I bought the ‘E’ class diesel, Traveler II, last December.   It wasn’t exactly the kind of money I had in mind to spend…I would have been thrilled to own a ‘C’ class diesel…the smaller car seemed more reasonable for a single guy…but Daimler still won’t import those for some reason.   As it turns out, I really Really like the ‘E’ class after all.   It is a solid, beautiful car, very nice on my occasional passengers, has lots of extra trunk space (which is nice for people who take road trips with lots of camera equipment), and yet gets absolutely great fuel economy.   It has been an absolutely solid and reliable ride all the way.

It’s already time for Traveler IIs 20,000 mile ‘B’ service.   Since the plan is to eventually become one of those wirey old codgers with a Mercedes diesel that has half a million miles on it I feel off to a reasonably good start.