Not sure about the new stuff, but the older asian cars do tend to run to almost 200k. the honda, toyota, acura stuff I had lasted through 150k without issues. As long as proper service was done. Getting past 180k was pushing need for major overhauls of engine as well as body. Probably like the W115 and W123. The E300D also sort of began to fade at 180. More $$$ for heavy projects to keep it going past 200k.
clay On Oct 6, 2014, at 8:35 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > Really? I figure any junk asian car you buy today to last 200,000 miles at > LEAST. The rust prevention is better and the electronics are all vastly more > robust even if they are black box type. > > Purportedly the average age of today's fleet is 11 years. Looking just at > Toyota Tundra pickups I'd believe it, they changed body styles in 2007 and > there are a ton of the older ones around. > > -Curt > > > ________________________________ > From: Jim Cathey via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Bob Rentfro <azbob...@gmail.com>; Mercedes Discussion List > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Monday, October 6, 2014 11:28 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1982 300td travel > > >> In '98 I did a 6000 mile summer trip in my 1980 300D. I also took my >> '77 >> 240D on a 3100 mile summer jaunt in '08 or '09. People thought I was >> nuts >> each time. > > Expect to see that attitude get worse. I believe we've already > experienced the service longevity peak, and that the mileage > expectation of our national fleet will go _down_ from here. > > More complex application-specific parts will be to blame. > Once the official line of spares is exhausted, these vehicles > will be rendered permanently hors du combat. > > -- Jim > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
