Ok.
gilly, I clean 'em, never had a recourance.
Lexus? Bah, overpriced junk. Front drive (ES300), pictures of wood, poor quality hides/treatment, sorry excuses for insturment clusters, history of gummed up oil eating v-6's, Trannys that slam reverse, too many motor mounts and a history of breaking them and so on. Not to mention higher costs of regular maintence. (based on the volume of consumables)
C220 or C230? Great little cars, kinda like the 240d of old. The things just go and go and go. I've got several customer with over 200k on 111's that run perfect. Little annoyances such as a/c compressors that click, belt tensioners that rattle and the worlds second noisest air pump. (the late model 112 being the loudest)
The dealer wont let you take it off the lot for a PPI? Ok, fine..... time to locate another car. Someone is hiding something. (probaly pours oils from the head which really is not that big a deal) On a personal note, I think there is enough gold paint in the world anyway
, I like the c's in black or white sport trim.
As far as reliability goes, finding something that is tougher than a c is kinda tough.
Joe