Originally Posted by buckwheat

I remember many posts along these lines for 140s. Now that 220s are coming off lease repo or warranty, I would expect these types of complaints to increase.

In fact, they may even surpass the great 140 pandemonium of the late 90s. The 220 is a thinner, cheaper, and much less robust car than the 140. However they both share inferior European plastics and cheap 3rd party Chinese electronics.

Every get rich quick little 1 man dealer in the country with gold chains and Rolex watches will be buying them at auction for pennies on the dollar. Aftermarket warranty companies come and go in the night, and often give new uneducated Mercedes owner a sense of complacency. We often hear the results on this forum. I would think only airplanes offer a more punitive outcome to ignorant unprepared owners.

It may take a year or two before it all flushes out. After that 220's will be a great deal having filtered out the riff-raff. And this poor fellow won’t be the last “220 Sux” post we see.

I cringe at every one