I bought my wife a 1978 280E for $1400 in Hawaii. It had over 200,000 miles by all estimates and it ran like a champ. I hated to sell it when I moved to California. It had get up and go and awesome brakes. Highly recommended.

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1986 420SEL. 200,000 miles plus.
1991 Cutlass Supreme
1980 VW Vanagon (Old Smokey)