I would not normally do this with a 27 year old car with 113k miles on it, but my Subaru made the trip with 177k on it and I've been driving the merc 140 miles a day so I'm feeling comfortable. Do I even need the duct tape?

113k is nothing! I don't know what the tape would do for you. Just bring internet access to this forum and you should be fine.

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80 280SL
85 300SD
87 300TD
92 300D 2.5 Turbo
92 300TE 4Matic

thread two...

Hmmm... I'm thinking your cooling system should get SERIOUS attention before you leave.

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

No cell phone? That's crazy.

I drive my 190DT like it was a new car. It only has 325K miles on it, after all.

Yeah until you hit 250k ++ its still a baby of the diesel world. I travel with basic hand tools and zip ties lots of zip ties. If the vehicle is in good shape i don't worry about the mileage.

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1991 300d 2.5 Turbo OM602

Its only as reliable as you're willing to make it.

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I don't plan on the SDs breaking in under 1400 mi. Take fuel filters, trans fluid & oil and go.

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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.

Well said. I've been in 450,000 mile cars I'd trust to take me to Alaska, and I've been in 50,000 mile cars I wouldn't trust to the end of the driveway.

How well you've taken care of it is what decides just how crazy you are.

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68 280SL - 70 280SL - 70 300SEL 3.5 - 72 350SL - 72 280SEL 4.5 - 72 220 - 72 220D - 73 450SL - 84 230GE - 87 200TD - 90 190E 2.0 - 03 G500

Nissan GTR - Nissan Skyline GTS25T - Toyota GTFour - Rover Mini - Toyota Land Cruiser HJ60 - Cadillac Eldorado - BMW E30 - BMW 135i

Sorry. I thought I started a thread but couldn't find it so I thought my hard cider got the better of me.

Mileage has never bothered me on cars, it's the age that make things go bad.

easy thing to check is click on your username, then click statistics, then click threads started by...

poof, nice list of threads you've started!

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!