Wow, congratulations. My dad really wants a 95 E300 also, or he might hold of for a 98 99 E300 Diesel turbo model.

They are very nice cars. My mechanic/friend actually just picked one up from Texas I believe, its black on camel. I had the pleasure of washing and waxing it.

I would be very curious to know the MPG you get on the freeway, etc. The concern my dad has if he gets one is the power to get up these hills on the way to my house.

Anyway, regarding oil, I would post that separately because you will get 1000 of reply that you can look up in a search. It’s a very debated topic here. My friend runs 20W50 Castrol GTX oil. He lives in AZ, so I would run the same if you are in Texas. If I run Shell Rotella T in my 87 6-cyl diesel the lifters click, if I run Delo from chevron, they don’t.

Great car, what color, post some pictures when you get a chance.

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Current Stable:
1994 S500 v140, 210k miles, white with grey.

Former Mercedes in the Stable:
1983 300CD Turbo diesel 515k mi sold (rumor has it, that it has 750k miles on it now)
1984 300CD Turbo Diesel 150 k mi sold
1982 300D Turbo Diesel 225 sold
1987 300D Turbo Diesel 255k mi sold
1988 300 CE AMG Hammer 15k mi sold
1986 "300E" Amg Hammer 88k mi sold (it was really a 200, not even an E (124.020)
1992 500E 156k mi sold
etc.