Congrats on the new ride! I love the yellow but would take too much heat from work over it, so I'm looking for a LB blue or silver.
I gotta know - how did you find it, purchase, get comfortable that it was a clean car? I've been looking for 02-03s for several months now and EVERY ONE has had weird things wrong indicating a wreck or fender bender. Heck, just today I made the 90 minute drive to West Palm to check out an 02 silver at a Mercedes dealership (which makes sense as a trade in...), and the parking break didn't work, the trunk didn't close (both under warranty), the paint was absolutely PERFECT on the nose for a 22k mile car, and there were cracks in the spoiler at each "end". I'm starting to get really irritated!!! I just want a clean, normal, 02 or 03 -- is that too much to ask for a 3 year old car???? I'm pretty darn close to sucking it up and just buying a new one and taking a 20k hit.
Please - let me know how you got your ride! Seriously though, congratulations again on your win. I'm soooo jealous!
Andrew