Originally Posted by elchivito

Resale lot nearby has a 99 E320 with 112K miles for sale. Physically very nice, and my indie, who has a shop next door, says he went thru it for the lot owner and it's in great shape mechanically and electrically with only one glitch. Something about a vacuum leak that prevents the remote trunk latch from operating. He doesn't have a smoke machine to track down the leak. He replaced the AC compressor and a couple of window motors, checked compression and serviced the car. He has no interest in it by the way.

Clueless here. Money pit? Daily driver possibilities? I'm not really nuts about the bug-eyed look, but the wife has commented on it.