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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy
for their day they got great mileage but today low to mid 20's is nothing special. As long as the engine is taken care of gas or diesel it will outlast the car. Unless you drive 40k miles a year most people never rack up that much mileage.
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I do drive 40+k a year, and my 617 is in a lot better shape then the rest of the reasonably maintained vehicle it's installed in. (and I'm SICK of adjusting valves!!)
It's funny, I often find myself looking at engines at work and wondering what it'd take to install in a w123(small v8's or v6's usually), but then I remember what I like most about the car is the engine. I then wonder what to install IT in, but nothing really comes to mind, big car's too big, small car's too small.
Oh well..
(I still wonder how an 80's 3 Series BMW would be with a 617 and a stick.. )