2008 E280 Cdi sport estate - buying guide/suitability?

[Undecided_buyer]

Evening all,

I'm In the process of looking for a new family car, and have see on work these locally and wanted to gauge opinion.

I only do 5-10k a year, mostly made up of 5mile each way commute, ferrying kids around, holidays (UK). Have a dog too so big boot needed.

The one I have seen has 90k on it, lots of extras etc.,7g auto, has FSH some MB, some independant specialist. It has no DPF, which obviously wouldn't be good with my mileage.

I'm a bit worried about repair costs, should I have any problems. This is at my max budget and definitely wouldn't have £1000's to put into repairs.

Any opinions / advice on this model range greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

[Undecided_buyer]

Thanks for the replies everyone, most helpful.

I have not had chance to see the car yet, the seller has said that this model is prone to rear arch rust issues and they have been painted on this one(looks spotless on photos).
Is this true, is rust a known issue on this model/year?

Cheers