poor quality

I wonder if anyone has had problems as I have with their new C Class ? I bought a C180K estate sport manual a demo car with 5k on the clock 18months ago. First impressions were ok, getting used to manual and hard ride with sport susp and biggish (very attractive) alloys was difficult...

I have owned three Mercs from new, the first two were fine and trouble-free, but my, how the quality has deteriorated over the years! My latest car, an E200, failed its MOT after just 18,168 miles because the two front lower ball joints had worn out! Have you ever heard of such a thing? If...