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03-11-2003, 05:51 PM
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Saw a nice 300SDL today..
I love this color. I always have a habit of looking in and checking out the odometer and was shocked..
   Sure don't look it! I think it's an original owner car, too as it still has the old style NJ blue colored plates.. they havn't had them since the late 80's. 
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03-11-2003, 05:59 PM
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hehehe nice!
I really would love to own a diesel with 300k+ mi. on it - in good condition that is. Just to show people how these things last and still look good 
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03-12-2003, 01:49 PM
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The car was not for sale that I knew of, it was at a German car repair shop. It looked excellent.. I found only one tiny bubble of rust. The interior was also great for the mileage. It is dark blue.. a great color on this car, IMO.
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03-12-2003, 01:55 PM
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The car beside it looks just like mine! I have the same Ascot Gray interior as the blue one and makes for a great tone on tone combination. Was the dark Gray an option for the 300 SDL?
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03-12-2003, 02:09 PM
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I actually like the fact that it is high mileage. The one I bought to restore shows 216,000 miles. When I had a carfax run, it showed that the odometer had been rolled back 100,000 miles. (I knew this before I bought the car)
When I restore the car, I am going to put the odometer back up to 316,000 miles.
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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) 
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03-12-2003, 02:14 PM
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I agree; there's something about a car with super high miles that is in really good shape. Not that I wouldn't mind finding a low mile beauty as well, but it doesn't have the same "CARMA"!
Someone here once commented on how dieselers are the only people who want to roll their odometers AHEAD-as a badge of pride!! I wouldn't worry too much about buying a car like the one above, would you?
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03-12-2003, 09:19 PM
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When I run into someone that's interested about my car, the first question is usually "what year is it?"
When I tell them it's a 1980 they are always suprised and when I tell 'em it's sneaking up on 400k it's generally astonishment that a car with this may miles can still look this good. It's a hoot.
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Joe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1980 300SD - 495k miles - 'The Ambassador' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Former Family Members 95 C280 73 280SEL 90 300D 87 300SDL (X2) 86 560SEL 84 300D 80 300SD
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