I think it has about a 50% chance of being a loser. The w211 e class cars were built in the "dark" Mercedes Benz years, roughly from 2000-2009 for most models except the R129 roadsters. The c, s, ml and e class cars especially, are a crapshoot at best, in those model years.

Yes there are stories that abound about so and so who bought one and it lasted for years and years with no trouble, and they are out there, but horror stories abound too, about these.

I'd avoid them if it was me.

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)