Topic: Good news for high mileage MB owners

[EV Dan]

https://old.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/j23oe3/til_that_mercedesbenz_will_send_you_an_award/

I've never heard of this and thought it deserves a thread. Any other automakers do it?

[rrocket]

https://old.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/j23oe3/til_that_mercedesbenz_will_send_you_an_award/

I've never heard of this and thought it deserves a thread. Any other automakers do it?

You could get them through Porsche at one time IIRC...but usually through the local PCA.  I had a 250k mile one on my 1986. Or was it 400,000km?  I forget.

Also popular with euro cars is emblems for "official" meets.

I had a couple on my 1986 too.

They look like this...usually metal and/or high quality.

[Arthur Dent]

I was looking at a Mercedes in an auction on the weekend. 512k kms. In good shape still body and interior wise. Still not bidding on that one.

[EV Dan]

https://old.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/j23oe3/til_that_mercedesbenz_will_send_you_an_award/

I've never heard of this and thought it deserves a thread. Any other automakers do it?

You could get them through Porsche at one time IIRC...but usually through the local PCA.  I had a 250k mile one on my 1986.

Also popular with euro cars is emblems for "official" meets.

I had a couple on my 1986 too.

They look like this...usually metal and/or high quality.

Cool. I read stories of owner rolling past 1 million km mark and the dealer/head-office would give them a brand new car. I know it's marketing but a good gesture nonetheless.

[rrocket]

^^I know when the first couple of Gen Prius came out, Toyota bought back several once they reached 500,000km/1,000000km to study how the car fared.

[EV Dan]

^^I know when the first couple of Gen Prius came out, Toyota bought back several once they reached 500,000km/1,000000km to study how the car fared.

Japanese know how to make electronic components. I once had a JDM Pioneer receiver that was over 25 y.o when I got it and you could never guess its age by the sound. It was all analog, even the radio dial. People buy things today and 5 years down the road there are bloated capacitors. 

[rrocket]

^^I know when the first couple of Gen Prius came out, Toyota bought back several once they reached 500,000km/1,000000km to study how the car fared.

Japanese know how to make electronic components. I once had a JDM Pioneer receiver that was over 25 y.o when I got it and you could never guess its age by the sound. It was all analog, even the radio dial. People buy things today and 5 years down the road there are bloated capacitors. 

After having a lifetime of US radios in cars, my head almost exploded the first time I heard a Nakamichi in a Lexus...

[EV Dan]

^^I know when the first couple of Gen Prius came out, Toyota bought back several once they reached 500,000km/1,000000km to study how the car fared.

Japanese know how to make electronic components. I once had a JDM Pioneer receiver that was over 25 y.o when I got it and you could never guess its age by the sound. It was all analog, even the radio dial. People buy things today and 5 years down the road there are bloated capacitors. 

After having a lifetime of US radios in cars, my head almost exploded the first time I heard a Nakamichi in a Lexus...

No way! Why would Hyundai and Kia be going with Bose today, if not for sound quality? 

[Scaerio]

I mailed in to Volvo for a free 100,000 mile one for my '93 850.  It's currently stuck on the dash of the C30.

[erich]

These mileages must be an achievement in some cars. Would not work for a Tacoma/Hilux pickup.

[rrocket]

These mileages must be an achievement in some cars. Would not work for a Tacoma/Hilux pickup.

 

Maybe right!