Congratulations to your new ride. I am having almost the same transition from W124 to W210. After my beautiful and reliable 1989 300CE was wrecked I am now waiting for delivery of a E320. Due to budget restriction it is not a 2001 like yours but a 1996 with 130K miles.

I read that 2001-2005 models suffered some quality problems in the time of Daimler-Chrysler merge, hope that your car is not affected.

I paid 6,950.- for mine, If yours is under 10K it is a good deal.

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1996 E320 since 1/16/08, 171K miles as of Feb 2011

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1989 300CE - R.I.P. Dec 29 2007
Other MBs (sold): 1992 300E-24 - 1979 350SLC - 1984 230E - 1990 300CE