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Lovely salt covered windscreen this morning. Pushed the stalk in to release fluid from a freshly filled washer bottle, Only to find nothing coming from drivers jet, and only a 5" jet from the passengers nozzle. Lifted the bonnet to see what was amiss, but everything is enclosed. I am thinking...

Seriously thinking about trading up from my '98 facelift C180 auto elegance to a 2001/02 180. What are the pro's & con's on the newer version? I have heard of build quality problems, but are there any other things I need to look out for or take into account? Any peeps out there who have...