Thank you, Peter, I have been promising myself one for a while now, was going to spend some money on my w124 e class [ sorry if that's a swear word on here] but so glad I never did. This car is Class, looking forward to some nice run outs in the summer. 1st thing on to do list, a full service, a couple of tyres up front as the ones on it now are quiet low on the tread, although even wear, what fantastic value this model is now, I just hope there are no nasty's around the corner, can you tell me what some of more common problems are? gear box is fine no surging, no warning lights on dash, all electrics work and no sign of water damage in boot, so hopefully I have bought a good one, it has full history so fingers crossed, kind regards Tony