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10-08-2010, 07:34 PM
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Sprinter van with crazy high miles
My neighbor is a team leader at Penske Mercedes in Covina, CA.
Now that Penske is now selling Mercedes badged Sprinter vans, they are servicing all of the Sprinter vans in the U.S. at the dealer, even the ones badged as Dodge and Freightliner. My neighbor was of the first techs to work on them, and by accident he's become their Sprinter van "expert", and usually works on them when they come in with problems. He told me the other day that one came in for service from North Carolina. It was an early model with a 5 cylinder motor, and it had 767,000 miles on it! He says the owner has a "white glove delivery service", and delivers parts from coast to coast in the van. The van needed just a service and ran great, he says. After about eight years at the dealer, that is the highest mileage vehicle he's seen come in.
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Paul S. 2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior. 79,200 miles. 1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron". Last edited by suginami; 10-09-2010 at 11:52 AM. 
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10-08-2010, 09:51 PM
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10-09-2010, 12:05 AM
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Those are the OM612 or 647 if cdi. Not a 602
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10-09-2010, 12:14 AM
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It will probably do another few 100k miles, easy work on long distance runs. Probably only used the brakes twice a day, once to stop when you get there & then when you get home.
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10-09-2010, 01:17 AM
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I wanna find one of these in a PNP...
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10-09-2010, 11:52 AM
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