I have a few of the older mercedes benz none newer than 95 diesels, gas 6, 8, 5 cylinder my friend who owns a repair shop often teases me about the age of my cars , I had an 88 300se on the hoist for an inspection which are quite vigorous here in Nova Scotia all it required was a single light bulb , on the hoist next to my car was a 2004 320clk which was getting about 4000.00 in repairs. these cars will give you plenty of years of service simple to work on the hardest part is finding somewhere to get them worked on that know about the cars and also know you are not a milloinare because it is a MB. Honestly they are the best cars MB made and anyone whos know cars will tell you the same.