I think people tend to overreact and over hype a lot of this stuff. If you don't want any problems with any car buy a new one with a warranty, when the warranty runs out dump it.

Certainly Lexus and Infiniti are far more trouble free then any European cars but come on they are a little boring.

Everyone says the W220 have tons of problems. The guy know who I bought my SD from has had an S430 since day one and never had a problem with it. Several other W220 owners I have talked to just drive them with a little thing coming up here and there.

W210's seem to be pretty problem free.

So far from what I have seen the most expensive car to own seems to be a Jag. My grandparants have had many and with every engine Jag has offered in the last 20 years. They all had never ending AC, electrical, and trans problems. XJ12, XJ6X3, and now an XJ8 across the board Jags are a pita.

Remember only the people who have problems come online and complain. I'd buy a CLK430 they look like nice cars. So what if you have to put a few grand into it, its a high end car thats life.

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