The_Bandit

Hey All,

New to the Forum, but hoping someone can help. I'm currently driving a 1998 Mercedes E320 with 260,000 miles (Not a Typo), and the car is on its last legs. I love it. I'm looking to upgrade to a slightly newer model year, and have roughly 5000-6000 to spend. I've currently been looking in the 2002-2009 model year range, would like to get a sedan, but don't care about class (C class works too). Being younger, I don't have a lot of money to throw at a large repair bill. I was wondering if someone had a list of models/years to avoid in that range in order to help reduce the chances of a major malfunction. An example would be that I've read the 06-07 M272 engines have issues. I've worked on a lot of cars, and could definitely do smaller jobs, but couldn't fix anything large, much less afford to. Hopefully someone here with some knowledge/expertise could chime in with a list of what to avoid, or what cars were fantastic in that range. Thank you!

speedlimit

Hello!

Welcome to MBWorld!

Thank you for the introduction!
A good source for model history is to visit a few of the specific forums for models you are considering. You should receive very good feedback from current owners. Good luck!

Bob

hyperion667

Hey there Bandit, with that list of needs a Honda may be a better choice. Older MB's can go wrong in many ways as you may know, and cost a lot to repair. Keep working hard and save up and try to get something newer, CPO or even with a warranty. Just my advice GL to ya!

The_Bandit

Thanks for the response. Most of the cars I'm looking at in that price range are higher mileage cars, so I figured the chance of something breaking down was unfortunately higher regardless of make. I was just going off of what I know and own, which is Mercedes makes some great cars. I figure if something big breaks, then the car won't matter as I still probably wouldn't be able to fix it. Thanks!