hit on the first 2 hrs of the trip slowed my progress but was cleared out by blue sky and a much happier motoring through the rest of the journey. The score was a set of 99 clk rims for a meer $150.The travel was a new record for me at just under 450 miles ,7 hrs behind the wheel ,Im a crazy guy ? The guy that I purchased the rims from said another caller was coming from Louisiana and was just waiting to see if I was showing up to give him the go ahead.

Yes you are.

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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.

The farthest I have driven for parts is the trip from Delaware to NYC to pick up a set of light alloy wheels for my 240D which are still sitting in my basement. I need to go get with it and put them on since I finally got the correct hubcap clips.

I once drove from MN to NJ to buy a parts car, 2400 round trip. I didnt think it was crazy, but it does depend on the deal. Ive sure made plenty of 100 mile goose chases, more than I care to remember.

I drove to the UP of MI to get a nice W123 trailing arm.....about 375 miles.

Drove down to Mid-ohio for my 601 engine last Feb, was about 760 miles....all in one day. Left at 7:15am....got there around 2, strapped down the engine, headed back, got home around 10pm. Maybe I should be a trucker.

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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)

300 Mile round-trip to Jacksonville,Fl Many times.

Fly ? 1,500 Mile R.T. Savannah/Houston/Austin for the engine.
(NO, the engine did not fly back.It got to ride with R+L)

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'84 300SD sold
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I didnt mention the guy was nice enough to meet me some 40 miles from his house which saved me 80 miles .I was filling up the tank when he drove up at the station,10 minutes later I was heading southbound with the hammer down .I kept up lets say.
The trip back did include a funny state trooper speed trap story.
The 65 mph to 75 posted speed limit from Dallas to Houston doesnt take place til 70 miles south of Dallas ,some people forget this and hit the peddle a little north of 80 ,Im sitting at 70 and an Suv is hooked at my bumper while waiting to fade over to the fastlane .I spot a statey waiting on the overpass ,as we go under he lights up the christmas tree and zips up to the suv who has slowed down back behind me as if to confuse the officer ,yeah right ,a following to close citiation was part of the ticket package I hope, another bumper licker bites the dust.

I've done MORE miles though to deliver parts.....and pickup parts in the same trip. Anyone remember my Hurricane Irene trip to Chad's GTG that was cancelled? Or my trip to Minneapolis to deliver the transmission? Or my trip to pickup the 200D parts car, but that wasn't in one day either.

This was Friday, 01/11 trip to Atlanta --- yes, all in one day. I met greazzer and got some Palomino seats and also another forum member to purchase all the trunk pieces for the same 300D. I've tried to blur out the max speed. Oh, well, I was just in the Italian tune-up mode for a few miles. I was driving the 87 Champagne.

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daw_two
Germantown, TN

Links:
Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
Cluster Needles Paint
New Old Stock (NOS) parts

Past:
3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda"
04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben"
& many more

Max speed shows you moving at the speed of an incoming meteor.

Not really MB or for the direct purpose of fetching parts but when I drove from DFW to North MA, I did come back with a few truck parts for the F250 that were not planned. I also got scoped out by a statie shortly after I entered MA. Scared the shorts off me because I probably would have gone to prison if he had pulled me over.

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1991 F250 super-cab 7.3 IDI. (rebuilt by me) Banks Sidewinder turbo, hydroboost brakes, new IP and injectors.
2003 S430 - 107K
1983 300SD - Tanoshii - mostly restored ~400K+.
1983 300SD - Good interior. Engine finally tamed ~250K.
Monark Nozzle Install Video - http://tinyurl.com/ptd2tge

I delivered the mint Euro interior from my '84 wagon to a buyer in California, driving all the way from Kansas. That was a 3-4k mile trip, buy I got to say goodbye to a few friends and give the car a good shakedown run!

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[GONE] - 1995 Mercedes E300 Diesel - 130k miles - Smoke Silver (702) over Mushroom leather (265) - Bladder blasting, coast-to-coast work machine.

I drove up to detriot one day and back to get a 240d block. I brought it back but for some reason never have used it. that is about five hours one way or more.

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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.

I just drove from San Diego to Tucson on my way to Amarillo to get some MB literature and parts. Just needed a slight route adjustment from taking the I-40 most of the way.

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1982 300TDT
1991 190D
2022 Metris

I flew to Denver to buy a car and drove it about 1,250 miles home...then later drove it about 900 miles for some new (lightly used) wheels and tires. Although in all honesty I was going on a road trip anyway and the wheels/tires were only about 100 miles out of the way.

A long, long time ago I drove about 100 miles to buy a worn-out engine that I wanted to rebuild.