High mileage badges

[Ruby83]

Has anyone ever recieved a high mileage badge from MB? I filled out the form,had it signed off by a dealer,and submitted it months ago.No badge.

[J. R. B.]

Welcome to the has not club. There are a lot of us still patiently waiting. When you do get it you will be an elite member of the has club. Mean while we are still waiting for news of the MercedesShop badge. I think I'm still in for two of those.

[rickjordan]

I have high mileage badges for both cars. By the way, these are not some cheap pieces of tin. They are gold and blue and really hold up to the climate. No fading or rust etc. I can't say that for the MBCA badge I HAD on the car.

[tesavage]

Deleted. Somehow managed to post the same message twice.

[tesavage]

Originally Posted by rickjordan

I have high mileage badges for both cars. By the way, these are not some cheap pieces of tin. They are gold and blue and really hold up to the climate. No fading or rust etc. I can't say that for the MBCA badge I HAD on the car.

Sadly, the badges have been redesigned in the cost-consious manner of all new Mercedes products. "Cheap pieces of tin" pretty much says it all.

I ordered 250k and 500k badges for two different cars in July. They finally arrived last week. They're now two-piece units with separate mileage identifiers, chintzy shiny metal with blue plastic. The metal surface is irregular and rough with lots of plating blemishes. The blue plastic fill varies in depth and bleeds over onto the laurel wreath in a few spots. And the mounting studs, which are now incorporated into the back of the badge are neither parallel nor even the same length. To be fair, one of the badges is better than the other.

They don't resemble anything you would expect from Mercedes; rather, they look like the sort of blingy knock-offs you'd expect to see attached to a gold chain at a flea market.

I am unfathomably dissapointed.

Tom
'82 300D w/ old-style 250k badge
'96 Passat TDI naked

[Shellnekov]

I got the OLD style I guess last summer. Solid metal,no plastic. Very nice, I think. Bummer if they are cheaping out on the new ones. Took a few months to arrive though. Hold tight, they will come.

[cscmc1]

I just called a couple of weeks ago to complain that the high mileage application forms I requested had never arrived. I was told that the badges were being redesigned and that there was a backlog at the moment, so that might have been why my forms hadn't gone out yet. For the record, the lady I spoke to did send my forms out finally; I got them last week.

Chris

[84300DT]

Originally Posted by tesavage

Sadly, the badges have been redesigned in the cost-consious manner of all new Mercedes products. "Cheap pieces of tin" pretty much says it all.

I ordered 250k and 500k badges for two different cars in July. They finally arrived last week. They're now two-piece units with separate mileage identifiers, chintzy shiny metal with blue plastic. The metal surface is irregular and rough with lots of plating blemishes. The blue plastic fill varies in depth and bleeds over onto the laurel wreath in a few spots. And the mounting studs, which are now incorporated into the back of the badge are neither parallel nor even the same length. To be fair, one of the badges is better than the other.

They don't resemble anything you would expect from Mercedes; rather, they look like the sort of blingy knock-offs you'd expect to see attached to a gold chain at a flea market.

I am unfathomably dissapointed.

Tom
'82 300D w/ old-style 250k badge
'96 Passat TDI naked

any chance of a pic of these new cheapo hi mileage badges?

i kinda like the stuttgart badges i have seen on a few old mb's - anyone out there with a source for those?

[Ruby83]

Thanks for all the replies. I wonder ifit would do any good to inquire as to why they changed from a classic,quality,asthetic item to a plastic piece of junk? Sort of follows a pattern.Like thier cars,nothing is what it used to be. I'm so glad I have Ruby. 300Td 210,000 mi.

[MTI]

Originally Posted by 84300DT

any chance of a pic of these new cheapo hi mileage badges?

i kinda like the stuttgart badges i have seen on a few old mb's - anyone out there with a source for those?

This is the new badge. Got mine last week. If anyone doesn't want their "el cheapo" badges, just send 'em to me.

[BoostnBenz]

Originally Posted by J. R. B.

Welcome to the has not club. There are a lot of us still patiently waiting.

I was part of that club too, after about two weeks I called them. They apologized and said it was sent out like a week before, but yet it still didn't arrive so they sent out a second set. Well a few days after that one set came in and then another set, I say set because I had 2 mbs with the mileage then. Now I just have to save them until I get another MB.

[J. R. B.]

Originally Posted by BoostnBenz

I was part of that club too, after about two weeks I called them. They apologized and said it was sent out like a week before, but yet it still didn't arrive so they sent out a second set. Well a few days after that one set came in and then another set, I say set because I had 2 mbs with the mileage then. Now I just have to save them until I get another MB.

Two of them! You lucky devil! As for a dealer signing the forms I asked the Mercedes rep on the phone if I could have a notary sign the form being I live over 200 miles from the nearest dealer. She told me it was perfectly fine to do so. As a side note I was surprised that I got a human being to talk to rather than a machine and she was very cordial.

[J. R. B.]

Originally Posted by J. R. B.

Welcome to the has not club. There are a lot of us still patiently waiting. When you do get it you will be an elite member of the has club. Mean while we are still waiting for news of the MercedesShop badge. I think I'm still in for two of those.

As of yesterday I am no longer a has-not. My badge finally came! I've waited so long I don't have the heart to put it on my car for fear some green haired screwball will rip it off.

[novaalison23]

im new to MB, how do i apply for badge. and what are they awarded for?

[TX76513]

Originally Posted by novaalison23

im new to MB, how do i apply for badge. and what are they awarded for?

They are awarded for mileage (in KM) Go to MBUSA.com and click on the "classic" tab. There are instructions and a form to download.