Yes or No: 250.000 miles E Class

[conqueror]

Greets,
I am all new here, writing you and inquiriring about this: I am scheduled to buy an E Class... 2002 year (but new model of 2003 type), but, there's a big but. The car's almost 250.000 miles now...

From you experience/your friends experience, is it worth buying a 250.000 miles E Class?

I want to have the car for another 100.000 miles or so... And I have no idea whether this E with 250k miles will go for it?

Generally speaking, how many miles have you got with your E?

Qs:
1. Is this 250.000 miles E Class worth buying considering I intend to keep it for another 100.000 miles?
2. Is a 2003 E Class reasonably able to go for 350.000 miles?
3. Would you buy it if you were me?

Thanks a lot,
Cheers

[seafishy]

Did anyone answer your question...I'm new here and no expert. I just don't see any replies and it looks like you posted in Feb 06 Correct?
I'm just curious how a 2001 or 2002 has 250,000 miles. Thats come to approximately 62K miles in a year which equals 10 Round trips from East Coast to West Coast....I not trying to be funny....did you mean 25K maybe?

[conqueror]

Hi, thanks for your inquiry. That car was a taxi. So that's why it had 250k miles... it was a good car though, and I should have bought it...

[seafishy]

Hi,

Be thankful you did not buy. There are other MB's out there. On average an auto is driven an estimated 20K miles yearly.

[benztech82]

you should be glad that you didn't buy the car. the early 211 chassis cars are notorious for braking problems with the sensotronic braking system.......
....especially taxi's.

[GloriaJeans]

There is no way an E-Class would last without MAJOR repairs until 350,000 miles...