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What is the highest mileage MB diesel you've bought? If it was properly maintained, is there still a mileage point you would not buy it?
I'm doing probably too much research, but I don't want to make a mistake with this one.

My '83 had 293,509 miles when I bought it. I don't have any set limit for mileage on a prospective vehicle. It all comes down to the combination of condition and price. If it runs good and it's cheap enough, I'll buy it even if it's over a half million.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

Our '96 E300D (W210, OM606) had 248,000 miles when we bought it 2 years ago but the complete set of service records from the three POs convinced me that it had been well taken care of.

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"Buster" in the '95

Our all-Diesel family
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
"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970

My 78 240 had 363,000 when I bought it a year ago. No maintenance records. Had been sitting mostly unused for two years. Oh yes, I live dangerously. Buying that car was kind of my personal version of skydiving ... gotta do something crazy every once in a while, right?
Actually, considering the gamble I took, it hasn't been so bad. The car runs and drives pretty much fine, and even though it's caused me a lot of grief, if I look back on the things I've learned to do because of it, it wasn't a waste of money at all.

That said, I probably wouldn't have bought it if I were looking for a really reliable daily driver. I bought it as a project. If you're looking for a project, I wouldn't be scared off by 500,000 miles ... assuming you're not paying much and you're prepared (or even eager) to deal with whatever might be ready to crap out.

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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles
1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles
2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles
2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles
1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles
1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car)

I got my 1976 300D with 179K on it. I have all the service records from 1976.

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1985 300TD Turbo Euro-wagon
1979 280CE 225,200 miles
1985 300D Turbo 264,000 miles
1976 240D 190,000 miles
1979 300TD 220,000

GONE but not forgotten
1976 300D 195,300 miles
1983 300D Turbo 175,000 miles

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My 82 I bought had just under 237k on it . . . didn't bother me a bit!

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82 240D Manual 277K and still rolling!
02 Volvo S60 AWD For Sale

I bought my W124 300D with just a tick under 240K miles on the clock. It came with a stack of maintenance records and I'm also a first time MB diesel owner

Things that have gone wrong in 3 months / 2K miles of ownership:

- Belts and pulley tensioner

That's it, honestly! The car starts / runs / drives as good as any car I've ever owned (I've lost count). I'm hoping to get over 300K miles without any major engine / tranny work.

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Mike

82 Spider
86 560SL (For Sale)
87 CX25 TRD Turbo 2
89 Milano Verde
89 Mondial t Coupe
92 300D
94 E420

I bought my wife's 300SD last Spring with 310K showing and no idea how long the odometer had been non-functional. It has been a great car. Although there were no records on it, it was easy to see that it had been well maintained. I plan to fix the odometer pretty soon, just to see how far this thing will go. We've not ventured more than 150 miles from home in it yet, but I feel that it would take me anywhere and back. Uses about a quart of oil every change (which is probably about 3K miles).

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John Schroader
bio burnin' 83 300D, '83 300 SD, '79 240D
"I've never met a man who was good at making excuses who was good at anything else" Ben Franklin
"You cannot permanently help a man by doing for him what he could and should do for himself" Abraham Lincoln

Most milage was UPS with 329k on it. Second is Bruiser with 318k. Mmm, I think the 126 I had had over 300 too. Heck, if they run halfway decent, I'm all over them.

My SD has 240 showing & probably another 40k on it. The highest mileage vehicle I've owned was a 1993 F250 4x4 straight shift with a Windsor engine. Sold it for $4,000 cash with 293,000 on the clock. It was great...banged up enough to have character & be able to work but still looked good. I only look at price & condition when buying one of my cult (quirky enough that you gotta love them to bother with it) cars. Only sold it because my new born couldn't fit in the front seat.

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85SD 240K & stopped counting painted, putting bac together. 84SD 180,000. sold to a neighbor and member here but I forget his handle. The 84 is much improved from when I had it. 85TD beginning to repair to DD status. Lots of stuff to do.

301,000 miles, 1987 300sdl. Every part looked orginal, except the timing chain and accessory belt. No records. Three previous owners, each had it six years/100,000 miles according to carfax.

I picked up my 240D with 258k miles on it in 2006. It now has 298k and still drives great. I had no records and a broken odometer. It's been a great car and only left me stranded once, with a dead alternator. I all depends on how well it was taken care of.

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I bought this with 403,000 Km decent but not totally complete records. New head around 378,000 km due to rad hose breakage. Its my Wifes car has been great so far Purchased May 2009. Have about 417,000km on it now runs great the mileage didn't bother me!. Repairs swapped out a complete wiper assembly from a donar 420sel. the drivers window needs to be adjusted a bit as it clatters inside when closing. Smooth, starts fast and safe and thats why I bought it. My kids like the "springy seats" I have a thermostat that needs replacing as I get little heat from the heater and the engine does not heat up properly as per my heat gun?

240D with 247,000 only trouble was splines on transmission output shaft gave out, but that seems like a freak accident. It's not like that's a wear/maintainable item.

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1983 240D 3.0T 4-speed manual, now sold

1989 Subaru GL Wagon 5-speed Touring Edition

I bought my 300SD with 292,000 on it, and got it to 299,000 before it developed a knock that prompted me to buy another 300 SD with ~450,000 miles on the odometer.

That being said, the 450,000 car was a wreck but had a strong running engine that had supposedly been rebuilt 6,000 before the wreck.

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-Josh
Testing the cheap Mercedes axiom, one bolt at a time...