Never had an s204, had a couple of 203 estates and loved them. Problems I had were bodywork related. Cars between 1997ish and 2003 were bad for rust. They were built using cheap non galvenised steel and eco paint, a nightmare. The 722.6 gearboxes are superb even being the five speed they are super smooth. Annoyed I've still got 11 litres of auto fluid sitting in the shed. The last one was the only Merc in twenty years that had an engine problem stop I never got around to changing the fluid

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