A lot of electrical issues...with these cars

[yosshimura]

Just a general observation..... my 95 E320 hasn't had a major issue in the last two years I have owned it , but every few months its one little electrical thing or the other... causing to be stranded a few times....

Prior W210, had one major electrical problem.. guess the one major washes out the "little" electrical problems....

At the local MB dealer, every day........... a longggggggg line of MBs for service / repair... seems its always one little electrical issue or another... wheather its the a/c switch on a CLS, the air susp on an S, etc, etc....

So, I was thinking of trading up to a 01-02 CLK430 end of this year, so I asked my mech, and he said The newer MB's , its always something electrical...!?!?! WTF... He said on the newer ones, he sees less problems with the BMWs, but still have issues... as I have read here many times newer = more electrical stuff, etcc (but then we go back to my 95...not a lemon , by no means, but it has seen the shop more than my freind's '00 Focus or '02 Civic).... He said he hears less problems from clients who also drive Lexus / Infinity... (NO, I am not going there...)

That brought me to think, that even the VWs have electrical issues... I am always hearing freinds with different VW models and electrical issues (small, but annoying... )...

So what' s with the electricals on these German cars?

You could say, "just lease a newer one"... but you are still going to be plagued with little "bugs".... just that its hopefully covered under warranty then....

Thoughts?