Even though it doesn't seem like much when scrolling through the mileage roll call thread, I thought I'd share the milestone I reached with Bodhi this evening. As some of you know, this car has been part of my life for 27 years -- my dad bought it new when I was 5 -- so this really means a lot to me.
I can't say enough how much it has meant to me to have the advice and encouragement I have gotten from members of this forum. When my dad gave me this car I never would have dreamed I'd be rebuilding a rear suspension or restituting a rusted-out wheel well, or even just taking care of all the simple maintenance. I don't think I would have gotten that far without you folks, and I mean that in regard to both the tech support and the camaraderie. So, thank you all.

And there's video: 1987 300D odometer rolling over 300,000 miles - YouTube

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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles
1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles
2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles
2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles
1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles
1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car)

Nice! Congrats!! Your odometer looks so clean for that many miles. Have you had it apart for a cleaning? Mine has a mild coating of what looks like soot, which darkens some of the white numerals. Maybe this summer I will clean it up.

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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

Congratulations !

Nice one - though lay off the Pink Floyd you are way too young to be getting all morbid and moody. If you have to have British musical influence I suggest a bit of Calvin Harris to perk up your driving experience.

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Don't worry she's got it covered

Muse - Knights Of Cydonia (Video) - YouTube

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

Woo!



Original tranny?

My Buick is about to roll over 1/6 of that .

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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... " -MBeige ____ "Señor Luna, your sense of humor is quite järjetön" -Delibes

1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

Hah! Now I know who that person on FB is!

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1995 E420 Schwarz
1995 E300 Weiss
#1987 300D Sturmmachine
#1991 300D Nearly Perfect
#1994 E320 Cabriolet
#1995 E320 Touring
#1985 300D Sedan
OBK #42

Jooseppi, yes original trans. My indy did the seals around 220K because it was leaking but no major issues yet (knock on wood).
RML, I've never cleaned the inside of the cluster ... maybe just being garaged for the past few years has helped? The needles are definitely pretty faded, but it doesn't bother me as long as they all match.
Stretch, way too late I'm afraid. My dad used to listen to Pink Floyd all the time when I was a kid, I remember hearing The Wall in this car when he had a "car discman" mounted it in and one of those cassette adapters. As Mike pointed out, I balance it with a LOT of Muse. And a few other Englishmen (Arctic Monkeys, Frank Turner, Keane, Coldplay). My iTunes library is decidedly British ... no Calvin Harris though, at least not yet.

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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles
1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles
2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles
2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles
1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles
1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car)

Starlight's good.

Coldplay have been over played!

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Congratulations! And thanks for sharing your story with us.

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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.

Congrats on your milestone!!!!

heh, my daughter's Christmas gift just rolled over 200K on the way to work this morning...
DRIVE ON!

I just love all those VW commercials touting their 100K drivers...

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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!

Congratulations. Very nice to see.

- Peter.

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2021 Chevrolet Spark
Formerly...
2000 GMC Sonoma
1981 240D 4spd stick. 347000 miles. Deceased Feb 14 2021
2002 Kia Rio. Worst crap on four wheels
1981 240D 4spd stick. 389000 miles.
1984 123 200
1979 116 280S
1972 Cadillac Sedan DeVille
1971 108 280S

300K-about time to change the oil right?

VS-I just laugh when guys at work talk about "time to get a new car" at like 75k

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$60 OM617 Blank Exhaust Flanges
$110 OM606 Blank Exhaust Flanges
No merc at the moment

Congrats on the milestone!

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68 280SL - 70 280SL - 70 300SEL 3.5 - 72 350SL - 72 280SEL 4.5 - 72 220 - 72 220D - 73 450SL - 84 230GE - 87 200TD - 90 190E 2.0 - 03 G500

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