# Mercedes Diesel with 250K+ miles - good buy?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-diesel-with-250k-miles-good-buy/58307>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** mercedes-benz, e-class\
**Created:** [December 5, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-diesel-with-250k-miles-good-buy/58307 "2010-12-05T02:31:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 3

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**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 9:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-diesel-with-250k-miles-good-buy/58307/41 "2020-11-24T21:40:27Z")

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> [@VDCdriver](#):
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> What he apparently believed to be idyllic always sounded to me like some sort of punishment.

Well sure but it was an education of how people surviving with very little in money and possessions find ways to improve their circumstances. Not unlike some of the stories I heard of the ole settlers on the prairie in the 1800’s and how they survived and thrived.

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**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-diesel-with-250k-miles-good-buy/58307/42 "2020-11-24T23:35:53Z")

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> [@VDCdriver](#):
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> What he apparently believed to be idyllic always sounded to me like some sort of punishment.

I very clearly remember @irlandes talk about ogling the teenage girls in the small town he was living in

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