Longest Drive Yet!...and a mystery...

[DavidSoine]

Yesterday took two of the kids for a 250 mile sightseeing journey in the SL...to Nebraska! After 3+ years of ownership this was the longest trip ever for us in this car - and it ran flawlessly. Not too bad for turning 214,000 miles yesterday. It was a beautiful day to tour up and down the Missouri river.

The mystery is...where does the oil go? The car is mainly driven around town, and I'll check the oil every hundred or so miles. Usually the oil level stays the same, then occasionally it will be way low. I added 3(!) quarts yesterday (this would put it in the quart/100 mile range) before leaving on our journey, but it appears that it didn't burn any during the 250 mile drive! It's not on the garage floor and the car smokes a little at startup and very little while driving (that we've noticed). Weird. The around-town driving must really burn the oil.

Nice to use the car for what it was intended - touring the open road!

best,

Dave
87 560sl