Originally Posted by 65aircooled

I am having such a bad luck buying a diesel MB, I though I had a 99 E300 locked and now the owner has gone silent on me
So as my search continues, yesterday I stumbled upon a 2005 CDI with 196K miles which seems like a ton of miles for the year model.
Anyway, while I don't trust KBB, it says $10,7K which is very close to what the owner wants. I am tempted to offer $8K for it but even at that price I keep asking myself if it would make more sense to get a OM606 w210 with 50K less miles for a thousand or so less dollars.
The way my wife and I drive the family car, it never sees 5K miles a year.
I want a diesel simply because I love diesels, not for fuel economy. We currently drive an 07 Nissan Sentra so fuel economy would be about the same.

Thanks for your input