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12-06-07, 11:34 AM
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2001 for w203 C classes were problematic.. first year bugs, I'll try to remember that and take that into consideration the next time I see a new car. resist and allow time to debug the car's problems before buying.
12-06-07, 08:10 PM
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Yeah, that was the one - 2001 w203 C classes - at the time, they were brand new and beautiful compared to the boxy outgoing one. My wife totally fell in love with it at the dealership. Sigh... I lost almost 8-10K that 5 months of use. The 2002ML500 was also the first year for the 500. So I went from first year to first year. My IS350 was a 2005 purchase (first month production). My old 97 Camry was also a first year model. I'm forever screwed - I'm always gonna get first year. Oh, our 400h was also the first year hybrid RX. I see a trend - but I've been lucky with Toyota and Lexus and not with MB.
12-06-07, 10:47 PM
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Yeah, that was the one - 2001 w203 C classes - at the time, they were brand new and beautiful compared to the boxy outgoing one. My wife totally fell in love with it at the dealership. Sigh... I lost almost 8-10K that 5 months of use. The 2002ML500 was also the first year for the 500. So I went from first year to first year. My IS350 was a 2005 purchase (first month production). My old 97 Camry was also a first year model. I'm forever screwed - I'm always gonna get first year. Oh, our 400h was also the first year hybrid RX. I see a trend - but I've been lucky with Toyota and Lexus and not with MB.
12-06-07, 11:07 PM
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The RX400 and IS350 both were full sticker - it didn't help that I was getting out of a lease 2 years early too. The lease vehicles were ES300 and RX330 with no down so technically, I was upsidedown on both RX400 and IS350. So, in actuality, my IS350 was 38K but I believe the final price was like 43K (after getting out of ES lease) and the RX which was 48K was more like 54K. Token discount? No, royally screwed.
12-07-07, 12:31 AM
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i had a 02 c230 coupe, i miss that baby 
. funny thing is for that car i had it in winter mode for 2/3 of the time i owned it, so my car started in 2nd. then the later part of my ownership of that car i needed more speed, and found out about winter mode and it felt like i nos'd that ol little car haha.
. funny thing is for that car i had it in winter mode for 2/3 of the time i owned it, so my car started in 2nd. then the later part of my ownership of that car i needed more speed, and found out about winter mode and it felt like i nos'd that ol little car haha.
12-07-07, 12:39 AM
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I myself use snow mode all the time now 
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