Speaking of Mercede miles, they seem to build their engines to last forever! Old Mercedes, both gasoline and diesel, can be seen happily motoring in all parts of the world. Theses things are absolutely amazing! 3 weeks ago I bought an ancient 1982 Mercedes 300D Turbo. It had 312,000 plus miles and now has 314,000 plus miles, and the more I drive it the better it runs! It came witth the original, via an Anchorage Alaska dealer, suede leather MB zippered folder, manual and log up to 1992. the 1st aid kit was missing so I bought an original unopened kit on Ebay. Everything else is there and works, except the Tach and cruse control. Even the Becker stereo sounds good. The body is rust free and has its original paint. The interior was dirty but, with the exception of the driver's seat, it cleaned up nicely. Wow, that Magic eraser works wonders on MB Tex! ( I found a decent drivers seat and two sun visors at a junk yard.) But the first thing I did was change all filters and fluids. Knowing next to nothing about Mercedes, particularly the diesels, I bought a few repair guides from Mercedessource.com. When I bought the car I noticed the glow plug light didn't come on. I had to crank it a couple of times to start it. I also cleaned the banjo nut and bolt on the end of the manifold... Wow, that smoothed out the engine as well as the transmission! But it still didin't start on the first crank. Helmut's German Auto Repair in Bremerton replaced the glow plug relay. Now it starts with one brief click of the starter. Helmut's also checked out the AC. After a few squeaky protests, the compressor smoothed out and the AC blows cold. Thom, the shop owner, also seemed amazed that the engine had such good compression. I didn't like the play in the stearing, so I also had Helmut's install a rebuilt stearing gear box. And, even though the timing chain is tight, why take chances? Helmut's is scheduled to replace it on 8/22/06. The following week I will also have them replace the oil cooler hoses, motor mounts and shock, transmission mount, and drive shaft bevel. In the meantime I had new tires, wheel alighment, front brakes and shocks installed. I'll purge the injectors with Lubo Moly on Monday.... BTW, I paid $400. for this lovely old Mercedes. Who knows, I may have been able to drive it as is for another 50,000 miles... But it's a beautiful old car and I'm willing to continue upgrading it, and giving it the TLC it deserves until it positively glows. In the months ahead I'll change the differential mounts and the two rear bushing mounts. As I now understand it, some Mercedes diesels are getting upwards of 700,000 miles..

 

I'm willing to bet this guy has the highest mileage SLK in the world - http://www.jimrogers.com/

 

Are you kidding? 245,000 K's? Still, maybe it does have a lot of miles for a SLK... but, hey, what's 245,000 klicks, around 170,000 miles? Geeez, that thing aint even broken in yet!

 

140,000k on mine... doesn't use a drip of oil and beyond the valve train noise at cold start (like the previous post), it is in pretty good shape.

Hit a moose with it last year...lol. About 70ks an hour when we collided head on ... the car went right under, the moose right over... left some moose drool on the car, (moose drool stinks by-the-way) a few dents, glass cracks/scrapes and a missing passenger mirror... the moose walked away and so did I.

If I had been in a truck I probably would have been killed. Three cheers for low slung cars!!!

 

Geeze, it's not only beautiful, but it must also be built like a tank!