Looking for a nice E320 from 1998-2002. Will travel for the right car. Low miles and service records are a plus. Color is not important, although would prefer not to be champagne, anything else is OK. 4Matic is a bonus but not required.

No rust, project cars or beaters, please.

Drop me a PM if you've got one you're looking to sell or know of one for sale.

Thanks!

Dan

PM sent if you want a silver 2000 E320 at 94890 miles and nothing required at all. In almost new condition. I've reluctantly decided to let mine go. over $9K in it, will sell for $6K.
PM sent

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'95 E320 Wagon my favorite road car. '99 E300D wolf in sheeps body, '87 300D Sportline suspension, '79 300TD w/ 617.952 engine at 367,750 and counting!

I just looked at what might be listed on ebay, saw a champagne 2000 with fewer miles for $5995. Lots of nice photos but no service history. I found that the 210's need front wheel bearings and shocks about this mileage. Ball joints tend to get sloppy too, they don't make them like they used to.
Figure on putting several $thou into one before it reaches 100K and it will drive like new.

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'95 E320 Wagon my favorite road car. '99 E300D wolf in sheeps body, '87 300D Sportline suspension, '79 300TD w/ 617.952 engine at 367,750 and counting!

Several thousand is an extreme amount of $$$ for a w210 in maintenance. That has to be dealer only visits with dealer only parts. I really haven't had issues with wheel bearing. They do go bad, and they shouldn't really go bad under 150k miles unless someone was driving with a stuck caliper and the heat destroyed the bearing. ball joints are pretty normal at about 150k as well. The w210 is a real well built car.

I've bought plenty of w210s and the maintained cars needed $500 of work every time mechanically and barely anymore. Most of it could be driven the way it was for a long time without worry, but I wanted it to be quote on quote "perfect".

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Only diesels in this driveway.
2005 E320 CDI 243k Black/Black
2008 Chevy 3500HD Duramax 340k
2004 Chevy 2500HD Duramax 220k

Well, the 210 is a well built car that still can need a little attention to make it drive like new, I can hear and feel a worn wheel bearing and the consensus here is that the 210's need them a lot sooner than the older 123 and 124 chassis did. I guess its the material used or offshore manufacturing but it came as a surprise to me.
The caliper wasn't stuck, I think the bearings could have been lashed a bit tighter along the way or maybe the opposite, perhaps they were overtightened in the first place (at the factory??? sheesh!) anyhow after a wheel alignment new ball joints and front shocks the steering was not PERFECTLY responsive, using my '99 E300D for comparison (full chassis rebuild) and that led to the discovery of the wheel bearings. SHould have grabbed the wheel and shook it while I had it jacked up, now I do that on any car whenever I have the chance!
With the going shop rate out here $150 to $175 an hour its easy to run up a significant bill, we are talking a 210 that the PO probaby hadn't done anything for a couple of years, just driving it and in city driving the ball joints wear more than highway driving. And so you have a car with no service records so you do what you "think" is needed! (using all mental what if's and actually look for something wrong, sadly I think that is something alien to many mechanics these days.
So we are talking a B service plus whatever suspension components are original what with a 16 year old car and no service records assume the worst!
Using that philosophy I would tally up a trans service $280, ($200 additional if the 210 transmission electrical interface connector plate hasn't been upgraded - don't ask me how I found that out!), tranny mounts $180, engine service (oil/+ all filters) $200, diff lube replacement $100, wheel bearings $180, ball joints $120, brake pads + flush $300-500 more if rotors need replacement. Then there's those pesky rear control arms....
oh well just my 2-cents.
DDH

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'95 E320 Wagon my favorite road car. '99 E300D wolf in sheeps body, '87 300D Sportline suspension, '79 300TD w/ 617.952 engine at 367,750 and counting!

Bought my 98 in excellent condition with 73k miles....now has 114k miles. Total maintenance costs so far about $6,300. It does add up.

I do some work myself....most done by indie who charges $105 an hour and lets me bring my own parts.

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14 E250 Bluetec 4Matic "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 154k miles
06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 172k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU
91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver, 142k mi, wastegate conversion

19 Honda CR-V EX 61k mi
Fourteen other MB's owned and sold
1961 Very Tolerant Wife

I see you have a Fuelly account for your other car - do you by chance have any idea what kind of mileage you've been getting out of the 98?

Thank you,

Dan

Yes. 26.5 mpg over the 11,320 miles I drove it...now my son is driving it. Roughly 50/50 city/highway.

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14 E250 Bluetec 4Matic "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 154k miles
06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 172k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU
91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver, 142k mi, wastegate conversion

19 Honda CR-V EX 61k mi
Fourteen other MB's owned and sold
1961 Very Tolerant Wife

Good to know - the car it will be replacing (1994 S420) averaged about 15 mpg over the 30,000 or so miles we owned it. That will be a real benefit.

Thank you!

Dan

Remember, mine's a diesel. If you get an E320, it will be a gasser and fuel economy won't be nearly as good.

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14 E250 Bluetec 4Matic "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 154k miles
06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 172k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU
91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver, 142k mi, wastegate conversion

19 Honda CR-V EX 61k mi
Fourteen other MB's owned and sold
1961 Very Tolerant Wife

the e320 can still pull about 27mpg straight highway about 21-22 city. not bad for a v6. the om606 pulls about 24 city, 32 highway. my 50/50 city mpg was about 400 miles to a tank and 26mpg. straight highway i can get 34

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Only diesels in this driveway.
2005 E320 CDI 243k Black/Black
2008 Chevy 3500HD Duramax 340k
2004 Chevy 2500HD Duramax 220k

I have an 01 e320 4matic for sale. Bought 2 1/2 years ago with 67,000 miles, now has 126,000. Great car. 5,000 OBO. 25 mpg average and maintenance has not cost much. Very well cared for.
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Check your PMs.

Thanks,

Dan