I was in Stuttgart yesterday. The taxi drivers both had the new E-class. Both had between 50 and 60k km. on the clock. Both had had a long series of electical and electronic problems, each having a particular one that I did not understand (my German is not great) that was not solved for two months. "MB did not have a solution." Both are fairly happy now. Both said that you should never buy an MB in its first year. At work, a colleague with a new E320 also had a series of electrical problems, but is now happy. He was one of two colleagues who said "Don't buy a new model in the first year."

At least the taxi drivers did not block the MB factory gates, which the did for the last two E-Class models. On the earlier one, the main problem was apparently doors that would not close.

Momo

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1990 500SL 65k km - until May 11 2004
2004 E320 4-Matic wagon
2004 CLK500 Cabrio from May 11 2004