Faults:

Small oil leak.

Sub frame rust (MOT advisory).

General Comments:

First of the "new" shape C-Class for 2008, this car is gorgeous and has typical Mercedes quality. I love being in / driving this car!

C180 is a fairly basic model, but in SE spec it still has plenty of electrics. The interior is as comfortable as you can get and the ride is smooth.

VERY nice to drive. Quick and still economical for a petrol engine and automatic.

At 17 years old it won't last forever, and I'll need to replace that sub frame at the next MOT test, but for a car of this age it is all acceptable. Exterior wise the car is unmarked, and interior is as good as new. Even the engine sounds great at over 100,000 miles. Transmission shifts are smooth.

I got lucky though - finding a well looked after car. Avoid cars with missing history, these get real expensive if you get a bad one!

Faults:

Nothing has gone wrong with the car. I've just done a lot of maintenance.

General Comments:

First, I absolutely love this car. I got this car because I was tired of driving my HD Truck. So, for a 10 year old 3 owner luxury car I had my expectations set. It had its issues when I got it, mostly cosmetic and easily and cheaply fixed. There is a small clunk from the front driver end (likely the sway bar). Now that I have fixed the cosmetic issues and got it looking right, I get many compliments, kind of funny for a 10 year old car. It runs good, thank god one of the previous owners took care of it, not likely the previous. It gets like 16 MPG on town and 27 on the highway. It’s quick not fast, the transmission is slow like the car magazines say, but it’s nothing to complain about at all. I’ve taken it on a 2200 mile trip recently and there were no issues.

Everything works as it should. The stereo with auxiliary cord sounds so quiet it’s annoying. This model didn’t come with the Harmon Kardon sound system. My ML550 has it and it’s amazing. But the radio is quite loud and nothing to balk about. Seat heaters are nice and hot, wipers are deliberate, steering is precise and it goes around corners unlike your ordinary front wheel drive sedan.

Faults:

The dashboard is giving way too many noises all the time, straight from purchase.

General Comments:

The mechanics of the car are good and can't be faulted, but the interior is of such poor quality, that Mercedes should be ashamed of putting it in their cars.