You've heard the stories. Multi-thousand-dollar parts, along with multi-thousand-dollar labor bills. Problems on a Mercedes can spring up out of seemingly nowhere, and a car that looks nice and doesn't have many miles can still be full of costly problems.

Let Steve teach you the right way to buy a used Mercedes.

Steve Sorensen, a Mercedes service center owner, describes the surprising rules of buying a worry-free used Mercedes. Newer models aren't always better, powertrains aren't the most expensive thing to fix, and higher-end models aren't more troublesome.

There are good and bad used Mercedes cars on the market right now.

If you buy the right used Mercedes, you'll be enjoying one of the world's finest cars, impressing both yourself and your friends with your taste and your buying acumen. But if you buy the wrong used Mercedes, you'll be driving rental cars and struggling to pay big repair bills.

Which is which?

How to Buy a Used Mercedes tells you exactly how to separate the good from the bad. Let someone else buy the bad Mercedes. How to Buy a Used Mercedes will teach you exactly how to choose a great Mercedes.