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Originally Posted by jonathan63
It is indeed a nice place to sit. Did you take a test drive? What was it like in terms of feel and noise etc.
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I did take the car for a test drive - leisurely through some villages and on a 70MPH road. It drives very well - very stately and with a useful amount of power in the 177bhp E270. Noise wise, I would say it was roughly on par with our 75 CDT. However, I have spent over £5k on the 75 replacing many running components since purchase 4 years ago so it is perhaps not a like-for-like comparison.
The cabin on the E-Class is very light and airy - very much like our Omega estate. It is well put together with no trim creaks etc.
Overall, I would be pleased to own and drive one. Equally, the 75 does not in any way feel inferior given that it was intended to be a C-Class equvalent car.
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Originally Posted by sponge_mike
The 270 CDI engine in my CLK was very quiet and super-responsive, and if you like wood trim, go for the Elegance. As I commented earlier, service history is king, especially Main Dealer - it is more than worth the extra cost you might have to pay 
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I agree about the service history given the complexity of the car and the cost of repairs etc. I generally tend to buy my cars at the upper end of the price range in order to get better than average condition and service history. The E270 that I viewed has 13 service stamps over 145k miles/12 years, with the first 10 from an MB official dealer and the other three from a MB independent specialist.
I am thinking about this one, but one thing I am certain about is that, it would be easier to write-off an E-class than a 75 on the basis of the cost of repairs not making sense when the car is say 15+ years of age.