non retro FIGHT - MB E240 Vs BMW 525 wagons

Zin Zinnahhhhh.

Because modern mercs are screwed together with 0% quality. Hey, it's a Merc, they'll buy it anyway. Won't they?

Voted Bimbima,as a fair few of my mates have got e39's (including an m5) and they're absolutely awesome machines!

pog is right,they are pants!And rot quicker than a dead badger on an alabama highway

The W210's are the last of the good Mercs. I've had two of them, an E240 and an E280, and I never got less than 400,000 miles out of them without any major probs at all.
If you get the Avantgarde version they come with lowered sports suspension and handle an absolute dream.
My only complaint would be the traction control that just won't let up even if you turn it off.

Would I have a Beemer?......I would never pay my own money out for one. . For a 'drivers' car they certainly don't handle any better than the Merc and the interiors on them is so basic and plasticky compared to the Merc yet you pay more for the priviledge.

That should get me into trouble with most of the board. ;D

My Merc-fu is weak, but have some E39s:









Having never even sat in either I've got no reason for it, but I voted BMW...

i'm biased
but in all seriousness, the bmw ain't built like the older fives either. they're not bad but they don't fit together like an e34. we have a derv merc estate of that era at work. its a sod to gget the right bits for as there's at least two choices for everything. I don't like the throttle as it does nothing for about 1/4 of its travel but I think thats a merc thing. steering lock is impressive as with all 90's mercs. interior is pretty rubbish IMO, cloth interior is more fitting to a ford KA than a mercedes.
ther is more room in the merc tho and more boot space.
out of those two the beemer wins it. a nice 523 or 528i with a stepronic auto, lovely so long as they don't go wrong an early car is OK. post '98 gets the double vanos engine and better rear window regulators.
be a pimp and put airbags on the front. they have them as standard on the back of e39's ;D

if you go down that route, I can give you some pointers to look out for

The Bimmer surely, much more wantable looks if you ask me.

Wait, you did ask me... ;D

The Mercedes is a good car, but does not stand out in a carpark for me. But a BMW will always turn heads, not only for their cool 'sore throat' engine sounds.

not a fan of bmws... never really appealed to me. I voted for merc.

have an e55 wagon on me, dave

I quite like that

well you did better than i managed in half an hour.
E55 tasty.