I predict my GLK 250 will also go 1 million miles. Eventually, if too will receive thumbs up from the proletariat.
On Tue, Feb 22, 2022, 8:26 AM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Yes it’s a great car and it gets periodic thumbs up while I drive it. The > engine purs, gets great fuel mileage and the chassis handles very well and > feels solid like it was carved from a block of steel. It was designed by > legend (Bruno Sacco) not by the nobodies who design today’s garbage cars. > There is one out there on fakebook somewhere with over a million miles. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Feb 21, 2022, at 8:45 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > although my 90 300D OM 602 2.5t was a great engine. Dimitri is still > > driving it. doesn't need valve adjustments like the OM61x > > > >> On Mon, Feb 21, 2022, 1:50 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> I have had this feeling but not based on any real data. > >> > >> The older diesels are so simple. They just need fuel and good > compression > >> and they will run. They don't need a computer, or even a working > >> battery/alternator. > >> > >> The complexity of the new diesels is all about reducing the particulate > >> emissions, something that gas vehicles really don't have to worry about. > >> > >> I probably would not buy a modern diesel car, as much as I like my > OM617s. > >> > >> > >>> On Mon, Feb 21, 2022, at 1:31 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes wrote: > >>> I saw a 2012 E350 BlueTec, 103k miles, show up at a Subaru dealer here. > >>> Ran it to ground and in the process talked to the shop that performed > >>> all its services. The dude‘s shop makes its living servicing and > >>> repairing Mercedes’. We talked diesels in general and he revealed to > >>> me his love of older MB diesels. He told me the car in question is > >>> squared away. He told me everything he has done to it, he even sent me > >>> its complete service history. Then in the very next breath he told me > >>> that I should run away from “modern Mercedes diesels”. He has years of > >>> empirical data and it shows that people will spend almost exactly twice > >>> as much $$ to correctly maintain one of these “modern diesels” as > >>> people will spend to correctly maintain the gas version, same model. > >>> > >>> AZBob > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> 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 > >> > >> > > _______________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________ 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
