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300,000 miles!
Wife's car (the '96 E300D) turned over 300,000 miles today, leaving as our embarrassment only the '95 E300D with its paltry 224,000 miles. Another couple of years and the '96 will qualify for another mileage award!
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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 Last edited by Jeremy5848; 06-30-2015 at 06:22 PM. Reason: typo |
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Highest #of awards any of my cars has is 3... I'll be working on my 4th once I fix the headgasket and rack up another 250K or so...
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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! |
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Congrats on your milestone.
Gave away my 96 W210 to my nephew it had 288k on it. He is racking up miles on it and he will reach 300k in few months. It has been a great car and no issues when I handed him the keys.
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06 MB E320 CDI 123k miles 14 Sienna (wife's DD) 36k miles 11 GL350 Bluetec 136k (Sold) 96 E300; 292k+ miles (Donated) 11 Sprinter 22K+ miles (Sold) |
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Oops meant 292k+ miles.
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06 MB E320 CDI 123k miles 14 Sienna (wife's DD) 36k miles 11 GL350 Bluetec 136k (Sold) 96 E300; 292k+ miles (Donated) 11 Sprinter 22K+ miles (Sold) |
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Nice!
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Very nice. Congratulations.
- Peter.
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2021 Chevrolet Spark Formerly... 2000 GMC Sonoma 1981 240D 4spd stick. 347000 miles. Deceased Feb 14 2021 2002 Kia Rio. Worst crap on four wheels 1981 240D 4spd stick. 389000 miles. 1984 123 200 1979 116 280S 1972 Cadillac Sedan DeVille 1971 108 280S |
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Congratulations!
Good luck getting the '95 there too!
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-- Chris '95 E300, 216k miles, Silver Surfer '05 E320 CDI, 138k miles '07 S550 4matic, 69k miles Gone but not forgotten: '76 300D, 350k miles?, SOLD in 1995 '75 240D, 300k miles, SOLD in 1991 |
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Typical Mercedes Mileage
Amazing , isn't it ? .
In the 1960's Air Cooled VW's routinely made 150,000 + plus miles and we were well pleased . Now , only one of my Mercedes Diesels has under 320,000 + miles and they still run fine . The 240 needs a routine in service overhaul soon although it still gets 25 ~ 34 MPG's always with the AC set to ' COLDER'NELL . I oughta look into the mileage award badges .
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Congradts !
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Gas engines in the 1960-80's tended to wear more because the carburetors often ran too rich, washing oil off the cylinder walls. Since modern fuel controls w/ O2 feedback began, that is much less a problem. My 2002 Chrysler 3.8L has 225K miles and still excellent compression on the original rings. The design is not much different than my 60's V-8 engines, other than the intake. The current Jeep 4.0L block is virtually unchanged since the 1950's. Ditto the GM SBC (until LS engines). They all last much longer these days. VW air-cooled engines usually needed rebuild before 100K miles. The temperature fluctuations (and sometimes higher temps) caused more wear. Even many motorcycles have water-cooled engines today. Diesel bottom ends have always lasted long because when the spray hits the wall, that is just more oil lubrication for the rings.
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1984 & 1985 CA 300D's 1964 & 65 Mopar's - Valiant, Dart, Newport 1996 & 2002 Chrysler minivans |
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Jeremy, congratulations on hitting another Mile Stone. Think you will have it when you hit 400K?
Iam at 378K on the 240, you are going to have to peddle faster to catch me. Charlie
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there were three HP ratings on the OM616... 1) Not much power 2) Even less power 3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast. 80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works |
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Done 300K+ several times now.
An engine that has *never been opened up to get there, is what I'd have expectations for in that model MB. |
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Right, Joe, the '96 has never been opened up. It neither leaks nor burns oil; I have no idea how long it will last.
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You got a good one. N'ary a drop of engine oil leaks from my '99 E300 my Brother now owns either. Only has 135K miles on it.
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Damn... I should have my E300D over 80k this month...
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'85 300TD "Puff The Magic Wagon" - Rolling Resto '19 Mazda CX-9 Signature - Wife's sled '21 Morgan 3-Wheeler P101 Edition '95 E300d - SOLD '84 300TD "Brown Betty" - Miss this one '81 240D "China Baby" - Farm grocery getter |
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