I have a 99 e300 I bought not too long ago off a businessman who liked to drive the hell out of the car since he bought it new.. It has 432k miles, how many badges can I get for this bad boy? And will Mercedes care that I didn't do all the miles for myself?

So far just two: 250k km and 500k km....you've got another 30k miles or so before the next one, 750k km.

You don't have to have driven the miles yourself...you just have to be the current owner.

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14 E250 Bluetec 4Matic "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 154k miles
06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 172k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU
91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver on Tan, 142k mi, wastegate conversion, ALDA delete

19 Honda CR-V EX 61k mi
Fourteen other MB's owned and sold
1961 Very Tolerant Wife

Cool, good to know. I want to run this thing hopefully for another 400k like Dr. Bert did his 300sd to prove the longevity of the 606. I've put 600 miles on it so far, and it's too soon to probably say but haven't noticed any oil consumption or smoke or smell of burning oil.

Pictures and video of the engine running if you can, so the rest of us with well cared for E300s know what to look forward to...I'm at 240k and still going great...

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The OM 642/722.9 powered family
Still going strong
2014 ML350 Bluetec (wife's DD)
2013 E350 Bluetec (my DD)

both my kids cars went to junkyard in 2023
2008 ML320 CDI (Older son’s DD) fatal transmission failure, water soaked/fried rear SAM, numerous other issues, just too far gone to save (165k miles)
2008 E320 Bluetec (Younger son's DD) injector failed open and diluted oil with diesel, spun main bearings (240k miles)

1998 E300DT sold to TimFreeh
1987 300TD sold to vstech

I'll take a video of the car running tomorrow AM. I have a picture I'll dig up for everyone as well. It runs pretty good, I was impressed when I started it for the first time when I looked at it.

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Only diesels in this driveway.
2005 E320 CDI 243k Black/Black
2008 Chevy 3500HD Duramax 340k
2004 Chevy 2500HD Duramax 220k

For those curious how a 432k e300 runs... The car runs fantastic. It still returns 32mpg highway at 80mph and if I have to floor it, it doesn't lack any power. Everything works, including the sunroof. The bottom end of the motor is completely original and doesn't burn oil. The top end has been rebuilt along with a new chain & all associated parts.

There is a fuel knock you'll hear and I'm not sure what it is, because it does go away on diesel purge.. It had injectors in the last 60k miles. Not concerned because it runs great and starts as good as my other e300s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sLfQ9wZLuE

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Only diesels in this driveway.
2005 E320 CDI 243k Black/Black
2008 Chevy 3500HD Duramax 340k
2004 Chevy 2500HD Duramax 220k