I saw this milestone buried at the end of an old long thread.
I thought it deserved more recognition.

500,000 Miles!

1/2 a million miles on a 1983 300CD Turbo.

Congratulations omegabenz
and thanks for making us feel like our 190,000 mile cars are just getting broken in.

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'87 300SDL

dieselbenz

I already 3/5ths of the way there...w00t!

I'm 2.33/5ths

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

4/5th's and 3/5th's for me

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Joe

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1980 300SD - 495k miles - 'The Ambassador'
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Former Family Members
95 C280
73 280SEL
90 300D
87 300SDL (X2)
86 560SEL
84 300D
80 300SD

I'm impressed...entering into Volvo 240 territory now.

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1999 Black MB E300TD - 135k miles
2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser - 2k miles

I hope I can get that many miles out of mine. I would be very proud to have a car with that many miles on it.
I don't even have enough miles fro the first milage badge. I am close to the 155k mark but not quite there yet.

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im about half way to his 500k.. o yea 260k o yea i need my milage award

I don't even qualify for the first Mercedes milage award yet....(but am close on the W123) long way off with the W116 however....

500,000 on one car is no small task......

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

i think all of our cars could benifit from a couple cross country trips. shall we meet in main and end in southern cali? i figure if we do this a few times plus the trip back to our homes we will be caught up

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have no worries.....President Obama swears "If you like your gun, you can keep it

Ha, I'm somewhere about 1/5 of the way there @ about 122,500!! yeah!

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82 300SD 145k
89 420SEL 210k
89 560SEL 118k
90 300SE 262k RIP 5/25/2010
90 560SEL 154k
91 300D 2.5 Turbo. 241k
93 190E 3.0 235k
93 300E 195k

I just got back from a round trip from Denver to south Jersey, about 4000 miles. The 300D turned over 311k miles (500k km) on the way back. One of these days I have to order the badge.

NICE!!! i doubt ill ever have my sd show 200,000. i need to fix the damn odometor.

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have no worries.....President Obama swears "If you like your gun, you can keep it

My odometer has just started slipping occasionally, I plan on taking it apart this week to see what's going on in there.

Thank you. I just replaced the glow plugs, and I am back on the road again!

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Current Stable:
1994 S500 v140, 210k miles, white with grey.

Former Mercedes in the Stable:
1983 300CD Turbo diesel 515k mi sold (rumor has it, that it has 750k miles on it now)
1984 300CD Turbo Diesel 150 k mi sold
1982 300D Turbo Diesel 225 sold
1987 300D Turbo Diesel 255k mi sold
1988 300 CE AMG Hammer 15k mi sold
1986 "300E" Amg Hammer 88k mi sold (it was really a 200, not even an E (124.020)
1992 500E 156k mi sold
etc.

Good for you! How much of the driveline is orignal?


I will probably never get my SDL to 500k. Since I don't drive it half the year now, and the half that I do I drive less. Lets see it has just under 254k now, and if I add 5k a year that comes out to 49.2 years.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200