Larry,

I agree with you if I said "ANY MB ever made". I was saying many MBs.

Looking at the size of the differential on the CV, I can hardly image it can fail or whine like many of the smaller units on the MB 201 and 124 cars.

One of my colleagues also bought one of these police retired CV. He bought it when it had about 99kmi on it three years ago. Now it has 130kmi. The power train is still original and never been opened for repair. I drove the car before and the power train is massive and excellent (so much torque at low rpm). Handling is a different matter and fuel cost is another compared to diesels MBs. Quite a few MBs need valve jobs, head gaskets, etc. before 130kmi.