Highest mile
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Highest mile
I'm rocking 104k miles right now.
Just wondering if anyone here is over 150k mile, and would you dare to buy one of these 55k cars with +150k.
Just wondering if anyone here is over 150k mile, and would you dare to buy one of these 55k cars with +150k.
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Mine was at 124,000 i want to say (when we tore it down for a rebuild). When i first got the car i drove it like crazy. After inspecting my engine when we tore it down i wouldn't be afraid to buy one with high miles. I bought my car stock as far as i could tell and had it modded that week and put some very hard miles on it and the engine internals looked perfect.
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120k for me
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07' SL65, 04' E55, 03' Evo8, 08' GSXR, DSM's...
Just turned 118K in the 55. Given how it has treated me over the years, i have no doubt that a 150K+ mile E55 would be just fine if it was taken care of.
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These are hand built engines with high grade internals and very exact tolerances that run on 9+ quarts of Mobil 1 from birth.....they should live a LONG time especially w/ low oil change intervals. i change my oil every 6 months which equals around 2K/miles because i don't drive her much.
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I don't let miles scare me on anything. Stuff is built to last these days. My current work truck (99 2500 cummins) has 260,000. 2003 dodge 2500 cummins just turned 500,000 on Sunday. My first truck that my dad gave me 97 dodge 3500 had 900,000 when we gave it to a friend and is still running. We've got gas Chevy dump trucks that are abused everyday hauling 15-20,000lbs and the 2005's have 210-250,000 and running strong. The 2006's are close to 200,000. These engines in the Mercedes are built better in my opinion and get taken care of far better.
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I don't let miles scare me on anything. Stuff is built to last these days. My current work truck (99 2500 cummins) has 260,000. 2003 dodge 2500 cummins just turned 500,000 on Sunday. My first truck that my dad gave me 97 dodge 3500 had 900,000 when we gave it to a friend and is still running. We've got gas Chevy dump trucks that are abused everyday hauling 15-20,000lbs and the 2005's have 210-250,000 and running strong. The 2006's are close to 200,000. These engines in the Mercedes are built better in my opinion and get taken care of far better.
Diesels can ramp up very impressive milages... very little to go wrong and solid internals , low rpms... nice recipe. Impressive results you getting from the gas trucks tho.
I reckon as long as you dont red line the motor too often, let it warm up properly, and service it appropiately, AND have a safe tune on it ... chances are it will just keep going....
90% of the time the motor is at 5% of its designed max stress with all that torque.