The old girl keeps going

[mattc]

Auspicious day for the W211

Hopefully you can see she is 300K up.

 

[gaz_l]

Good work. At current usage rates, the SLK will be there in another 90 years or so..

Cheers,

Plug

 

[Deleted member 11979]

That's very good, I have a strange sense of satisfaction when running a car to high miles, like I'm sticking two fingers up to the modern car industry, keep it going!

 

[mattc]

I have been waiting for this number to come up. Fortunately I was at Gravelly Hill on the A38 in Brum rather than a mile further on the A38(M)!

Of course hubris caught up with me 2 miles down the road in the underpass tunnels in town; the gearbox slipped into neutral as it changed down as I came to a stop. Manually popped it out of D, into N and then back and all good again but clearly I need to dip check the gearbox level.

 

[Deleted member 37751]

Good to see the old lass going from strength to strength pal!

And look at that fuel economy, Mercedes would be over the moon with that in their new diesels!

 

[Londonscottish]

Excellent.

I'll get there in mine when I'm 104. I'll be accepting cards when I get to 100, though.

 

[Alex225]

Love seeing things like this. As said it's a total two fingers up to the modern car industry and replacing cars with 40k on them!

What engine is in this one? I have on E320 (W211) with 115k on it and it doesn't feel even remotely tired!!

 

[Mr Kripling]

As said it's a total two fingers up to the modern car industry and replacing cars with 40k on them!

On the contrary, I'd say that it's a testament to the modern car industry and the fact that car design has reached a point where pretty much any vehicle should be able to do a few hundred thousand miles without major incident.

As for the modern car sales industry, that's another question...

 

[mattc]

What engine is in this one? I have on E320 (W211) with 115k on it and it doesn't feel even remotely tired!!

It's the 270 which I use as a daily. In the 14 months I've had it I have done 26k so it's earning its keep.

We also have a 320 I6 which is lovely and smooth on 126k and that still feels taut as a drum.

Given I am tight I'm not inclined to move on to anything else

 

[Biglips]

Excellent.

I'll get there in mine when I'm 104. I'll be accepting cards when I get to 100, though.

I am hoping you will sell it to me before you reach 300k Angus

I have recently passed the 150k mark on your old e500. Engine definitely feels good for the same again!

 

[mattc]

Gearbox update - added 100ml of fluid without dip checking and everything does feel smoother. When is get round to it I will get it dip checked too so am keeping the extra fluid in the boot for that moment