trevor, peter&colin. mercs are really good. in fact very very good. me&the wife have had 4off them over the years. 2 class, 1 e class & an ml over many years the only thing that whent rong with them was wear&tear ie. brake pads. replaced discs on one as well. last one we had a 08 new shape c class 180 (the wifes) had that car for 4and a half years replaced the brake pads and a rear spring, brilliant car. then i stupidlly sold it coz it was only sitting their not getting used only 36,000 mls on it. a year later bought her a insignia. BIG MISTAKE . as i said had them for many years then wanted a change so then bought myself a second gen 08plate bmw x5. the worst car ive had in my life. it was like trevors astons wanted a holiday back at the dealers every month. had it 9mths got rid off it and bought the jaguar apart from parking sensors never had any probs. would i buy another or . would have to think really hard on that one. it would be between the xj&the s class. and the xj in my mind isnt in that class. charlie