I appreciate everybody's input, like I said before we (the wife and I) plan to use this on the weekends as our joy ride vehicle, as for mileage and age of vehicle majority of the miles are highway, my dad bought in new in 1988 so he and my mom could visit me while I was away for my first year of college.....ever since then I always told my parents that I would buy that car from them......so about a week ago dad ordered a new cl55 and was going to trade in the venerable w124, the dealer was going to give him $840.00 for it so I topped the dealers trade in value by $2.00....and know shes all mine....oh the memories of driving that car when I was younger has come back to visit me...so know I will re-live my teenage years....but this time with money