After 2 RR Sports - TDV6 and then a TDV8 (torched by persons unknown 4 days before christmas) I have decided to move on. Much as I loved the TDV8, I think it had too many niggles and faults for a "premium product". Hearing that the new model still suffers from the front end clunk puts me off even thinking about another one. So I have elected to go German and buy an ML 320 CDI with all the gadgets. Of course it is not a real off-roader but then I never let my RR Sport on its high heels (20in alloys) out on anything more off-road than a meadow. Yes, the Merc is a tad bland inside and out, (maybe 'clinical' is a nicer word) and yes, it would be more respectable if I at least went for an AMG, but what can I say? RRS TDV6 (gone)
RRS TDV8 HSE(gone, burned out)
ML 320 CDI Airmatic

Hi Kevin,

Sorry to hear your leaving and also about your car being torched word of advise, dont expect other premium products to be any better.... My father has the ML and it has had many many more problems than the RRS, the regular joke was that as it was weekly at the dealer for niggles, at least he didnt have to wash it as they did it each time out of courtesy (the one good thing of MB dealers in the UK, they seem to look after the customer, but it doesnt mean they are good!) RRS TDV8 HSE 2007- JAVA Black/Black interior,
UK BMW M3 CSL SB- now sold
1968 Innocenti mini

I've only ever owned one Mercedes, a W211 E Class I putchased brand new and I have to say it is the most unreliable car I have ever owned. Good luck with the ML mate. WINNER - 2009 ‘Just Doing What It’s Designed To Do’ Award

2010 TDV8 HSE Galway Green - Adaptive Cruise - Sunroof - Privacy Glass - 5 Spoke Alloys
2009 TDV6 3.0 HSE Buckingham Blue - GONE

I must have been lucky with my old ML270 then, it was about 3 years old when we got it....had it for another couple of years without any problems.

Daz 2017 4.4 Autobiography FFRR - love this car
Gone - VW T5 Transporter
Long gone - 2009 Disco
Long gone but never out of my thoughts - 2008 TDV8 HST

dazsear wrote:

I must have been lucky with my old ML270 then, it was about 3 years old when we got it....had it for another couple of years without any problems.

Daz

Makes sense, owner number one did all the hard work for you  RRS TDV8 HSE 2007- JAVA Black/Black interior,
UK BMW M3 CSL SB- now sold
1968 Innocenti mini

If we all liked the same things the world would be rather boring. Imagine only RR Sports on the road - you'd have nothing to compare it to. I looked also at the X5 but it is a bit too flash. So reliable or unreliable, it's going to be the Merc. I will be honest and report its failings here if and when they occur. RRS TDV6 (gone)
RRS TDV8 HSE(gone, burned out)
ML 320 CDI Airmatic

I suppose the Merc has one excuse if it isn't 100% great - the ML is made without pride in the USA! 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

I am a Jaguar/Land Rover lover/owner through and through. I looked at a C Class saloon recently as a second car £40k they wanted for it. I think I have become used to a certain standard now, the MB diesel engine (320) was so agricultural and the gearbox clunky. The LR setup is just superb.

Good luck with the Benz. 2010MY Land Rover Freelander 2 HSE
Santorini Black with Ebony Napoli Leather