High mileage CLS 320CDI

[Nigel_O]

I keep looking longingly at these in the classifieds (looking for Obsidian black, 18" wheels, black or grey leather, grey maple or matt walnut dash), but as they start to fall close to my meagre budget, they also seem to be edging up on the miles.

I'm not particularly scared of high mileage, as long as I understand the possible risks. My daily hack Alfa GT has done 184,000 and has needed a turbo, suspension wishbones and next week, a clutch - none of them a particularly scary prospect.

However, from what I can see, the CLS is a far more complicated beastie, with the potential for far bigger bills than my GT could ever throw at me - is there anything that I should be looking out for at say 100k - 150k, and again at 175k+ ?

Or - would I be better spending and extra couple of grand on a sub 100k car, rather than risking a £2k+ bill on a big miler?

Is there a cut-off date where any post-launch niggles were sorted (although I'm assuming that any early car with big miles would have been sorted by now)

Thanks in advance