[busters the boy!]

Hi everybody

I've been looking for an affordable estate to take my dog out in; he is ruining my saloon with his hair, smells and worst of all I have to drive round with no back seat to fit his cage in! [:(!]

There is a 300TE 4-matic for sale. The seller says the car looks and drives fine but he is sick of spending money on it. It's had all the brake pipes replaced (!), the ABS has an untraceable fault etc. etc.

Am i right in thinking that it's unusual for brake pipes to rot like that? I'm wondering if the car has been driven in, or fallen into, salt water at some time. There is also rust on one wing (fender).

Sorry for rambling on but what do you guys think? Don't touch with a barge pole or proceed with caution? I know nothing about 4-matics either [V]

PS He has had the car for a year and a half and has spent £1000 on it (that doesn't seem a huge amount for an old car to me, is it?)