4matic is pretty unnecessary in Atlanta. I personally would skip it unless everything else about the car was what I wanted and I couldn't find a suitable RWD car. Other than that, all I can say is that being in a hurry to spend a bunch of money is usually a bad thing. If he's willing to shop around and be patient he will almost certainly find a better deal.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.