I have a 300CE as Jim says and I will say of my collection, it's one of the best! Very fun to drive and handles very well. I'll chime in with the others and say get a CE. I'm keeping mine for now, but I will have a 380SL and 560SEC up for sale soon. As Jim said, I have to thin the herd. Good luck and let us know what you decide on. KM

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99 ML320
94 SL600
92 SL500
95 E320 Cabriolet
87 560SEC
86 300SDL Grease Car
80 380SLC Euro

13 Fiat Abarth
02 Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa
00 BMW Z3
90 Rolls Royce Silver Spur
80 Ferrari 308 GTSI
88 Jaguar XJS12 H&E Edition
99 Land Rover Discovery

Don't have enough history on the ragtops to know what problems are common, but the cable that allows the top to lift up may either break or require replacement. The dealer wants $1000 for that task.

I had the rear headrest rams die on me once...that prevented the top to fold down. The burnt-out motor unfortunately was integrated to the hydraulic pump, a $1200 part. Dealership took a half a day to do the repair. Came to about $1900 when it was all said and done!

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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

I bought a CE for me a couple of years ago.. my wife drove it a couple of times and hijacked it.

I had to buy a beater 260e for me, since I didn't want to drive our Expedition on a daily basis.

But when momma's happy, everyone is happy.

Actually I am glad she is in the CE ... the coupe fits her personality

Few problems... a/c compressor and I just did valve stem seals... although i don't think this stopped my oil consumption issue. I figure some day i will just get the head re-done.

Someone said it earlier...great build quality, limited numbers, and marginally collectible or will be in another 10 years.

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1989 300ce 129k
( facelifted front,updated tail lights, lowered suspension,bilstein sports, lorinser front spoiler, MOMO steering wheel, remus exhaust,stainless steel brake lines). (Gone)

1997 s320 154k (what a ride). Sold with 179k miles. Replaced with Hyundai Equus

1994 e320 Cabriolet 108k



1972 280se 4.5 153k Owned for 12 yrs, sorry I sold it


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Thanks for the follow-up info, I appreciate it.

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Jonathan

2011 Mazda2
2000 E320 4Matic Wagon
1994 C280 (retired)