He can probably buy two '90 - '93 300D 2.5 turbos with the money, and always have a running car - no worries at all.
Don't the '90 and later gas models have the biodegrading wiring harness? On 4/24/06, Kaleb C. Striplin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the 92 400E is WAY overpriced. > > andrew strasfogel wrote: > > > A friend has decided to purchase his first Mercedes and asked for my > > advice. He's 47, works hard and deserves to drive something nice than the > > '91 Ford he currently owns. He has a budget between $12 - $18K, and his > > choices boil down to a '92 400E at around $12K, a '99 green/parchment 60K > > E320 for $15,900, a 2000 E320 with 74K miles for the same price ($15,900), > > and a 54K immaculately maintained black/black '99 E320 from the local dealer > > for $18K. Any thoughts/suggestions? All gave clean Car fax reports and are > > clean, with service records and no obvious current problems. The '99 is a > > real beauty but is too old for a Star Mark warranty. The 2000 is not being > > sold by a dealer so no Star Mark either... Any "fatal flaws" in either of > > these models for any particular model years he should know about? What > > about repair costs? Any reason to own a 2000 with 20K more miles than a '99 > > model E320? > > > > Andrew -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK "The Americans will always do the right thing... after they've exhausted all the alternatives." Sir Winston Churchill '90 300D 243K, Rattled '87 300SDL 290K, Limo Lite, or blue car '81 240D 173K, Gramps, or yellow car '78 450SLC 67K, brown car '97 Ply Grand Voyager 78K Van Go
