Imagine how I feel now that I am offering my 240D up for sale that I've owned since Day 1 and put every one of it's 350K miles on it (my wife helped a little). You can really bond with a car after 30-some years and doing nearly all of the work on it. You kind of get to know it pretty well.

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Len
'59 220S Cabriolet-SOLD and living happily in Malta
'83 240D 351,500 miles original owner-SOLD
'88 560SL 41,000 miles - totaled and parted out
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'99 E300 turbo 227,500 miles
'03 SLK320 40,000 miles - gave to my daughter
'14 Smart electric coupe 28,500 miles
'14 Smart electric cabriolet 28,500 miles
'15 Smart electric coupe 28,000 miles