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BenzDieselTuner
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| 4.6 million kilometers: THE Record
A Greek taxi driver, Gregorios Sachinides, presented the Mercedes-Benz museum in Stuttgart with his trusty cab - a 1976 Mercedes 240D diesel with 4.6 million kilometres on the clock.
9/20/2004
-as we all well know (at least some of us)
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kiwi_g
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Date registered: May 2006
Location: New Zealand
Vehicle(s): 1986 300GD 1986 190E 2.3 16V
Posts: 133
| RE: 4.6 million kilometers: THE Record
what can i say besides
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Dieselburns
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Date registered: May 2006
Location: New York, Long Island
Vehicle(s): 78' MB 300D 87 Chief Cherokee
Posts: 2251
| RE: 4.6 million kilometers: THE Record
IM GONA BE NEXT! |
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BenzDieselTuner
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| RE: 4.6 million kilometers: THE Record
u better quit mcdonalds, and start doin those deliveries........!  |
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Dieselburns
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Date registered: May 2006
Location: New York, Long Island
Vehicle(s): 78' MB 300D 87 Chief Cherokee
Posts: 2251
| RE: 4.6 million kilometers: THE Record
Oh now I see why you do so many "delivery boy" jobs, I get your drift BenzDiezelTuner!  |
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BenzDieselTuner
Date registered: Dec 1899
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yep........thats the way to get the dial up there, just like taxi-ing....... |
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kiwi_g
Veteran
Date registered: May 2006
Location: New Zealand
Vehicle(s): 1986 300GD 1986 190E 2.3 16V
Posts: 133
| Re: 4.6 million kilometers: THE Record
i thought mercedes bought it off him and gave him a new car as well so they could put this one on display in the mercedes museum |
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BenzDieselTuner
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| Re: 4.6 million kilometers: THE Record
they did |
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Dieselburns
Expert
Date registered: May 2006
Location: New York, Long Island
Vehicle(s): 78' MB 300D 87 Chief Cherokee
Posts: 2251
| Re: 4.6 million kilometers: THE Record
Theres no price on my benz....  |
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1996_S500
Date registered: Dec 1899
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kiwi_g - 8/3/2006 11:30 PM
i thought mercedes bought it off him and gave him a new car as well so they could put this one on display in the mercedes museum
yea, I think they gave him a W211 E Class.  |
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BenzDieselTuner
Date registered: Dec 1899
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i heard it was a C-Klasse Diesel......... |
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Syracuse315
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| RE: 4.6 million kilometers: THE Record
How would they record the KM's once it reached over 999,999? I didn't think cars had odometers with that many zeros...
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BenzDieselTuner
Date registered: Dec 1899
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it rolls back over to zero again at that point.......... |
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Syracuse315
Date registered: Dec 1899
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BenzDieselTuner - 8/7/2006 7:38 PM it rolls back over to zero again at that point.......... So they go by the service record or something? |
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BenzDieselTuner
Date registered: Dec 1899
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basicly.......they go by the records, which is why u have to "check in" with the company now, for each mileage award, so they know that ur total mileage is true........ |
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TheDon
Date registered: Dec 1899
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yea.. plus that car was on its 4th rebuild or something.. im going to try to go to at least 500k before a rebuild and go the rest.. ill probably hit 1 million by the time im 45 with the rate i drive |
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BenzDieselTuner
Date registered: Dec 1899
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good luck! |
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