I've gone and done it now. After my experience with the '90 300 SEL, I just bought a '98 C230 which my wife will mostly drive. 66k miles and appears to be in excellent shape. I have to get a replacement key (already know the drill on smartkey thanks to this forum), owner's manual, and floor mats.

I've scoured the board to read up on this model. Any advice as far as things to check that are particular to this model (flex coupler wear, engine wiring harness, shifter bushings for examples), ? How about particularly handy after market doo-dads?