/8 reaches 4.6 million kms (2.9 million miles)

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For those who inquire about the reliability of the older Mercedes diesel engines, a taxi driver from Salonica (Greece) (Wow,how very fitting!) has the world record on miles driven by a motorcar: 4.6 million kms or 2.9 million miles:

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115 earth orbiting or six times to the moon and back - this record distance created a wackerer Mercedes 240 D during of its automobiles life. It served its Greek owner as taxi and over 800-mal as medicine transporter to Belgrade during the Balkans conflict.

Mercedes Benz 240 D: A taxi of this type achieved the gigantic mileage of 4.6 million
One does not normally even create Stuttgart - six times to the moon and back - with a decent moon rocket. Who wants to know, how that creates a car, Gregorios Sachinides can contact the taxifahrer. The Greek from the city Thessaloniki reached with its nearly 30 years old Mercedes Benz 240 D a odometer reading of no less than 4.6 million kilometer. That corresponds to 115 earth orbiting and is according to DaimlerChrysler the highest well-known mileage of a Mercedes.

To the thanks the taxifahrer transfers the vehicle on Friday to the Mercedes Benz museum in Stuttgart, where it can be maintained, preserved and admired in the future. "this car saw everything, and in the soul pain-did to me to give the cars up - no miracle, after all the years", says the 45 years old Sachinides of the press agency AP.

1981 it had ergattert the cars with year of construction 1976 in Waiblingen with Stuttgart - with the goal of becoming in the northGreek city Thessaloniki taxifahrer. The odometer of the car, which admits line figure eight also under the designation is, already at that time indicated 500,000 kilometers.

A Peugeot is simply more favorable

Apart from the countless passengers, whom Sachinides drove around into and Thessaloniki, it went also with the car into the vacation or to attendance to Berlin, where the brother of the taxifahrers lives. In addition the Mercedes arrived to Bulgaria, into Switzerland and repeated marks to Stuttgart.

Particularly proudly however Sachinides is on the employment of its vehicle during the Balkans conflict. "over 800-mal we drove, remember at the beginning of the nineties with medicines bepackt to Belgrade" he. On its blue-white car in the lacquer finish of the northGreek taxis thereby relying always was.

When it superseded the car in the past year of heavy heart, Sachinides with a letter at Mercedes boss Juergen Hubbert turned, in order to thank you for the outstanding services of its vehicle. Thereupon representatives of the Mercedes Benz museum in Stuttgart Untertuerkheim visited the Greek, who finally gave its vehicle the DaimlerChrysler AG.

Three times the Greek changed the engine, the vehicle remained faithful for it. It transferred nevertheless now to Peugeot. "I explained it also to the gentlemen of the Mercedes Benz museum: I bought a holiday house outside of Thessalonikis and therefore to no longer so much money remaining. There the Peugeot was simply more favorable ", regrets it.

Of Alexia Angelopoulou, AP

Some very evil-minded people reckon that the current bosses of the quaility department is Stuttgart want this piece of news forgotten very soon.... :oops: :oops:

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See another article on the car (this time in English)

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The is a really fantastic story which everyone of us should read and then reread. I have always been of the view that the old West German cars were the very best ever and that although technology has improved it does not necessarily make a better car.

I have 3 cars, all mercs from the 1980's.

Any comments or arguements?

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Tom Baldwin wrote:
The is a really fantastic story which everyone of us should read and then reread. I have always been of the view that the old West German cars were the very best ever and that although technology has improved it does not necessarily make a better car.
I have 3 cars, all mercs from the 1980's.
Any comments or arguements?

Yes, anything made by Mercedes after 2001 has the reliability of a Yugo Zastava
We all thought that the "merger" was meant to "Mercedise" Chrysler. Now I see that it's been about "Chryslerizing" Mercedes.

I run a 1991 W463 300 GD and a 1998 W202 C180 Estate. I don't think I will ever part with the G -perhaps only to get me a LWB. As for the other one, it will only be replaced with a W124 or a W210 estate.

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This must be the highest mileage G I've come across, if the seller is to be believed...700,000kms!
http://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/showDetails.html?id=48032214&__lp=27&s...

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Only 2.8something to go then. I've been driving my 240gd cab this week and it is an absolute dream of simplicity. C50,000 miles and as fresh as the day it came out of gratz. With the 5.3 axles it is very nippy, just have to change gear quite a lot. There is a purity and simplicity about it that is testimony to the vision that created it - it does what it is supposed to do and very well.
One happy bunny 8)

ps. all the girls smile too :wink: and a disco owner stopped in town the other day with a big smile and thumbs up. As twodogs said "it has the series 1 factor and it's a merc"

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What's that green stuff you can see infront of the fresh air intake???? :lol:

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Maxwell Smart wrote:
What's that green stuff you can see infront of the fresh air intake???? :lol:

...............just moss falling from a rolling stone :wink:

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Max dont you get grass in London ?
Twodogs

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is that the stuff that covers football pitches? i thought it was called astro turf.

but the question had more to do with where is the rest of the engine?

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Hi G friends,
with 500.000 km I am close to reach the record :lol: :lol: :lol:
I keep driving(walking)
Angelos driver (Johny walker)

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Doesn't one of the UK members have something like 300,000 miles?

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Mervyn and Richard(Wales rep) both have 460 diesels with in excess of 300,000miles. I have 230 k on the diesel