Yes, you all are right..... Thank you for the responses. Truely....

I have had too many MB's over the years and they all have their problems. Although I think, once armed with the factory shop manual and advice from the shop forum, they are the best value out there.

I was part of the development of the sky roof made by Webasto. I also participated in the vehicle test evaluation at the proving grounds of the initial ML series. While I think the idea of the roof is good (like so many ideas that MB has), knowing that MB stopped offering it, tells me to stay away.

I also think the first initial models of MB are always WAAAY too over done, it usually takes them the next model update (~3 years) to get it better. Hence the 01-02 models.

Anyways, what I really want is a non 4-Matic clean E320 Wagon. They are either too worn out, or too expensive.

As it stands right now, I made an offer to the guy in Dallas. The car drives flawless, the 722.6 shifts perfectly and no drive train (knuckle) noise when put in low range. All local repair records and is not tampered with.
I offered him 11.5 out the door tonight. That is about 10.8 + TTL. I will let you guys know. His price dropped to 12.3 OTD. We'll see.
If I get it, I be part of this section too.

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Mino Erhan Dallas, TX
'97 SL500 40th A.E.
'97 S320
'01 ML320
'85 Peugeot 505 SW
'07 BMW R1200RT
'74 Suzuki GT750