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“I feel in love with the car. I was six months old and...”

written by on 04/09/2010

I feel in love with the car. I was six months old and I have had it for 10 enjoyable years. Performance is great and the traction control can really come in useful some time when pushing it too hard round bends. The ability to raise and lower the lid has never lost its appeal. Realiability is second to none, not a single serious problem in 10 years. To be critical there has been a slight rattle somewhere in the lid which merc spent 1500 pds not finding! One anoyance is with the exhaust which is SS and still original, but you just have to change the ordinary steel connecting bolts when they rust away. A couple of blown indicator fuses and some condensation in the headlights. On that subject, full beam (even without the condensation) is average and greatly improved by fitting HID units. I marked practicality low as lets face it, you can get much in the boot and only a 2 seater but even so after 10 years, this style and model is still my number 1! Get a C180 estate as a second car to take the kids and rubbish to the dump!