Went and checked on it a little while ago, and the car started right up.
Not a drop of anything on the ground either. Norm is the only other diesel I've had that didn't mark his territory.
As for my shopping habits, I look on craigslist almost daily and get leads. I look at plenty of dogs, like this one:
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=246624
and this one: (though its borderline, I really liked it)
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=244722
This wagon was on craigslist, but I missed because the seller chose to abbreviate Mercedes into MERZ, so it didn't pop up when I would search "mercedes"