What Rick and Curt said.
These cars are built to a very different standard than you're used to.
While we all chuckle at the "million mile engine" claims in CL ads, there's
a lot more truth to that than many might believe.
Your car is barely broken in. Short of a catastrophic failure, to go out
and try to find a back up drive train is false economy, as it's unlikely
you'll ever need it.
Now I certainly wouldn't discourage someone from trying to find a tired
OM617 they can disassemble and rebuild as a learning experience and
potential backup if ever needed, but to purposely seek a drive train as a
spare would be silly, in my opinion, not to mention a waste of resources.
My 350SDL just turned 269,000 miles. Compression is great, it doesn't leak
or burn oil, and other than having a little delay when engaging reverse,
everything is in great working order. As long as I maintain it well there's
no reason why it wouldn't go another 260k or more without major work. I'm
not about to tie up coin in a spare engine or transmission when there's no
need.
-D
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On Feb 9, 2017, at 12:26 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Theres no reason a gas powered car can't go 200,000 miles, then have top
end work and go another 200,000 miles.
You've been lied to your whole life about how often you need to replace
your car...
-Curt
From: Kyle Arola via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Cc: Kyle Arola <kylearola1...@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2017 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Craigslist NC Florida
I guess I am just not used to thinking of a drive train lasting an
additional 600,000 miles in addition to the already almost 300k on it
now!
Hahaha! That would be amazing to be sure! I know there are OTR truckers
that get 1 million miles on their rigs, and I am guessing their diesels
are
similar engineering wise as far as robustness goes...
Just a paradigm shift in thinking for me as I am part of the throwaway
generation and have been taught to replace my car every 80k miles, or 10
years at most!
Kyle
On Feb 9, 2017 12:10 PM, "Rick Knoble via Mercedes" <
mercedes@okiebenz.com>
wrote:
Kyle sez:
True, I am counting on the last and last part. I also want to be
prepared
so that in another 100k miles I have the engine/transmission to replace
and
get another 500k miles out of the wagon.
If you do proper maintenance and repairs, the wagon
should last your lifetime. The period for catastrophic failures
from manufacturing defects is long over.
You just have to stay on top of things and use premium parts
for maintenance and repairs. Rust is not an issue for
you, so no problem there.
Rick
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