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Originally Posted by Puerto Rican 335d
Socom i agree with you my mechanic deals with ALL European cars and one thing he told me and the rest of the crew was STAY AWAY from MB, quality is down and parts expensive, they showed me a 2007 AMG Convertible and they pointed out the its electrical cables and they were ALL either rotten or in bad shape they then made me pry my hood and look at my 02 MCS and look at the electrical cable, by far my Mini's electrical system was in better shape almost new like compared to MB which BTW was WAy more expensive and a newer car by 5 years and way less mileage than my 85k on the odometer of the Mini.
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Mercedes had a bad batch of cables in those years apparently due to the German requirement for biodegradable or recyclable plastics. My mechanic told me that they wear prematurely in some cases and may be susceptible to moisture.