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That shape c or e class with 2.0 or super charged 1.8 i think you get in some of them are pretty relative, very much not fast, not great on fuel but not much goes wrong with them other than squeaky bushs, battery drain and charging issues. The face lift ones dont rust unless accident damaged, drive good and have aged well internally (no daft touch screens that stop working), not big though, a golf estate is larger in the boot
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Sorry, I totally forgot to follow this up. Did you mean third (I think) generation Mercedes? Do you know if the 4th gen ones from 2009/10 onwards are more or less reliable? Read conflicting stuff on the web. Ruling out C class as too small, but E class is quite appealing, particularly because the 7 seat fold down thing is potentially really useful for child transportation.
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Sounds fun. Also sounds very unlikely to come up very often in non huge mileage.
Plus I don't need something super fast. I don't want something super sluggish either, but I should probably be prioritising 'reliable family car' a little more.
A less fancy version of Neil's car does sound quite appealing.