Citation Driver

and thanks for all the great, helpful posts over the last 3 years. I sadly turned in my C250 at end of lease Friday. Despite the large number of days it spent at the dealer's service shop for repairs, it was still my favorite car of my 60 years of driving (oops, forgot my two S2000s, but that's another decade I could never repeat.) Wish the residual value had been closer to the real value of the car so I could have bought it. Just too much price increase to justify another C.
I have leased an Infiniti Q50 on impulse. I like it, but it's no Mercedes.

Gene in TX

michail71

What were the problems you had with it? I've had mine about two months and it's spent 13 days total in the shop so far.

The 2013s go for roughly $25,000 off of dealer lots.

Citation Driver

I'll try to remember: Oil leak from left differential, replaced both front struts early in the lease due to clunking noise. squeaing noise in engine (dealer replaced oil pump, balance shaft to no evail and finally replaced the engine itself- car there over 6 weeks. ) Good loaner cars and MB sent me a check for time out of service. No complaints on how MB backs their cars w/good service. Residual was over $26,500. Dealer said it wasn't worth buying and that maintenance costs would be very high. So I bailed out. Infiniti saved me $4500 out of pocket cost.

michail71

Having leased the car I'd have thought you should be able to do better than retail cost.

But wow, whole new engine? It's practically a new car still.

As crazy at it sounds mine has been in the shop for a week just for a simple software issue with the navigation system.

xEryx

I've only had two real issues in the last 9 months and it took 30mins each. One was a battery that was almost dead and the other was a blower motor that caused the AC not to work.

edgalang

Sorry to hear your experience. FWIW, I have a 2012 C350 (original owner, factory ordered and single digit miles on delivery) and I've done nothing but general maintenance currently with 58k miles on the odometer.