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Old 05-05-2014, 05:32 PM
Skippy Skippy is offline
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Originally Posted by Rebe View Post
The concensus way back was anything over 100K was high milage, and especially american made cars. Which, really didn't pertain to condition or anything especially. On mercedes benz diesels, I would consider high milage to be above 12K per years old.[/B] So, 1994 with 13 K per year at 260 K on the odometer would be high milage. Again, it would not be any inkling or bearing on the quality or the condition of the vehicle necessarily!
Want to buy a low mile '83 300D? Only 333,000 miles

For me it's a combination of price and condition. If a car has 700,000 miles on it, but starts easily from cold, runs and drives well, has no obvious major problems, and is priced right, I have no problem with it. If it has 100 miles on it, but doesn't start easily from cold, doesn't run or drive well, has obvious major problems, or isn't priced right, then it's no deal.
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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.
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