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Miles on the road for one million kilometres in MercedesBy Dominik Kurekto continue getting service, where he has done OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFFjust that for many years.Because the insurance salesman, now Robert Miles has done a lot of what his last retired, had a large client area to cover, he name suggests in his Mercedes-Benz car, that needed a diesel model car, which the 300D is driving a lot of miles.sedan is, to allow him to go that little further The Port Dover man was honoured last on a single tank of gas. He had about 2,500 week at the Mercedes-Benz Oakville Autohaus clients in an area that ranged from Windsor to dealership where he has regularly received the west and Kingston to the south and as far service for the car that he drove for 1 million north as North Bay and everywhere in kilometres.between.At a recognition ceremony, Miles was pre-I needed a car that was safe and I needed a sented with the cars birth certificate (a cer-car that would go a long distance on a tank of tificate by a technician at the Stuttgart, fuel. The diesel was the most appropriate Germany facility from when the car was built vehicle for me, he said of choosing the car in 1990). He was also given a 1,000,000 km model.certificate, a 1,000,000 km pin for his lapel and He also had some tips for keeping his car one for his cars grill.running so well for so long and it was a piece I will also hand over the 1 million its of advice he received from the Oakville techni-not a $1 million cheque, that would be nice, cian, Peter Hagens, who has serviced the car too, but were a humble company certificate for these years.that Mr. Miles and his car did together a million He said your car is going to last a long time kilometres, joked Marcus Breitschwerdt, pres-if you continually change the oil and filter in NIKKI WESLEY / OAKVILLE BEAVERident and CEO of Mercedes-Benz Canada, your car. Its a simple little process, he said.when handing over the certificate.And thats what he has done. Furthermore, THANK YOU: Bob Miles (left), who has clocked 1 million kilometres on his 1990 300D He commended Miles and the staff at the he has taken the advice of the technicians Mercedes Benz, received his car's birth certificate. and a special pin for his car's grill at a ceremo-dealership for keeping the car in such fine when they told him his car needed particular ny at Mercedes-Benz Oakville Autohaus last week. On hand for the presentation was mechanic order for the past 20 years. He commended the service. He also kept good care of it also while Peter Hagens (right) who has taken care of the car from the beginning. Now retired, Miles still driver, saying that every 1,000 kilometres driv-on the road, particularly keeping his speed drives from Port Dover to get his car serviced in Oakville by Hagens.en, a person is put in some sort of critical situ-levels lower.the path of Mr. Miles and he and the car, new in 1990 at a different dealership. When he ation.Now that hes retired he no longer travels moved a few years later, the Oakville dealership A million is a thousand times a thousantogether, mastered it well.d, 5,000 km per month. He also has no current Miles bought the 300D model car brand became the most convenient location for him so at least a thousand critical situations crossed plans to replace the trusty automobile.Community Living OakvilleCordially invites you to attend ourChair Affair Fundraising EventFriday May 6th, 2011~ ~FEATURINGDinner and Live Auction of BeautifulMuskoka Chairs Painted by Local Artists{ ????iU??`?i? ??U? ?>???i?e Dome Banquet Hall1173 North Service Rd. East, Oakville www.ledome.ca/?V?ixii??>Li?vʣ`?ViV?>?o order tickets, please call:Tina Christie at 905 844-0146, ext. 239 www.oakcl.orgPlatinum Sponsor:Community Living Oakville - Supporting Full Community Participation for People with Developmental Disabilities 9 Thursday, February 24, 2011 OAKVILLE BEAVER www.insideHALTON.com