You have to see the car, or at least see meaningful, clear photos.

By meaninful I mean either taken with a decent digital camera and sent to you in high-res, or at minimum taken with one of the newer smartphones set to high res.

At that price, I would be hoping for:

- service records for at least half the car's life, to support the mileage claim, as CarFax won't usually be very helpful on a car of that age
- a completely clean and solid floor
- suspension parts not showing much surface corrosion
- completely clean jack points
- no dash cracks (and no dash cover over a cracked dash)
- cruise and climate control fully functional
- wood veneers to be above average (minimal cracking or fading)
- driver's seat to be feel good, not worn out (unless current or previous owner was a heavy guy)

To support the claimed mileage (if records are incomplete):

- fittings, screw heads, etc under hood not more than tarnished (not rusty or heavily oxidized)
- windshield not 'sandblasted' from debris
- trim around door openings still intact, not worn out or missing
- windshield and rear window rubber seals not cracked or broken
- no corrosion behind rubber seals on underside of doors
- minimal if any blowby
- starts eagerly from cold and idles nice
- and of course, must drive like a new car. Until I bought my 98k-mile 300d I didn't know what that meant. A Mercedes with an actual odometer reading in the 100-k neighbourhood should fee like a new car, assuming it's been properly kept.

Others will no doubt think of stuff I've forgotten.

Good luck with it. I like the colour combo.

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Mac
2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

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