Thanks for the support!

When I bought the car in 2010, it was because we had been planning for her arrival in 2011... I was not in a hurry to get it ready, and it really was a backburned project, as I felt I had time.
It had 88,600 miles on it the day I picked it up and we put 1,300 miles on it in the 3 months before I put it in the garage. Most of that was done by my girlfriend running back and forth between home, here is Orange County, and hospital in Los Angeles. Her father had a heart op up there and she ran back and forth with her mother every day for about 10 days until he was home. The Mercedes provided smooth and economical transportation for her during that time. and never gave a hint of issues. I kept a close eye on the performance and economy, and in the LA traffic they used the carpool lots. My calculations told me it was averaging 25mpg+. Far better than her driving her Range Rover at 14mpg!
For me, it was the perfect shakedown test, and allowed me to just work thru the issues of doing a full workup, and all the fluids and filters.

My daughter's decision was not unexpected, and the reality is the Mercedes was just part of the carrot we put out for her. She liked it but said she really wanted a Jeep...

When we looked at our options, the choice was between the 2.6 and my 190D... The 2.6 was all dialed in and ready to go... the 190D... not so much!
The 190D is just a DD... and it lives outside... the thought of putting the 2.6 outside and using it as a DD just felt wrong.

Whoever owns it next will have a really nice base to build on... I would like to have put bigger wheels, lower it a little, and put a darker tint on the windows... but thats just me!
At least I can focus on the Airstream and fixing things on the 190D then!

Yesterday, I washed it down to get the dust off, and gave the interior a quick vacuum, and plan to take some pics...

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2009 Mercedes ML320 Bluetec