I was interested in buying an sd on craigslist but noticed a high mileage or some sort of badge on the grill of a car that had 88k miles.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110148771684

Are there badges for other things besides mileage? I thought the first award was given at 155k.

How does one acquire the badge once the milage has been reached? I'm at 273k miles and would love something to show for it (other than rust, dull paint, and a crappy interior).

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1983 300SD
Rusty, Loud and Proud

That is a custom badge of some sort. It does not look like the old brass high mileage badges.

David:

That car from the photos and the low mileage, looks REALLY beautiful.
The license plates are a California 2004-2005 issue, so maybe the car was from out of state, or had personalized plates given up, or the old ones were lost or damaged in a collision. But it shows very well, and for the blue dashboard not to have cracked by now is nothing less than a miracle, the car must have been in the garage all the time, and taken good care of.

Hopefully it has books and records with it. For a car that expensive ($6200 and rising) it should.....at the very least I would telephone the La Jolla shop
/Mercedes Service Center that took care of this car

http://www.trustmymechanic.com/dealer_links/4888.htm

and whose license plate frames are on the car, and ask them about the history and the condition of the car. This is going "outside the box" but I have done it several times, and been very lucky, in fact even getting the actual invoices that showed the work done on the car.

But with 11 hours and 36 bids on it there is HUGE interest, and it will go for all the money. The buyers are going wild for it.

If you want it, though, you'd better be ready to pay high, and probably you would need to set up an online auction
-sniper account that will put your bid in during the last 2-3 seconds automatically for you. Here's a typical one

http://www.auctionsniper.com/

I'm predicting that is what it will take in this case to win.

Good luck to you if you bid. There is a savage fight going on over this car.
A lot of people want it real bad.

(That might not be a high mileage badge on the car at all; grille badges for German states, Football and birding clubs, auto clubs and many other things on grille badges are popular in Europe, it could be anything. The advertised mileage on the car is probably correct, judging from the photos of the car...though I am not certain....)

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

You are eligible for the lst one (250KM or 155,000 miles) but not yet ready for the 500KM (312,000 miles) one.

Just take the application

http://www.mbusa.com/media/downloads/main/heritage/High_Mileage_Application.pdf

to your Mercedes dealer, and they will send it in, and Mercedes Benz will send you the badge, with a certificate.

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

That doesn't look like a mileage badge.

Nice car, looks really clean.

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2016 Corvette Stingray 2LT
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

could be a european delivery badge

Throw these on and you're all set...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=005&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=150142561704&rd=1&rd=1
Still time, but he's unsure what the costs of shipping to the US would be. Smoke 'em if you've got 'em...

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1985 300D / 175k

WISH LIST
29' HackerCraft - Gentleman's Racer...
http://www.hackerboat.com/html/29__gentleman_s_5.html

It's a beauty all right. Looks almost too good to be true. One of my dream cars slips by again while I'm broke It would be a tragedy to see someone get it and hack it up for a biofuel conversion.

- Peter.

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2021 Chevrolet Spark
Formerly...
2000 GMC Sonoma
1981 240D 4spd stick. 347000 miles. Deceased Feb 14 2021
2002 Kia Rio. Worst crap on four wheels
1981 240D 4spd stick. 389000 miles.
1984 123 200
1979 116 280S
1972 Cadillac Sedan DeVille
1971 108 280S

After 41 bids and a real fight among 12 bidders it went
for $6400 in the last minutes of the auction.

High price for a W116, but someone got a nice car though.

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

Thats a european delivery badge.


I have a couple of those from previously owned vehicles.

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-Justin

91 560 SEC AMG - other dogs dd
01 Honda S2000 - dogs dd
07 MB ML320 CDI - dd
16 Lexus IS250 - wifes dd

it's automatic.

Thank you very much, Jim! I figured they cost some serious scratch, but I guess not. After a crappy day replacing brake pads on stubborn calipers, that really makes my evening.

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1983 300SD
Rusty, Loud and Proud

Surprising it didn't go for way more than that or is it that this model doesn't command the high prices the W123's do?

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DJ


84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012