Re: [MBZ] High mileage 300D

I saw one in Olympus that had 1.5M miles (2.5Mkm) on it, but the driver was on his 3rd engine.  It started off as like a 200D (I don't remember exactly) but he quietly confided he had put in a bigger engine on the 3rd one but don't tell the tax man.  The car was in great shape, he took really

Re: [MBZ] High mileage 300D

The whole point of a million mile car is a million mile ENGINE. Otherwise, big woop. On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 7:41 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > https://highmileclub.wordpress.com/tag/mercedes/ > > -D > > > > On Feb 7, 2018, at 7:27 PM, Dimitri via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] High mileage 300D

https://highmileclub.wordpress.com/tag/mercedes/ -D > On Feb 7, 2018, at 7:27 PM, Dimitri via Mercedes > wrote: > > Yes, over a million miles but he had several engines that he would rotate > into the chassis as the previous would get rebuilt. > > Sent from my iPhone

Re: [MBZ] High mileage 300D

Yes, that was a story in the past 10-15 yrs. The greek taxi driver made out well. But I bet his new taxi is not as reliable as the "old" 123. The 1977 MB/Lufthansa ad posted a few days ago featured the million mile 220D from Washington or oregon. They did a nationwide search for the highest

Re: [MBZ] High mileage 300D

Yes,I remember that. But maybe 300k on each engine before swap? Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Feb 7, 2018 7:27 PM, "Dimitri via Mercedes" wrote: > Yes, over a million miles but he had several engines that he would rotate > into the chassis as the previous would get

Re: [MBZ] High mileage 300D

Yes, over a million miles but he had several engines that he would rotate into the chassis as the previous would get rebuilt. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 7, 2018, at 7:14 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes > wrote: > > Wasn't there a million mile 240D taxi in Greece? MB

Re: [MBZ] High mileage 300D

Wasn't there a million mile 240D taxi in Greece? MB traded taxi driver a new,MB for the taxi so they could display it-presumably in Stuttgart. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Feb 7, 2018 12:52 PM, "Donald Snook via Mercedes" wrote: > Saw this picture in a car group.

[MBZ] High mileage 300D

Saw this picture in a car group. 863K Miles! Donald H. Snook ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: