Find out whether the car has spent most or all of its life there in the valley. No exposure to winter salted roads is a plus (significant rust is a deal-killer). As others have written, service records are extremely important or you have to assume that too much remains to repair or replace, like that driver's seat cover.

Jeremy

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"Buster" in the '95

Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762
"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970