Theirs an Ebay 83 240d stating 17k miles ,and looks the part.I was an owner of an 85 300d with 142k ,thats about as new as Ive personally owned.

I looked at a 55k 1982 300D in LA. It was in immaculate physical shape, but it was obviously a car that had probably seen little maintenance, due to how infrequently it was driven. It looked like it had the original air filter...

I'm of the mindset to buy a cheap one, and use that extra 12-15K for the parts that inevitably break. Not to say I'm not jealous of those who can afford a mint car, and maintain it as such.

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The lowest mileage I've seen was on my 300CD when I saw it on the showroom floor at Stephenson Motors back in 1984 - it had 51 miles on the odometer. That was 24 years and 225K miles ago.

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Houston, Texas
1984 300CD 235K miles, Elvira, one owner
1987 300TD 180K miles
1974 TR6 78K miles Sarah Jane, one owner
OBK #27

not diesel, but a few months back I was at the stealership and they had an 88 SL w/ 8500 miles on it.

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1984 123.193 372,xxx miles, room for Seven.

1999 Dodge Durango Cummins 4BTAA 47RE 5k lb 4x4 getting 25+mpgs, room for Seven.

123guy ,Elvira is a very worthy name.Im guessing you have got your miles out of the original purchase with many yet to drive.

A year or so ago there was a silver coupe, a 300CD, not sure of the year, which a dealer owned and it was at his summer home in a fishing village in Alaska and it had 9000 plus miles on it.

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Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important. C.S. Lewis



1983 Mercedes W123 240D 4 Speed 285,000 on the road with a 617 turbo, beautiful butter yellow, license plate # 83 240D INDIANA

2003 Jaguar Type X, AWD. beautiful, good mileage,
Mom's car, but I won't let her drive it!

When I got my 190E after my grandfather passed (willed to me) it only has 20,100 miles on it. Less that 20 miles later the odo stopped turning, and that was a year ago.

I'd say at this point it has roughly 35ish on it now.

The 85 300D that I owned with 113k original miles...that car was basically mint.

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Current cars:
2000 ML55 AMG, 174k miles
2003 C240 T-Modell, 202k miles
1995 S320, 207k Miles

Bought my 77 300d with 54k miles from the husband of the deceased original owner. Garaged it's whole life and sold to me in spite of an earlier offer from another buyer because my wife reminded him of his recently deceased spouse.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

There were a couple (or maybe it was the same one) 92-93 300Ds on ebay this past summer with only 9k...I think it sold for like 10 grand maybe?
But from what I hear, driving a car that little would probably have negative consequences....
Still neat to see one in showroom condition!

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Dan
2005 E320 CDI - 246k
1987 300SDL TD05-16g, Herlevi pump, Elbe manifold, 2.47 LSD - 213k
Past: 1987 300D - 264k

Elvira have been worth every penny of the $36,663 that I paid for her and will probably outlast me.
Before Elvira, I bought a new '79 300CD, drove it 200K miles, gave it to my son who drove it to 425K miles then nated it to Houston Can Academy, it was bought by a Houston pharmacist who still has it and it's now got over 600K miles.

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Houston, Texas
1984 300CD 235K miles, Elvira, one owner
1987 300TD 180K miles
1974 TR6 78K miles Sarah Jane, one owner
OBK #27

That's low mileage alright but mine was lower:
32 miles when I bought it in 1983, also from Stephenson Motors (in Dallas). You're aslo ahead of me in total miles but then you did start with more.

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Charles
1983 300D, bought new, 215k+ miles, donated to Purple Hearts veterans charity but I have parts for sale: http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=296386

I miss Stephenson Motors - Park Place is really good, but just isn't the same.

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Houston, Texas
1984 300CD 235K miles, Elvira, one owner
1987 300TD 180K miles
1974 TR6 78K miles Sarah Jane, one owner
OBK #27

If your interested or involved in the restoration circles this story may not be knews but if you haven't heard it before it's quite a tale, enjoy:

http://www.scottgrundfor.com/history/hzeromile.html

Is that the infamous Millenium Gullwing?

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