I have a '91 300E right now. The car is mostly dealer serviced, but the car is about to turn 300,000 and I've into some major repair bills. I'm not going to put the money into it so I've decided to buy another W124 and park this one off.

I've found a 400E w/ under 200Km but I'm not feelin like buyin a V8 w/ gas prices now days. So its come down to a '93 300E and a '92 300E. I looked at a couple '94 E320's and several 300E's and its come down to this.

The '93 has 240,000km on the clock and a fabric interior (which really sucks), but it runs perfectly. The car is silver and the guy is willing to give it to me cheap. The only thing not working in the car at the time was one of the positions on the drivers power seat. I also noticed that the wiper blade starts on the passenger side and sweeps counter to every other left hand drive uni-blade Benz I've ever seen. It had a flat so I couldn't drive it, but I'm takin it to get checked out by Benz tomorrow.

The '92 is Maroon, has 185,000km and has a leather interior but when I checked out the car the HVAC wasn't working, the engine mounts needed replacing (it shivered at idle), and it was owned by a smoker (faint smell inside). The dealer said he'd fix the HVAC (apparently it just needs a new fuse). The exterior paint was in mint condition for the age and he claims its original. The car drove very nicely. Engine was smooth and the tranny shifts were the way they should be.

My pops came along with me when I to look at the cars and I prefered the '93 because it seemed like it was better maintained car. Also it has the M104 motor which I believe was a better motor. My pops didn't like the '93 because he thinks the milage is too high and doesn't like the cloth interior. He'd rather see my buy the '92.

Any advice?

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Prash