Re: [MBZ] nice mileage palindrome

2005-12-21 Thread Kevin
On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 06:49:10PM -0500, Trampas wrote: > Yeap, I meant it as a joke in that at close to 300k miles the mileage is > irrelevant to the value of the car. Actually I think the value depends more > on how full or empty the fuel tank is. I saw a chevy pickup for sale near SLO, ad wen

Re: [MBZ] nice mileage palindrome

2005-12-21 Thread Trampas
Brodbeck Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 6:26 PM To: Mercedes mailing list Subject: Re: [MBZ] nice mileage palindrome Trampas wrote: > My 300SD read 294,394 and has not changed in last 6 months, since odometer > broke. I figure I would run it with a broke odometer such that it will be > lo

Re: [MBZ] nice mileage palindrome

2005-12-21 Thread David Brodbeck
Trampas wrote: My 300SD read 294,394 and has not changed in last 6 months, since odometer broke. I figure I would run it with a broke odometer such that it will be lower miles when I sell it. I tend to think that once a car exceeds 200,000 miles or 15 years, additional mileage is mostly ir

Re: [MBZ] nice mileage palindrome

2005-12-21 Thread Trampas
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 4:31 AM To: Mercedes mailing list Subject: Re: [MBZ] nice mileage palindrome Nope, me too. I was really excited when I hit 198,891 mi a few weeks ago. Just about at 199,991 now. Of course, right after that I'll hit 200,000, which'll be worth noticing to

Re: [MBZ] nice mileage palindrome

2005-12-20 Thread Alex Chamberlain
Nope, me too. I was really excited when I hit 198,891 mi a few weeks ago. Just about at 199,991 now. Of course, right after that I'll hit 200,000, which'll be worth noticing too. I keep forgetting to get my long-overdue 250,000 km badge from the dealer! On 12/19/05, Bob Rentfro <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [MBZ] nice mileage palindrome

2005-12-20 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 04:49:27 + LT Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why do you guys drive your cars further after an apocryphal event such > as this? I'd park it and put it on eBay. And then what? We have only the one car. It's been a little cold to walk and it's a long way to Santa Fe... C

Re: [MBZ] nice mileage palindrome

2005-12-20 Thread LT Don
Why do you guys drive your cars further after an apocryphal event such as this? I'd park it and put it on eBay. On 12/20/05, Craig McCluskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 16:56:38 -0600 (GMT-06:00) Luther Gulseth > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > When I parked here at work t

Re: [MBZ] nice mileage palindrome

2005-12-20 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 16:56:38 -0600 (GMT-06:00) Luther Gulseth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I parked here at work this morning, my mileage read 230032 on the > SD. A few months ago, I had 220022 on the main odometer and 200.2 on the trip odometer. While not a palindrome, I recently had 22334

Re: [MBZ] nice mileage palindrome

2005-12-19 Thread Bob Rentfro
I thought I was the only person who noticed stuff like that. Bob Rentfro '77 300D 145K Litchfield Park, AZ - Original Message - From: "Luther Gulseth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 3:56 PM Subject: [MBZ] nice m

Re: [MBZ] nice mileage palindrome

2005-12-19 Thread John Ervine
Luther Gulseth wrote: When I parked here at work this morning, my mileage read 230032 on the SD. The 300TD hit 174471 early last week when I pulled into the parking space at work. Next up will be 175571 in another two to three weeks, but I doubt it'll strike twice. -- John L. Ervine 1981 2

[MBZ] nice mileage palindrome

2005-12-19 Thread Luther Gulseth
When I parked here at work this morning, my mileage read 230032 on the SD. Luther KB5QHU Alma, Ark '83 300SD (happily running diesel/WVO mix) '82 300CD slate grey, black interior, 152,xxx mi