I must be one of many few lucky 220d owner who hasnt have much problem with the car yet, i did test drive both the 220d and the 250, if i had more money at the times i would have gone for the 250, but since i never had a diesel before, and also want to lower the running cost, that how i went for the 220d (then the damn fuel prices went throught the roof....), its almost 2 years old now, only done 3087 miles, and atm its do 38.9mpg avg and 41.3mpg tank avg (without the 5th injector recall), its not a perfect car, gear box for a start, also the the vibrating rear view mirror (my do it but not too bad),stone chips on bonnet and front bumper already, but even with those problems i still love the car, it had all the things i wanted, and i will enjoy driving it when ever i can, and would i buy another one? of course i will..... :) :) :) :)