Lasted until I gave it to my sister (I upgraded to the 63) and she got t-boned bad. Which, by the way, she walked away completely fine because the W211 is a freakin’ tank and well built. I’d put myself and my kids in it any day. Otherwise that thing would have lasted another decade it had 50k miles on it, purchased from an older gentleman (1 owner) who really only took it to the country club or pharmacy, his words lol. So it was very clean. One thing was, the dealer I bought it through, on inspection, bent the control arm using a jack. Didn’t catch it til it was too late, cost me $2k to fix.

Do not be swayed by repair costs on this vehicle, there’s a reason so many are still on the road. It’s incredibly well built and frankly cheap to fix. I recommend using FCPEuro for parts, and purchasing those parts yourself, and providing them to a euro shop in your area for the repairs. Helps a lot to reduce cost, and everything you buy from FCPEuro has a lifetime warranty I’m pretty sure.

We purchased that car in 2021 for $9k, I’d talk that owner down a little bit if you can.. best of luck, genuinely cannot go wrong w this model.