The pea green 1977 240D I owned was the highest mileage vehicle for me at 317K plus miles. It fired right up on a 40
Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 10, 2018, at 11:29 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > The brakes thing bothers me... > I don't have a problem with 200,000 miles. My 1.9l Jetta TDI has 292,000+ > miles now and still starts on the first compression stroke. It starts way > better cold than any MB diesel I've ever had but its DI so its not a really > good comparison. My '85 190D had over 300,000 miles when I got rid of it and > still started and ran good. I actually sold the engine, the guy claimed he > was going to put it in an SDL but I've never heard from him again. He was a > bit of a nutter. > > > I'm probably okay with a 300,000 mile car if the price is right, it starts > good and seems to run strong. Around here anyway miles isn't the issue its > rust. > > -Curt > > On Tuesday, July 10, 2018, 2:10:55 PM EDT, Larry Turner via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > When I was searching for a new (used) MB diesel I tended to drop those > with more than 200K on them. It's just a number but is there a engine > miles you won't consider? And why? > > Now I'm thinking >200K mi might have been worth looking at especially > since we both are retired now and driving much less. After all, our 91 > 300D has 275K and except for that rust issue is still in great shape. > > As far as this specific car it looks like it's in pretty good condition, > lots of photos to look at - just based on that I'd put it in my > definitely look at box. BTW, I found diesel MB's usually came at an > approx $3000 to $5000 premium. At least that's the way the pricing was > in our area. > > LarryT > > >> On 07/09/2018 2:35 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: >> https://nh.craigslist.org/cto/d/2005-mercedes-e320-cdi-diesel/6627934032.html >> >> Anything worth noting about these? Car has been for sale for awhile (note >> the snow) so I figure he'd be ready to deal.I don't especially like an auto >> transmission but my Jetta needs replacing... >> >> -Curt >> _______________________________________ >> 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
