To update my October Post....

'82 300SD (my car) - 267,870 Bought it with 207,128 in July 2003. So I have had it for 4.5 years and over 60k! I'll drive it forever! Have only replaced about 458 parts in that time period. Ok...maybe a tad less than that

'83 300SD (my dads car) - 293,480ish Bought in August 2004 with 248k on it. Probably around 120 things have been replaced. And a LOT of rust has been repaired.

'83 300D (my dads other car) - 225,493 as of today. Bought it with 221,200 on it.... We've only repaired or replaced probably 10 parts, and we've had it a whole year already. By far the least expensive of the three so far. Also cost about 1/3 as much to buy it as the other two. Then again its driven about 1/3 as much....

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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)

79 240D odo sticking on every 9/10ths of a mile... so only clocks when i push trip reset for .9 miles... it says 228,6xx

i looked at an 87 300sdl w/ 528 and it appeared to run great!

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Matthew McIvor

2016 E350 4Matic Black/Black
2007 GL450 4Matic with Off-Road Pkg Silver/Black
1995 E300 Diesel White/Gray
1994 S600 Euro Black/ Black Velour
1986 560SL Blue/Blue/Gray
1986 190E Blue/Blue 93k

97 190DT has 294,000 kms (approx 183k miles) and I am hoping for a lot more.

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'98 E300 DT
'87 190D 2.5 turbo RIP
'92 S500 Sold
'03 3.2TL-S A-Spec

Odometer has 91K+ miles on it......it works great..... But Carfax and front seats say something different. Of course, it is a Southern Louisiana car....lot of heat, but wouldn't that crack the dash, too? Maybe the dash has been replaced and the seats have not --- got to work on that THIS year.

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daw_two
Germantown, TN

Links:
Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
No longer selling Cluster Needles Paint
No longer selling New Old Stock (NOS) parts

Past:
3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda"
04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben"
& many more

see below

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1981 300SD 512k OM603

Disregarding my vergassers.....

I have 241K on my 83 300D and it burns no oil, nor leaks any....

In the past I had over 400K on one of my 69 220Ds before structural rust finally did it in. Engine and 4 speed manual still performed well.

Our 87 300TD had 240K when our neighbor bought it, now has close to 270K, still has the original transmission.

Jim

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14 E250 BlueTEC black. 45k miles
95 E320 Cabriolet Emerald green 66k miles
94 E320 Cabriolet Emerald green 152k miles
85 300TD 4 spd man, euro bumpers and lights, 15" Pentas dark blue 274k miles

my 83 300D turbo has 270k+ miles and odometer stopped working. The previous owner estimated about 350k miles. It leaks power steering fluid, engine oil, has a ton of blowby, and the transmission is shot. Dont worry, she is in the shop receiving intensive care, im not letting her die on me

See my sig, I'm about to take a nice little 5K round trip in the 300D starting this weekend (CO to GA to VA to CO).

96 chevrolet c1500 pickup 4.3 v-6 413,338 miles, original engine never had heads off. trans replaced at 98,000.

That's impressive!

85 300d has 272k (this question reminded me to update my sig. thanks!)

New head at 260k, runs real well, smokes a little, and starts down to 12F and counting (I wish we'd have more really cold days to test her).

Hoping to redo the bottom end of motor at 500k or better.

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1998 E300D, 287k, barely broken in.

311,196 300d 123,424 240d:d

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Mike
1983 Mercedes-Benz 300SD 270K
1960 Ford F250 62K
1990 Mazda Miata 156k

The thing is Bob, it's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care.

I forget, look at my sig thats close. I put 9k miles on it last year which was a lot, this year I'll probably do that again. Once I get out of school I'll get another car, I'd like to keep the use on the SDL down to 5k a year.

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

Been searching around here for info to help out my dad with his 300SDL. Stumbled onto this thread and thought I should add my parents cars to the mileage database.

84 300SD 350,660 miles, recently rebuilt only because it leaked oil out of every crevice, couldn't park it without leaving a big black stain, ran great though.

86 300SDL 230,000 miles, valve job as I'm writing this because #1 prechamber started leaking oil into cylinder, smoked like an old steamtrain when that happened, what a mess too.

As for myself, I'm an Audi guy....
hey, at least it's from the right country, and mine really was built in Ingolstadt, Germany. Unfortunately the TDI version of my allroad isn't available here, or I'd have an oil-burner myself. Btw, this place has been very helpful. Glad to find another forum as good as Audiworld.

1983 240d 4speed (Rebuilt trans) 236k bought it that way, hope to pack another 200k on it.

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Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

As long as they would add one additional commandment for you to keep thy religion to thyself.
George Carlin (Wonder where he is now..)

1981 240d (engine donor 1983 240d) recently rebuilt engine hurray! - No more.. fought a tree and the tree won.

pearl black 1983 240d 4speed (Converted!@$$%) atleast the tranny was rebuilt.