I'll third the opinion.

I bought a new CLK320 in 1998 and sold it to a friend at 50K miles, he in turn sold it to another mutual friend who has now had it for over 10 years. I ran into him the other day and the car now has 304K miles on the clock.

The engine still runs as new and has only had valve cover gaskets, plug wires belts and the recommended oils changes at 10-12K intervals. Doesn't leak, drip or burn oil. Original water pump and alternator, the A/C compressor was changed a couple of years ago. 722.6 transmission has the same fluid and filter that were installed in Germany in 1997.

We're constantly hearing about how unreliable the newer cars are or the ever popular 'they just don't build em like my old 240D..... ' stories but from where I'm sitting some of the newer cars have long-term reliability that the older cars could only dream about.

Flame suit on.

__________________
98 Dodge-Cummins pickup (137K)
13 GLK250 (157k)
06 E320CDI (341K)
16 C300 (89K)
82 300GD Gelaendewagen (54K)