Merc=broken. Rental company chucks me a 2.0CDTI Astra SRI.
Good bits? Engine. Quite perky. Nice dials on the dash. Nice interior illumination. Lots of grip. Looks nice on 18s.
Bad bits? Seat base too high. Steering lightness ruins handling. Can't feel changes in road surfact through steering. Monster torquesteer in second. Gearbox still as slow and sloppy as astras always have been. Lots of wind noise at speed, though that helps mask the engine noise.