My friend and I came across a 1984 230E at an auction. The car has rear seat head rests on it (rare... only the flagship W126 500SEL had it that year in the USA as far as I know). Anyway, here's the killer: the car has 49K miles. I took the VIN, got the vehicle history report and indeed, it seems valid. Here's the mileage history:

Date: Mileage:
04/27/1985 97
03/11/1987 6,842
12/13/1989 27,000
05/06/1998 49,394

The interior is all messed up with lots of dirt. It has an automatic transmission. The engine is even worse, all covered up with grease, oil and everything else you can imagine. All this on a car with just 49K miles? Engine was obviously a four cylinder engine. It also has some rust on it.

The questions: (1) Was this car ever sold in the US? (2) Does anyone know how much power the engine has? (3) Could the mileage be real, and if so, how can a car with such low miles be in such condition? Hmm....! I'd like to see what people have to say on this one! Maybe someone here would want to buy it or something.

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1999 Mercedes-Benz S600, 103K miles - garage queen
1988 Mercedes-Benz 560SEL, 89K miles - daily driver
2007 Hyundai Sonata Limited, 31K - daily driver