This one is similar to Sachinides 240D

Stuttgart - A Greek taxi driver is to present the Mercedes-Benz museum in Germany with his trusty cab - a Mercedes diesel with 4,6-million kilometres on the clock.

The Mercedes 240D is to be handed to the company's museum in Stuttgart by Gregorios Sachinides on Friday.

Sachinides clocked up the kilometres driving round the streets of Thessaloniki, but also made hundreds of journeys to Belgrade to transport medical supplies during the war in the Balkans.

He was so pleased with his car that he wrote to DaimlerChrysler boss Juergen Hubbert to thank him personally for the outstanding service.

As a result officials from the Mercedes-Benz museum visited the taxi driver who promptly agreed to hand the car over to the museum.

DaimlerChrysler said it was the highest vehicle mileage known.

When Sachinides bought the 1976 model in 1981 it already had 500 000km on the clock. He changed the engine three times but the car kept going strong. -Sapa-dpa

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=qw1095698881528B265

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W163.154, M112.942, 722.662, ZF.970.402

Cool

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

did they give him another car or what? Did he just hand his car over and that's it?

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'02 BMW 325i
'85 300D 450k
'93 190E 2.6 170k(killed by tree)
'08 Ducati Hypermotard 1100S 6k
'06 Ducati S2R800 14k(sold)

There is no excuse for having to replace 3 engines in that few a miles. He shoulda kept the oil changed.

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Current stable......
17' Rogue SV 70k
11’ Saab 9-5 NG 94k
10’ e550 4matic 185k

sold
02' e320 210k
00' e430 167k
01' e320 171k (regret sale)
91' 300d 2.5t 300k (sold to ecoofidaho)
79' 240d 177k (old yellow my avatar)
87' 300d 169k (junk but fast)
85' 300tdt 261k (RBM parts delivery)
85' 300dt 68k (one owner cream puff)
82' 240d 250k
84' 300dt 198k (sold to diesel don)
91' 190e 2.3 61k
88' 260e 140k

Thats about 820,000 miles per engine!

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Tom Engel
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83 240 230K Manual (8/2003)
83 300D 265K (3/2004)
Just a Driver!

Thats pretty good, remember these are not over the road trucks.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

hehee. all the while i was reading this, I was saying.. oh my!.. 4.6Million kilometers on one engine!.. i would've thought the the odometer would have turned 46 times (i think the 115 only showed 99,999 on its odometer, i maybe wrong).. then i saw.. three engines.. "oh. ok.." so he has all the service record showing the mileage?.. so in essence its a 4.6Million kilometers on the body.. not really the engine...

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1975 200 - Sold (no pix);
1978 200 - Sold - http://www.pbase.com/hboy/redbaron
1979 300TD - Sold
http://www.pbase.com/hboy/greenwagon
http://www.geocities.com/hboy726/300TD.html
1985 230E - now my daily driver...

Wow... he must have driven that Benz like an old man

"also made hundreds of journeys to Belgrade to transport medical supplies during the war in the Balkans."

Doesn't sound like it!!

Scott

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Scott
1982 Mercedes 240D, 4 speed, 275,000
1988 Porsche 944 Turbo S (70,000)
1987 Porsche 911 Coupe 109,000 (sold)
1998 Mercedes E300 TurboDiesel 147,000 (sold)
1985 Mercedes 300D 227,000 (totaled by inattentive driver with no insurance!)
1997 Mercedes E300 Diesel 236,000 (sold)
1995 Ducati 900SS (sold)
1987 VW Jetta GLI 157,000 (sold)
1986 Camaro 125,000 (sold - P.O.S.)
1977 Corvette L82 125,000 (sold)
1965 Pontiac GTO 15,000 restored (sold)

Google says 4,600,000 kilometers converts to 2,858,307.48 miles

Almost 3 million miles... crazy.

2,800,000+ miles!! See? I've been telling everyone that W115s are the 'last best Benz.'

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Hey, don't count your chickens before they hatch. My 123 is only 2,597,000 miles away. At the rate I drive, I'll be there in just 173 more years!

Scott

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Scott
1982 Mercedes 240D, 4 speed, 275,000
1988 Porsche 944 Turbo S (70,000)
1987 Porsche 911 Coupe 109,000 (sold)
1998 Mercedes E300 TurboDiesel 147,000 (sold)
1985 Mercedes 300D 227,000 (totaled by inattentive driver with no insurance!)
1997 Mercedes E300 Diesel 236,000 (sold)
1995 Ducati 900SS (sold)
1987 VW Jetta GLI 157,000 (sold)
1986 Camaro 125,000 (sold - P.O.S.)
1977 Corvette L82 125,000 (sold)
1965 Pontiac GTO 15,000 restored (sold)

He is lucky it didn't get hit with an RPG!! Maybe if I rack up 2mill miles on my SDL they will give me a new S for free.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Have you ever had a ride in a Greek taxi? I travelled in Greece extensively in the early 90s and especially in the north the roads are pretty bad. To have lasted for that many kms is nothing short of amazing. It took more than new engines to keep that car on the road. But really the survival of the auto is a testament to the design and strength of the frame and body. An engine or a control arm is nothing if the frame fails after 750,000 kms, like most cars would driven under the same conditions. Just look at the Fords and Chevys in the NYC taxi fleet.

DS

87 300 D

But their horns work always just fine.

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