Well, while watching cartoons with my son today, I decided to try to be productive. So, I ran sum Quicken summaries. Here is the cost of ownership on my E300 so far. Granted, depreciation is not included. Hope this is interesting so some of you.


66,000 6/20/03 Purchase - Town Motors, Exton, Pa
Two front tires, Oil and filter, rear brakes, detail

69,250 8/19/03 Oil and filter, trans fluid(Mobil1 ATF) and filter $68.00

74,362 9/20/03 Oil and filter, Radiator flush and fill (MB Antifreeze) $42.00

77,600 10/4/03 Poly-V Belt, tensioner shock, front headlights $55.00

78,848 10/11/03 Oil and filter $32.00

78,968 10/18/03 Front lower left and right ball joints $84.00

83,801 11/21/03 Oil and filter, Rotate tires $32.00

87,742 12/20/03 Oil and filter, Tensioner spring, tensioner shock, poly-v belt $98.00

88,257 1/15/04 Hard start problems, code P1617, replaced spin on filter, replaced control module for fuel injection, replaced six glowplugs $449.00

92,347 3/21/04 Replaced two rear tires-Bridgeston Turranza LS-H $293.46

fuel to 03/20 $1,428.57
Insurance to 03/20 $810.00

Totals

Total Miles 26,347
Total Cost $3,392.03
$/Mile $0.13

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1996 (W210) E300D 86K - Traded in for a Lexus
1992 (W124) 300D 2.5 Turbo 202K - Sold
1983 (W123) 300D, 146K - Sold
1970 280S, 263K - Sold - Beginning of addiction

I bought my e300d with 86K miles.
I now have 127K.

Over 41K miles:
10 oil changes - $500
4 new tires - $500
shocks/struts/alighnment/labor - $1000
fuel filters and air filter- $50
front/rear rotors, pads, calipers + labor - $1200
fuel injection return lines - $150 (mostly labor)
Parts/labor = $3400


fuel: 41,000/30mpg = 1366 gallons X $1.50 = $2049

3400 + 2049 fuel = 5449

41000/5449 = 7.5 per mile

Depreciation - probably cost to $8K, maybe more. Ouch

Then again the original owner paid around $40K for the car, now I feel better.

HMMM interesting stats.......I will have to put pen to paper and figure out what my 96 E300 has cost me. I suspect it is in the close to Slowmoe's.

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Keith Schuster
2006 E350 98K miles
2013 Ford Explorer 15K miles

Chuck....your cost is actually 0.133 cents per mile.

Almost exactly the same as sloemoes

At 7.5 cents per mile, you would need some deep pockets to maintain that cost

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2012 ML350 Bluetec 4-matic
1999 E320 4-matic Estate


"A ship in harbour is safe, but thats not what ships are built for". - John A. Shedd

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I didn't do so well in math

I also didn't include car insurance. That is around $60/month.