ajcb
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DaveHerns said:Car Mechanics magazine has been running articles about rusty Mercedes C + E class cars for a few months .It has been said that Merc quality is not what it used to be
Yes it was in the Telegraph a year or so ago and there was quite a lot on the internet. It seems Mercedes tried to save money by reducing the pixels in the paint. It was only a problem for the first few years when they switched to water based paint. At the time when I first saw very minor paint bubbling I took action before it got any worse. I did read at the time that mercedes had budgetted quite a lot per car to allow for the paint to be removed and new paint put on properly. Of course many did not claim or left it more than the statutory legal time to claim legally. I think 7 or 8 years from when the car was new. Although with mobilo Mercedes warranty it themselves fore 30 years but only if the car has been regularly serviced with them. Nice to meet you last night at the Goat.
Cheers
Tony Bunting