Typical maintenance costs for E320...

[MercFan]

Hello -

My dad is eyeing a nice MB E320 in Grand Rapids, MI; it's a 2002 with less than 30,000 mi (don't know exact mileage reading). The bank owns the car - they claim it's only had one owner - according to my dad it's a very nice looking sedan. The bank wants $28,500 for the car...

Question to this forum: 1) What are the typical maintenance costs for such a vehicle? Assuming there is very little a weekend mechanic can do on a car like this, what is the owner likely to pay in maintenance per year over the next 8-10yrs and what will the typical maintenance items be?

2) Are there any well known problems he should know about for this model/year?!

Thanks in advance -
James