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pawoSD · #46 12-13-2006, 02:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Craig

Some dealerships will buy cars that hit milestones like that to use as a display inside for the "longevity" of the brand. My local MB dealership has a 1979 VW Super Beetle Convertible that was traded in to them in 1992 with 64,000 miles on it. (has about 68,500 on it now) It is pristine and they keep it on display in the showroom as well as rent it out to special occasions around town. Pretty neat. Don't know if they'd buy a diesel MB with half a million miles on it for the same purpose though....

bgkast · #47 12-13-2006, 02:24 AM

your MB dealer sell VWs too?

#48 12-13-2006, 07:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pawoSD

Some dealerships will buy cars that hit milestones like that to use as a display inside for the "longevity" of the brand. My local MB dealership has a 1979 VW Super Beetle Convertible that was traded in to them in 1992 with 64,000 miles on it. (has about 68,500 on it now) It is pristine and they keep it on display in the showroom as well as rent it out to special occasions around town. Pretty neat. Don't know if they'd buy a diesel MB with half a million miles on it for the same purpose though....

I suspect you would need a lot more than 500K miles to get anyone interested.

TheDon · #49 12-13-2006, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pawoSD

Some dealerships will buy cars that hit milestones like that to use as a display inside for the "longevity" of the brand. My local MB dealership has a 1979 VW Super Beetle Convertible that was traded in to them in 1992 with 64,000 miles on it. (has about 68,500 on it now) It is pristine and they keep it on display in the showroom as well as rent it out to special occasions around town. Pretty neat. Don't know if they'd buy a diesel MB with half a million miles on it for the same purpose though....

a super beetle.. ewwww.. 64k.. thats nothing i know people with 1950's VW's with 200k plus on original cases...

OMEGAMAN · #50 12-13-2006, 11:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pawoSD

Some dealerships will buy cars that hit milestones like that to use as a display inside for the "longevity" of the brand. My local MB dealership has a 1979 VW Super Beetle Convertible that was traded in to them in 1992 with 64,000 miles on it. (has about 68,500 on it now) It is pristine and they keep it on display in the showroom as well as rent it out to special occasions around town. Pretty neat. Don't know if they'd buy a diesel MB with half a million miles on it for the same purpose though....

Wow 64,000 miles on a beetle is a milestone. Imagine how beat down and degraded the driver would have been after that many miles on one of those things.
Those cars should only be owned in climates where it never gets hot or cold. Like inside!

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