People,

I was thinking this over at breakfast this morning...wondering if there is another Mercedes in my future, what I want it to be.

400E/E420...fast, but big V8 in W124 body may lose some serious serviceability points.

C280...ok. 94 and 95 had some problems with wiring harness, but I think a 1996 C280 would be a nice well-rounded little car. 194 horsepower, a little over 3000 pounds, small size for carving through slow-movers on the freeway...yeah.

Of course, this would be in about 5 years or so, since my ol' Volvo turbo does just fine right now, and being in college, the last expense I could assume would be a C280 payment.

What does everyone else visualize for themselves (and I mean realistically...a 6-speed manual, twin-turbo 500E isn't going to be realistic for EVERYONE )?

-Sam