1992 w124 300D 2.5turbo is about 300 miles from rolling over 400,000

if the rest of my week unfolds normally i should be sitting right on it by the time i get home friday afternoon.

Shes been a good one. had right at about 230,000 when i picked it up five years ago. Left me stranded one time in that time when when voltage regulator died and i ran the battery out before i realized what was going on.
I all practicality she's still in good shape. i've done numerous restorations over the years so, mechanically, she's very solid. Starting to show her age cosmetically.

The question is what to do next? a while back i made her a promise that i would see her turn over 400k before i would even entertain the idea of getting a new car.

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Current fleet
2006 E320 CDI
1992 300D - 5speed manual swapped

former members
1984 300D "Blues Mobile"

1978 300CD "El Toro"

Fix her up cosmetically

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Only diesels in this driveway.
2005 E320 CDI 243k Black/Black
2008 Chevy 3500HD Duramax 340k
2004 Chevy 2500HD Duramax 220k

The only thing still running after decades of abuse in Africa are diesel 504’s, OM616’s, and OM602’s. Keep it and fix her up.

Internal combustion cars are becoming obsolete. I’m keeping my 93 as my last fossil fueled car. Trucks are another matter.

The W124 i have is 31 years old in March with still less than 10000 miles on the clock .And for its birthday i am removing the exhaust manifolds to get them sand blasted , and then ceramic coated then replace all of the manifold studs and replace with stainless steel nut and washers . Then next on the list is to change all the audralic tapets to make it sound nice and quiet .

Good deal ! .

As long as you're enjoying it keep on driving it .

My '84 300CD passed that a while back, she's not pretty but I enjoy driving the snot out of her.....

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

There she goes! that clean white 4 comes around like its never seen the light of day

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Current fleet
2006 E320 CDI
1992 300D - 5speed manual swapped

former members
1984 300D "Blues Mobile"

1978 300CD "El Toro"

I say restore it, W124 Diesels are getting a little pricey.

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1998 Ford Escort ZX2 5 speed - 279,000 miles My Daily

1992 Mercedes 300D 2.5 202,000 - Pure junk
2000 Mercedes E320 Black - 136,000 miles - Needs repair

Don't forget to grease the screw and threads on the spring compressor.

Very nice ! .

I'm old so I remember being pleased and impressed when my rides rolled over 100,000.......

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better