While I am aware of the air suspension issues, which seem to be common in most contemporary air-ride cars (Jags, etc.), are the w220's THAT bad? I'm looking at either an S500 or S430, while leaning towards the 500 since it gives more power for similar fuel economy.

What are your thoughts? It doesn't seem there are a lot of w220 owners in the tech help section. Is this because they're always at the dealer getting their cars worked or are they not yet old enough to have all the other problems?

The particular car that I'll drive today is silver with the boring wheels, so its color is the biggest draw back for me. I really want a LWB black model.

Best Regards,

David

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2000 Honda Accord V6 137k miles

1972 300SEL 4.5 98k miles

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