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pawoSD · #74 01-05-2019, 12:44 AM

A quick search on Autotrader found me over 25 MB's ranging from 2000-2018 with between 200-300k+ on them still running and driving. They do exist! Several of them are 2005-2006 CDI's....but lots of M112 powered E320s and even some high miles bluetec's!

300k mile Bluetec!

Dealer repairs are expensive on any car. My wife's friend has owned both a kia rio, and now a dodge nitro, the kia fell apart completely by 90k miles and they trashed it, repairs included $550 to fix an interior door handle/latch on the driver door. The Nitro has 108k on it and has cost thousands in repairs over the past year....and it still has several problems going on.

My 2001 E320 has 157k on it and still runs/shifts perfectly smooth. Repairs it has needed have been minimal and it has never broken down. Even took out a good size doe with it a couple years ago at 45+mph, it drove 200 miles home with a bent radiator/smashed hood, no problem. New used hood, beat the front back into shape, new radiator and condenser, back in business.

Interior durability and quality leaves a lot to be desired, but its still reliable and comfortable....and costs practically nothing to own.

MB does have its faults....cars that rusted badly way longer than they should have (all the way to 2003). And now issues like not being able to get a new key fob for a R129, which is something my dad has been dealing with on his SL for the past 8 months...simply ridiculous....and the original basis of this thread. Stuff like keys should ALWAYS be available, especially for cars that stay around forever like SL's!