E350 wagon with 200k miles in immaculate condition asking $5000. It would not be my daily, mostly want to use it for trips to the hardware store and taking the dog out. Buy or not?

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    1 year ago

    W211 wagon? I’m looking for the same car rn and the $5k cars seem pretty beat up, whereas the $8-$11k seem more promising but kind of a lot for a 20 year old car.

    Seems ‘06 is the most problematic year, ‘09 the best, but overall seems solid for $5k with solid maintenance records. Unfortunately most cars tend to need fairly big maintenance every 100k mi, and most of these fall out of the regular schedule as a 3rd or 4th car of elderly owners.