I bought my 92 500sel with broken engine. It has rebuilt transmission (po paid $3000), new radiator,O2 sensor,collant temp sensor ( for those 3 po paid $1100), new A/C compressor (po paid $1200), brake pads/rotors. Car is 8-out-10 shape with 150k miles on it. PO was so tired of spending money to keep the car on the road and when the engine broke he just gave up. He sold car to me for $1500. For the whole S-class so little. Its a shame that these awsome cars are that cheap now. But I can understand a person who keep putting big money into the car to keep it on the road doesn't want to deal with it anymore. For prices po paid to fix car he could have buy used japanese economy car and drive it hassle free. Probably that is primary reason for resale prices to fall.

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1999 ML430 Silver 135k ml
Smoked LED taillights, Alpine in-dash DVD player, 12" sub, Pioneer components, 2 amps, 4200k HIDs, ML55 headlights, 20" rims, mirror LED blinkers

SOLD. 1996 E320 145k ml. Burgundy

SOLD but miss it everyday 1992 500sel Black
Chime buzzer mod,Alpine CD/MP3 player with stock amp,Euro headlights,S600 grill,20" rims, BEST CAR EVER!

SOLD. 1990 300E White
187k ml,smoked tails,Euro headlights,17rims,Intake,12" sub in first aid kit,alarm/autostart,buzzer mod