Good points, Jim no 500E not at all!
I will be driving this car to school 4 times a week and in the winter to. I'm not going to ruin it but I don't want to put something almost collectable threw that. Besides real nice 500E's seem to be in the low $20k range way above my budget. But I can still dream!
104.992 thats also a very good point I have not ruled out the E320 also, I liked your car their was some room under the hood. I know with the M119 it isn't going to be to easy to work on.
$1,500 a year is about right thats what I was expecting to pay for maintaince.
The W210's still seem pricey but the late W124's seem like a bargin.
Now I just need to decide if I really want one more then my W126, I'm not sure I have to think about it.