1993 300CE Cabriolet - 89k - just paid $16500 - almost perfect,, 1 owner FL car,,, can find nothing wrong with it (early days though!).

1989 260E - paid $11,000 9 years ago with 88k. Now at 198k. Needed nothing but 3 sets of pads, 1 set rotors, fluid changes and motor mounts in the last 110k ,, you couldn't run a Camry for so little!

Worst day of my life was in December 1995, when I stood dumbly by and watched someone buy a mint-looking black 600 Grosser at a local Antique & Estate Auction in the middle of B-F-N Indiana - I didn't know much about Mercedes back then (still don't). I still have nightmares about how little that car went for.