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Old 11-06-2009, 04:21 PM
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mmmmmm Diesel...
 
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10,000 miles per year on average...

Gotta love the diesels!

My car hit this today so I pulled off to the side to take this picture....

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70's Southern Pacific #5608 Fairmont A-4 MOW car

13 VW JSW 2.0 TDI 193K, Tuned with DPF and EGR Delete.

91 W124 300D Turbo replaced, Pressure W/G actuator installed. 210K

90 Dodge D250 5.9 Cummins/5 speed. 400K
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Old 11-06-2009, 04:32 PM
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congrats!
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Old 11-06-2009, 05:04 PM
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mmmmmm Diesel...
 
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Still 63,000 away from my second badge though...
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70's Southern Pacific #5608 Fairmont A-4 MOW car

13 VW JSW 2.0 TDI 193K, Tuned with DPF and EGR Delete.

91 W124 300D Turbo replaced, Pressure W/G actuator installed. 210K

90 Dodge D250 5.9 Cummins/5 speed. 400K
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Old 11-06-2009, 05:07 PM
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Still 63,000 away from my second badge though...
I need to get my badges but i keep forgetting to ask where to get them.... I beleive i should have 2? 296k on her now
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1987 300D 180k
1985 300SD 330k Helga
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Old 11-06-2009, 05:26 PM
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Congrates on the miles
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Old 11-06-2009, 05:39 PM
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1986 190E 2.3-16, 198K bought at 56K "Brigitta"
1987 300TD (Chuggin Along), 292K "Friedrich"
1995 E320 Wagon, 200K "Louisa"

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Old 11-06-2009, 05:59 PM
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With the job I just got I will be driving over 35,000 miles a year..... Which puts me around ~320k this time next year.
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'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)
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Old 11-06-2009, 06:19 PM
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Here's mine from today, 500K miles.
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Old 11-06-2009, 08:02 PM
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Gotta love the diesels!

My car hit this today so I pulled off to the side to take this picture....
Congrats, you are about 6,000 miles ahead of our '96.
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1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762
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Old 11-06-2009, 11:47 PM
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Yours is just a pup; although 17 years its senior, yours remains 7k miles behind my 99. They are meant to be driven; not parked for 20 years.

Congratulations to Craig on his 500k miles. Quite an accomplishment.
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Old 11-07-2009, 01:16 AM
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i just ordered my first badge for my 190. amazingly it was the first to pass a marker. and still be running.

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