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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy
The model to get is the 1998-99 E300D. They come with the turbo charged and intercooled 606 and move right along. After driving one the NA 606's are let downs power wise.
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I have a 95 E300D and I admit I do have turbo envy. But the 95 W124 diesels are nice cars and go down the road just fine thank you!
No matter which car you buy, try to buy one where the glow plugs have been replaced. I just paid $$$ to have the head removed to get a glow plug unstuck. With the 210 (96-99) be sure to get the spring perches checked out.
With any of these cars records are important. An $8K car could easily need $4K in things like tires, brakes, suspension, fuel lines, glow plugs, the list goes on. Actually that's probably true with any 10 year old car....watchout for the cars with deferred maintenance.