I have talked to lots of current and former 1998-1999 E300 turbodiesel owners that despise their cars, me included.

Later is better for the gasoline cars, and the 2000 is more desirable than the 1999, as it has the body updates and updated harmonic balancer. (I think 2K was the year that was fixed...)

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John Shellenberg
1998 C230 "Black Betty" 240K

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