E230 Avantgarde

[SilverStar]

Hi all,
This afternoon have bought (or rather my gran and grandad have) a 1997 Mercedes E230 Avantgarde. My mum has a 1999 Mercedes CLK 230 Kompressor Cabriolet which has been no trouble at all in its 64,000 miles, but is there any difference in reliability?? Its got a full Jim Russell Main deler service history and just 54,000 miles so should'nt be any troule!! Just wondered if anyone has any experience with them??

Cheers
Tom

[steve-p]

There are supposedly rust issues with E classes of that age but my E320 has none at all, and at 106,000 miles absolutely everything works, a/c is still ice cold and the interior is like new. It needed some bushes replacing in the front suspension but that's it. Can't comment on the Kompressor engine though. I haven't had a four cylinder car of any kind for 12 years

[benzo]

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