W140s are worth nutthin' these days. My brother finally sold his last week, after having it on the market for several months. A 1997 S320, quite clean, about 60K miles, came off Starmark 6 months ago so everything works. He got $16K after waiting and turning down several lower offers.

At that price I wouldn't be considering any earlier cars. And it looks like a viable alternative to spending $30K on a new ES300/G35/C230 etc. Half price for the purchase, the other half a fund for the inevitable maintenace & repairs.

- JimY