My wife and I bought our '98 ML320 new in December of 1997. We have 74K miles on it and really love it. No other SUV drives as well as the ML. The fit and finish was and still is excellent. We have had usual maintence items and a few minor repairs, most of which I do myself - window switches, brake pads, water pump, front brake calipers (these probably resulted from the water pump failure) and just recently the MAF sensor. At the time I was mad that the water pump failed, but it wasn't hard to change and overall no big deal.

Pat