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slowmoe · #14 06-17-2004, 07:04 AM

Well, guys...

This unfortunately was the perverbial straw that broke the camels's back for me. Here is the rest of the story...

I waited for more than two weeks to get the car back from the dealership. The goods news is that they repaired both sides free of charge. The bad news is that the front of the car sat about an inch lower than the rear, there was shaking and rattleing everytime I went over a bump, and the front end felt loose. It was as if nobody bothered to take the car for a test drive after the repair.

The experience with the poor quality of this car (problems with: AC, electronic injection, SRS lights, rusted catalytic converter, bucking at highway speeds, ball joints and control arm bushings at 90K etc...) combined with the drastically inferior customer service I regularly received from both area dealerships, caused to finally sell it.

The really unfortunate news (for Mercedes) is that I replaced it with a Lexus GS300 - which I absolutely love. In addition, I will definately NOT be getting my wife the 2002 4-matic wagon that we had planned on this fall.

This is not to say that I am finished with Mercedes. I would love to have a third car as a back-up. I am currently looking for a well cared for 300TD Wagon.