Thank you all very much,maybe a little belatedly. I did buy the EURO W124. I will head East in a few days to pick it up.Any suggestions for the 'tranny slips' issue? I hope its not a pig in a poke!!! LOL!!! I would have prefered a 5 cylinder w turbo but maybe one will come along.....How do I learn to decipher all this Mercedes code? I am very well versed in other Mfg. internal coding but this is 'foreign' to me no pun intended. Thanks I need All the help I can get.