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Jim B. · #3 07-31-2009, 06:26 PM

With regard to that Mercedes diesel model, your biggest concern should be rust and body integrity. Once you set things right, and get past that, you then need to understand that with that vehicle, you need to discard all previously held ideas about "old" and High Mileage"

Once brought up to speed, (mechanically and cosmetically), you basically have a lifetime car.

You heard me.

It will easily surpass 500,000 miles and 1,000,000 are in sight. The W126 series is among the best built Mercedes Benz series ever, parts are always available, they are easy to work on, they are good looking, safe, durable, reliable, and high quality machines. They were engineered and built to a "cost-no-object" standard and the German engineers, *not* the cost accountants) were let loose to build the best car that they could.

You have two benefits ALREADY you may not know about. Calling 1-800-FOR MERCEDES will get you a free flat tire repair, battery jump start, and a couple of gallons of gas if you run out.

Further, a free lovely high mileage badge and presentation package is yours with proof of ownership, download the form and take it to any Mercedes Benz dealer and sign off on it, and it will be mailed to you.

Badges are available at 155,000 miles (250,000 kms) and 312,000 miles (500,000 kms) and above.

The cars are EXPECTED to run this long.

If I were you, I would not go into "veggie" oil conversions unless you are VERY familiar with the problems and issues that can arise with this endeavor, have plenty of garage space for filtering, in your garage, understand the damage that animproper conversion can do to your car, and you don't mind fighting over who gets the WVO at midnight with other Waste Vegetable Oil enthusiasts behind the dumpsters at chinese restaurants, Mc Donalds and KFC establishments

Good luck. Your slammed Chevy truck is cool!!!!