MW_ATL

Ok, I was on my way back from north Georgia yesterday and forgot to watch the odometer as well as I should have. Honestly, I don't think my wife would have let me pull over anyway to take a picture.

However, my little Coupe has passed the 155K mark. Other than being in dire need of a good cleaning it is doing great. Everything still works and overall is in good shape. Eventually I think I will total up what's been done to it over the 155K life, since I have every shop visit's tickets in a folder.

91RS

Very nice! Mine is about half way to only 42k! I just took it for our first track day over the weekend though.

ncmudbug

Congratulations MW_ATL!!!!

LILBENZ230

Go get your first badge!

johnand

Nice!

Don't total it up, you really don't want to know how much it all costs. Do you remember my 4 year cost of ownership thread?

Glyn M Ruck

Good stuff!

LILBENZ230

I did a brief total on mine and nearly passed out.

Midnight Koop

congrats!

i hope to reach that point one day too.

post pics of your badge on your car once you get it on

Moreira_C230

Very nice! Just goes to show that Mercedes as still just as reliable as then once were (with proper maintenance that is). I hope all of us are lucky enough to have our cars reach this milestone.

Well see you back here at 200K =P

MW_ATL

Now *that* would be fun, and you had great weather for it!

I don't really mind, I have bit different view on vehicles. I know my maintenance cost will be high, partly because I choose not to work on my daily drivers (other than tinkering) and because I also want to fix the "little" things instead of letting them pile up. For example, it has over 155K and there is one door ding - and that is on the short list to get fixed.

LILBENZ230

Fixing the little things as they happen is not the only key to longevity for vehicles. It is, however, the key to making an aging car still desirable to drive and own.

samaritrey

I laugh that everyone says that a Mercedes is so expensive to maintain. My car is in fantastic shape for 167k and is cheaper to run then most any car out there. My insurance is cheap, Gas bill is cheap, Tax is dirt cheap, Maintenance is an oil change once a year for say $100, Tires are same price as any car would be. So I don't really get it in the almost 5 years I have had my Mercedes I would say it has been an extremely cheap car to own. Well if you take out the dam crap I keep buying for it like winter tires/rims, nav unit, a star system, new fuel door, new fog lights (soon), The bix, the spoiler lol but that does not count. If I get some time I will have to add up all costs and see how much a year cost me on average not counting gas, tax or insurance.

HitUpOlas

It was perfect driving weather the last few days her in GA. I hope up there in N. Georgia you went on some twisties in the mountains.

LILBENZ230

I spend some time in the twisties every day on my way home! Trey, I agree.. my car has been the cheapest to maintain of any car I've owned before.