My wife just bought a 2002 Mercury Mountaineer brand new; gotta love the 0% financing with no money down

Whilst shopping, I spotted a 2001 ML320 at the local MBZ dealer lot. It was open, so I sat in it. Very comparable to our Mountaineer in size... so my question is, what is the best value year for the ML, where they worked the bugs out, yet not too expensive?

Any thoughts appreciated, thanks, Bob

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Bob Roe
Lehigh Valley PA USA
1973 Olds 88, 1972 MB 280SE, 1978 Datsun 280Z, 1971 Ford T-Bird, 1972 Olds 88, 1983 Nissan Sentra, 1985 Sentra, 1973 230.6, 1990 Acura Integra, 1991 Volvo 940GLE wagon, 1983 300SD, 1984 300SD, 1995 Subaru Legacy L wagon, 2002 Mountaineer, 1991 300TE wagon, 2008 Murano, 2007 R320CDI 4Matic 52K, some Hyundai, 2008 BMW 535xi wagon, all gone... currently
2007 Honda Odyssey Touring, 2014 E350 4matic