Whats Your Mileage??
- Thread starter Boz Mon
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- 6,769
- Little Elm, TX
- JCE3000GT
- 4,735
- Kansas City, MO
- FlyingAGasoline
New!?
It's still a W124...The interior looks new, for the most part. (except some of the carpet in the cargo area)
It runs really well! It had 137something when I got it.
My transmission did something really goofy a few days ago, though. It was acting like it wasn't totally in gear, and I had to go from 2 to 3 to D. I'm
It stopped doing it after about three stoplights. I love my car. It goes straight down the road for a couple minutes if you let go of the wheel. It rides nicely, but I-29 isn't the nicest road.
So far, I've only broken one thing: a wiper motor that I think I blew up with a non-microedge blade on a long road trip. Well, I've broken two things. I de-antennaed my car march 1 with the help of a car wash.
I did fail Missouri inspection in December for cracked outer tie rods, though. Now I'm aligned as close to perfect as I can imagine.
Other than that, all I've had to do is regular maintenance. Compared to my previous vehicles, this car has been a breeze.
My SC300 blew up a fuse panel, an alternator, had a massive short somewhere, and half of the electronic gizmos didn't work. The CD player was beyond repair and the instrument panel was burned out.
"My" 2003 Saab's fuel gauge and "infotainment" display didn't work, it ate O2 sensors once every two months, and it was attempting to break its third transmission. The sunroof was trying to give out, and the CD player would constantly make this grinding noise for an hour after the car was turned off. Apparently, the Saab is currently slipping out of third gear.
All I've lost on my E320 is my power headrest and the rear driver's window. The M104 still runs strong, and will pull 80 all day down the highway.
Doug said that I may lose a window on the W124, but when the nuclear apocalypse comes, it will be next to the Toyota pickups saying "let's go".
- 6,769
- Little Elm, TX
- JCE3000GT
- 2,689
- Knoxville, Tennessee
Our 2006 Dodge Ram 1500 Hemi has been averaging 18.5 mpg according to the trip computer. Usually gotta fill up once per week, or about 400 miles between fillups. Has a 26 gallon tank. Last year when my father drove to Mississippi (2,200 miles from here) he was getting about 20 mpg, and only had to stop 4 times for gas on the way back. Not too bad for a 4,900 lb vehicle with 345 hp and the aerodynamics of a house 
- 4,735
- Kansas City, MO
- FlyingAGasoline
Thanks, but I should of never took the interior out. The 2mpg savings I gained on average wasn't worth not having an interior.*edit* Its hard to believe its been 100,000 miles since I took the interior out.
100,000 miles without an interior? If there weren't any Motorcycle riders here, you'd win the "barebones" award.
With oil going the way it is, you may soon be thankful for the 2mpg.
- 1,742
- Olympia, WA
- GTP_BrokenVow, zmikedz
im closing in on 140 in my 97 escort.
- 249
Only 39,013km. That's about 25,000 miles!
- 1,759
; that pic is awsome.I just recently passed 113,000. 4k more and i'll have put 30k miles in the 2 years I've had the car. Almost every single one of those miles is cruising on 95 to and from school.
- 4,763
- Houston, TX
My 92 Camaro has 172,000 miles.
Im trying to sell it if anyone's interested. PM me. Please?
Im trying to sell it if anyone's interested. PM me. Please?
- 426
- GTP_Kutscher80
About 16750 miles on my car. 
