Originally Posted by crossbowme

I guess my logic is a little different - I almost didn't buy the XF because of it's MB heritage. I plan on keeping this car a long time. Unlike others on this forum, my MB experience has been terrible. I owned a 190SL that was a bucket of bolts. I served in Germany for many tours and the sedans I rented and owned over there were the same (MB in Germany is like Chevy here; the cheapest taxis are MB). The maintenance records of the late 90's and early 00's MB have been abysmal and the S series lately has been the same(some good articles in Forbes) only exceeded by the 7 series BMW's. In short, the possible reliability of the car was a major drawback. I have owned cars I had to pour thousands into and I didn't want this to be another one.

Luckily, I like to research and I found this forum. Your comments seemed to indicate the maintenance was at least average. Also, I found a Consumer Report that indicated that the XF reliablity was better than average. Later, I found other articles that indicated that the XF wasn't as bad as the rest of the MB fleet.

Of course, once I drove it - that was it!