You are correct, Craig. I don't know of any reason not to get a 420, other than it has less power than the 500 or 560, and uses almost as much fuel.
The first years of the ML - up to 2001 - had a braking only traction control system, the 2002 and after had a more sophisticated system. I had a 2001, that the previous owner had sorted all the early issues out of, and had no issues with it (other than a CEL light that was the result of loose vacuum line). We've had a recent discussion on the difficulty of finding new parts for some of the older MBs (123), and there have been suggestions that we might not want older cars anymore, to buy ten years old or newer. All cars are disposable now. Just for grins, go drive a 2012 or newer Passat . . . . On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 7:37 PM, Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I thought it was the 380s with the single-row timing chain that had the > issues. > > Is that not correct? > > > Craig > > -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
