As a "fun car" (not that all of my cars aren't fun), I'm looking at a 1983 manual 240D. The odo is broken at 205K, but Autocheck shows a mileage of 217K back in 1999 (definitely a rollback in its history). So, realistically, this car probably has 350K on it, give or take. But it drives fine....and it's fun to drive a manual.

So how far have 616 engines (and 617 for that matter) been known to go without a rebuild? I wouldn't want a fun car suddenly to become un-fun.

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14 E250 Bluetec 4Matic "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 160k miles
06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 180k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU
91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver on Tan, 145k mi, wastegate conversion, ALDA delete

19 Honda CR-V EX 79k mi
Fourteen other MB's owned and sold
1961 Very Tolerant Wife