Paint problem with C230 Coupe

[nmacd]

My C230 Coupe (silver) is 9 months old, and is showing numerous chips in the paintwork (front end) and one large 1/2" cip off the grill. I have taken it in for tests and am awaiting the MB response. No committment on the day, and "no other complaints" in response to my question. I see at least one other exchange here on C class paint problems, and a fried with an E300 recalls some atricles in an owners mag. Are there other instances out there that you know of?

 

[simon]

Waterbased paintwork on current cars of many makes is distinctly inferior to the old leadbased. Plastomers have been removed with resulting embrittlement,paint thickness is only circa 50 microns & the clear coat
provides only salutary protection.
It is the first car that I have had to encase,on all leading edges, with plastic protective tape, in the past ownership of a considerable number of cars.
This problem is not confined to M-B (Shamed though they should be) but affects Porsche,Ferrari et al & is the reason why companies like Armorfend(UK) & Excel(USA) are flourishing.
I suggest you search the forums,here & abroad, there are numbers of complaints by similarly affected owners, who have not suffered in silence.

Ernest Sidesman