427, I'll generally agree with what's been posted here. I'd be concerned about buying any hi-line car without a warranty. We bought an '02 wagon with about 6 wks warranty remaining. I am very thankful it was there - - we would have spent about $5k without it.

You should be able to find a very nice car in the high $$teens. Problem is, virtually all will be beyond the 4yr warranty. I think there were W210 wagons sold as 2003MY cars.

Try to review the warranty claims history from MBz before you say "I do". I would never look at one of these cars without it (unless purchasing from an acquaintance).


Good luck, they're fantastic cars when you get a good one. We've done ~40k miles in 1.5 yrs on ours.

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