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cphilip · #1 12-21-2008, 07:54 PM

After much hunting and looking and disappointments, I stumbled across what I think (and hope) is the one.

This one is dry as a bone and probably (cannot confirm yet but inspects out as) had its head gasket done and wiring harness. The harness looks new in the places I inspected (or newish anyway) and no hint of any oil leak (or any other type of leak either) and the gasket that is showing (edges of it) are the most smooth and new looking ones on any I have looked at.

The car has always been a southern car. I am the third owner.

The first owner was in Atlanta and kept the car meticulously clean and serviced. The car has full records from that period up to 90K. All done at the Atlanta dealer. All books are with it. Including window sticker. From then it moved to Charlotte NC and also appears to have been just as meticulously maintained but no real documentation (appears was maintained by a certified Indy (some in the back of the books slips indicate this) but the its only another 50K. This dealer bought it from Carmax where it had been traded in. He decided to keep it and drive it a little while (3K or so). Then put it up for sale last week. He knowns nothing about them really. Not anything from what I can tell. His first experience with a Mercedes.

It sits at 150K miles.

Is extremely clean and everything works perfectly with exception of the power headrests. Has a factory disc changer, a phone system and all tools and first aid kit. Has all the books. Drives, shifts and runs as new. Coolant is proper type and no signs of contamination.

It does need a front windshield wiper blade...

It is Polar White with Parchment (window slip says) or Mushroom (German VIN site calls it) interior. Both give interior Code as 175 but call it different names.

So far its a real Gem. It does need a good wash but... for now...

I gave the man $3600 for it. Drove it home from Charlotte on Friday.