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04blackMAX
12-18-2003, 06:47 PM
iam lookin for a 2000-2002 ml320. if anyone knows of any please lemme know, ive looked on canada trader and have a lead on a silver one , but id like black or white......around 35-37k

thanks for your help

C4S
12-18-2003, 06:51 PM
Y2K and up ML are slighter better car .... and they are in good prices now, should be tons of them around ! try check @ different dealerships ! :)

04blackMAX
12-18-2003, 06:53 PM
id prefer to buy privately....save the tax

/////AMG
12-18-2003, 06:57 PM
You can try to locate used ML's through the dealerships.

http://ccv5.mercedes-benz.ca/index.cfm?ID=3043

EDIT: Just saw your tax post.

shadowz
12-18-2003, 06:59 PM
There is one I saw at Charlesglen silver 29

04blackMAX
12-18-2003, 07:01 PM
wheres that nick?

girlRACER
12-18-2003, 07:15 PM
Have you looked at 97/98 ML's. They're really cheap. My brother picked one up for $27k.

CRXguy
12-18-2003, 07:21 PM
Charlesglen is the Toyota dealership in Crowfoot.

/////AMG
12-18-2003, 07:35 PM
Originally posted by girlRACER
Have you looked at 97/98 ML's. They're really cheap. My brother picked one up for $27k.


Weren't they like not that great? Since it was the first year of production. I heard they improved dramatically starting 2000+

04blackMAX
12-18-2003, 07:55 PM
i heard the ML are crap.....they are lemons so iam told, anyone else think they are..i mean people who know MB

Fluidic
12-18-2003, 08:07 PM
My father has a 1998 ML320. It's ok, but the newer models are totally nicer -- better built. At the end of the day, they're built in Alabama I believe... so not totally German -- possibly poor workmanship.

04blackMAX
12-18-2003, 08:13 PM
iam lookin at a 2000,2001,2002........anyone know anyone who had a lemon?

tegdream
12-18-2003, 08:14 PM
keep the max! well, unless ur keeping it anyways!

04blackMAX
12-18-2003, 08:15 PM
yeah iam keeping the max, unless we decide on going for an 04 ML

Weapon_R
12-18-2003, 08:24 PM
Get today's car trader - I remember we found one for 29k, it was a 1999, and that was very reasonable imo.

girlRACER
12-18-2003, 10:51 PM
Originally posted by 04blackMAX
yeah iam keeping the max, unless we decide on going for an 04 ML

But isn't there a new revamped ML coming out? You might want to look at the new Mercedes GST that's coming out. It's an SUV. I think its supposed to compete with the Infiniti FX.

ACS-e36
12-18-2003, 10:53 PM
2000+ has tons of changes and looks better:thumbsup:

04blackMAX
12-18-2003, 11:08 PM
Originally posted by girlRACER


But isn't there a new revamped ML coming out? You might want to look at the new Mercedes GST that's coming out. It's an SUV. I think its supposed to compete with the Infiniti FX.

well i unfortunatly i dont have a money tree in my back yard.....like some of you...iam looking USED.....cheap under 40k.....i like the 2000, anyone know anyting about the huge sunroof it comes with???

girlRACER
12-18-2003, 11:11 PM
Originally posted by 04blackMAX


well i unfortunatly i dont have a money tree in my back yard.....like some of you...iam looking USED.....cheap under 40k.....i like the 2000, anyone know anyting about the huge sunroof it comes with???

:rolleyes: Moneytree? You have a Maxima and didn't you get your wife a Solara? And now you're getting an ML! That is :bigpimp:

Have you ever thought of getting a used RX300? I wonder how much those are. But ML's are awesome cars to drive in the winter.

04blackMAX
12-18-2003, 11:13 PM
nahhh, no solara, we just have the maxima, i dont like the rx300, i like the rx330 but dont really wanna spend 55k on a car..iam cheap trash!!

Hakkola
12-19-2003, 03:42 AM
Jacki the 04 ML is already out if that's what you mean by revamped, the base is now the ML350 and I've seen a couple around town, and the 350 engine is pretty sweet.

My mom test drove a ML320 in 2002, said it felt like a tractor, didn't like it at all. :dunno:

G
12-19-2003, 10:05 AM
Originally posted by girlRACER


:rolleyes: Moneytree? You have a Maxima and didn't you get your wife a Solara? And now you're getting an ML! That is :bigpimp:

Have you ever thought of getting a used RX300? I wonder how much those are. But ML's are awesome cars to drive in the winter.

The RX300 is a woman's SUV, gutless and ugly. I say that even though my parent's have one.

C4S
12-19-2003, 10:44 AM
Originally posted by G

The RX300 is a woman's SUV, gutless and ugly. I say that even though my parent's have one.

:thumbsup: not only that . even my mom refused to buy it :D .. no matter how hard I tried to persude her to buy one ... :dunno: :rofl: :rofl:

girlRACER
12-19-2003, 01:46 PM
Is the RX300 really gutless? :( I've never driven it before. Just thought it looked nice. Have you ever considered an Infiniti QX4? Those are cheap used.

Anyways...I found these ML's:

$35,200 http://www.buysell.com/showad.asp?id=24835515

$28498 http://www.buysell.com/showad.asp?id=25455066

C4S
12-19-2003, 01:59 PM
Actually .. if looking for a 2000/2001 ML320 ..

I will suggest 99/2000 ML 430 ... quciker, and nicer !

mischief
12-19-2003, 03:01 PM
I have a 1999 ML 320 as a daily driver. Its pretty good. I've driven an X5 and a RX 300, as like the ML the best.

If your looking for a used one, I'd get a 2000 or newer one. There were many improvments in 2000. If you can afford it, get a 2002+ cuz there were even more improvements.

The new ML should be out at the end of of 2004 as a 2005 model. Expect something similar to the Porsche Cayenne.

Get an extended warrenty. Its well worth it.

I wouldn't get an ML 430 cuz the balance is screwed up. Cuz of that, the handling is much worse than the 320. However they fixed it in the new ML 500.

Mikko
12-21-2003, 08:04 AM
Are not ML's SUV's and not cars?

Hahaha, felt like a tractor. Well duh, very tall and 2200kg curb weight (possibly - twice that of some other cars, that is a lot of weight to carry around).

I hope no one seriously considers buying this thinking it is good for slippery surfaces now in the winter, because it is far inferior to cars.

rogue
12-21-2003, 11:17 AM
shake your damn money tree and get a range rover you damn cheapskate..... well i am glad you are finally using your head and getting a benz just talk to AJ he knows more about cars then anyone and everyone put together (its true he is freakish) NEVER seen him wrong about anything car related (but dont ask him to test drive something, as he is a shitty driver) go figure :rolleyes: .

04blackMAX
12-21-2003, 02:40 PM
i dont have a mney tree if u know where i can get one lemme know, I found an ML last night, iam gonna see about getting it monday morn....we decided on a 2002, fully loaded with nav
thanks for all your help
http://media.canadatrader.com/companies/75/items/normal/6uec3pvms11063839247203.jpg

/////AMG
12-21-2003, 02:54 PM
:eek: Man, thats aweesoem with nav, it looks so nice aswell.'

Good luck on it!

kaput
12-21-2003, 03:12 PM
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Hakkola
12-21-2003, 03:47 PM
Anybody know why they would change the engine from 320 to 350 in the last year of this gen ML???

04blackMAX
12-21-2003, 07:11 PM
there asking 44,000 ive got them down to 41,000...gonna try for 40,000...ive put a deposit on it already, but just 100 to hold it till after the holidays...so will see

mischief
12-21-2003, 09:33 PM
Originally posted by Hakkola
Anybody know why they would change the engine from 320 to 350 in the last year of this gen ML???

The new ML will not come out till 2006. Its release has been posponed.

The main reason for the 3.7L engine is because the old 3.2L is underpowered compared to other SUV's in its class (i.e. MDX has 260 hp).

/////AMG
12-21-2003, 09:43 PM
Here are some pictures of the future ML.

IMO it has a very agressive look:thumbsup:

/////AMG
12-21-2003, 09:44 PM
Rear

04blackMAX
12-21-2003, 09:45 PM
over sized station wagon

/////AMG
12-21-2003, 09:47 PM
Or it could look this this... :dunno:




More pics here:

http://d1auto.3x.ro/news/1892.htm

ACS-e36
12-21-2003, 10:06 PM
have you looked into an X3?

04blackMAX
12-21-2003, 10:18 PM
i wanna buy used not new....and she is inlove with the ml

silverEL
12-21-2003, 10:23 PM
Good luck

04blackMAX
12-21-2003, 10:32 PM
good luck with what....the lottery?.....

euro_racer
12-21-2003, 11:02 PM
damn that thing is nice it looks so agressive

xkon
12-21-2003, 11:38 PM
Originally posted by Porsche_944
Rear


http://forums.beyond.ca/attachment.php?s=&postid=426982
can you say pacifica?? :drama:

/////AMG
12-22-2003, 01:07 AM
THAT WHAT IT IS!!

I couldn't figure out what it reminded me off. I'm gonna double check that tom

C4S
12-22-2003, 01:57 AM
$ 40 k for a 02 ML ? that is good deal .. like $ 20K cheaper then new one already ! good job ! :D

M-Benz now offer good discount yeah ! :D

G
12-22-2003, 10:19 AM
Originally posted by C4S
$ 40 k for a 02 ML ? that is good deal .. like $ 20K cheaper then new one already ! good job ! :D

M-Benz now offer good discount yeah ! :D

The resale on the MLs are horrendous

04blackMAX
12-22-2003, 12:35 PM
no actually its not that bad at all.....most are asking between 45-48 for 02 Ml's depending on the NAV option...i know the salesperson at the dealership, thats why i talked him down so low!!

girlRACER
12-22-2003, 01:34 PM
Originally posted by 04blackMAX
no actually its not that bad at all.....most are asking between 45-48 for 02 Ml's depending on the NAV option...i know the salesperson at the dealership, thats why i talked him down so low!!

:werd: That is a good deal on an ML. My mom bought a loaded '00 ML 320 a couple of months ago and she paid exactly $40k for it. The one you're getting is 2 years newer!

04blackMAX
12-22-2003, 08:01 PM
well i bought it today, get it on friday........paid 41,000, got a power polish, included....think i did ok
http://www.autonet.ca/images/usedcars/photo/11651_l.jpg
http://www.autonet.ca/images/usedcars/photo/11648_l.jpg
http://www.autonet.ca/images/usedcars/348112.jpg
http://www.autonet.ca/images/usedcars/photo/11649_l.jpg
http://www.autonet.ca/images/usedcars/photo/11650_l.jpg

/////AMG
12-22-2003, 08:13 PM
Congrats on the purchase, you gonna put huge rims on it like you are going to with you maxima? :bigpimp: :bigpimp:


Damn never realized there is like no leg room space.

04blackMAX
12-22-2003, 08:20 PM
i think iam gonna get rid of the maxima, get sumthing new for me, and as far as leg room, there is lots the seats are moved forward

ohhh it has no HID's anyone know where i can get some that will fit in this car??

/////AMG
12-22-2003, 09:13 PM
NO! Don't get rid of yout drug dealing car. I wanted to see how it would look like lowered, tinted and those 21" rims on or 20", whatever they were.

04blackMAX
12-22-2003, 09:17 PM
no rims , or any mods to the maxima.....iam done with that stuff.....i was addiceted for so long, iam like 5 months clean...gonna keep it that way

/////AMG
12-22-2003, 09:19 PM
You'll save shit load of money then, if you dont plan on modding.:thumbsup:

04blackMAX
12-22-2003, 09:27 PM
yeah and will have no problem flipping my cars when i want......to hard to sell a highly modded car!!

ZorroAMG
12-27-2003, 05:11 AM
04, as far as the ML being a lemon, you were smart to buy an 02 as 98 and 99 were FULL of issues...

With regard to if it is a good vehicle compared to other MB's...no, not at all. It is built in Alabama and does not have the quality or feel of any of the German built MB's...regardless it is still a nice 4x4 and you will be happy with it...congrats and enjoy!

benyl
12-27-2003, 10:35 AM
Nice buy. Hate to say it, but the ML always reminds me of a minivan. As far as HID goes, it will cost you a lot of cash.

You will probably have to get new light housings, and you will have to load sensors in the rear. That is the only way to be legal. Probably cost around $1500. Just sticking HID bulbs and ballasts won't work as the halogen projector is different than the HID one. If you do that, you will blind on coming traffic.

Zorro is right, the ML is responsible for bringing MB quality rating down below the minimum.

max_boost
12-27-2003, 04:52 PM
Originally posted by 04blackMAX
i think iam gonna get rid of the maxima, get sumthing new for me, and as far as leg room, there is lots the seats are moved forward

ohhh it has no HID's anyone know where i can get some that will fit in this car??

You should look on some MB boards, there might be guys willing to sell their headlamps for trade+cash.

Congrats on the purchase man!! You are moving upscale very fast from your Civic days haha :bigpimp:

Originally posted by 04blackMAX
no rims , or any mods to the maxima.....iam done with that stuff.....i was addiceted for so long, iam like 5 months clean...gonna keep it that way

I'm 9 months clean but not a single day goes by without me wanting to stop by a local shop to pick up some mods

:D :rofl:

I think I've come to realize that I can not keep a car longer than 2 years so I'll probably get something new next summer anyway:rofl: :thumbsup:

rogue
12-27-2003, 07:16 PM
hehe benz = :bigpimp: cant wait to see it. And you know you are gonna do SOMETHING to it stock = :banghead:

silverEL
12-27-2003, 08:23 PM
Originally posted by 04blackMAX
good luck with what....the lottery?.....
i was wishing you luck with the purchase....

04blackMAX
12-31-2003, 12:01 AM
where are the fourms hahaha, no clue man..whats site?