We bought a 99 ML430 last fall from the original owner with 86,000 miles. Beautiful truck, and well cared for. I thought we got a great deal on it when we paid $7500, I later found out, maybe not. Zero Problems when we bought it, upon the weather turning colder, the rear springs started to squeak like crazy, then we realized it also needed front brakes and the tranny had never been serviced.
I got a different job this spring that forced me to commute over an hour each way, we tried to sell the ML for a month with nary a phone call on it. Finally ended up trading it for a little rice burner at a dealership. When I went there for the 30 day routine checkup on my new car, it was still sitting on their lot. It's been 4 months now and it just recently vanished from their lot.
Not sure if they finally sold it or it went to auction. Too bad it was in excellent condition, we would have kept it if it wasn't for my job change.

There are a couple ML320's in my area now for less than $4000, with 120k or thereabouts. I'm thinking they should be able to be bought in the $3200-3500 range. A Jeep Grand Cherokee holds it's value better, people just afraid of high repair bills on a Mercedes I guess.


2013 VW Jetta TDi
1998 Dodge Ram/Cummins
1987 300SDL (broke down)
1987 300D-T (wife's daily driver)
1993 Mustang 5.0 Convertible (our only gas powered vehicle, just for fun & now sold)