A mate of mine here in Melbourne has a 4 year old C280 which after two years started to have some serious rust problems, and I mean SERIOUS. Even his friends refer to it as the "rust bucket" Mercedes have run a mile saying that the car has been kept in a harsh environment hence the deterioration. Melbourne!!!!!!! He has had two previous Mercedes and has had no problems whatso ever with these in the same environment. IMHO it seems that the problems lies at the time the car was being dipped at the factory. Mercedes appear to be totally out of court on this one. In fact that is where this will probably end up. Anyone out there heard of similar problems or is this a one off?