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Originally Posted by vahe
I am not against progress but this level of complexity combined with Mercedes' miserable reliability history makes the CDI a 100K/warranty period car. For me paying $60K for 100K miles service is a bit too much, soooo, thanks but no thanks.
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While I agree with the conclusion, your numbers are a little simplistic. After 100K miles, this car will have some residual value, maybe $15-20K, so the actual cost of depreciation is more like $.40/mile. Assume about $5K more for maintenance over 100K miles, and a fuel cost of about $.07 gets you to a total of about $.50 or .55/mile. The other question is if you want to tie up $60K of capital in a car, that's not a good investment. If you can't pay cash, it's an even worse investment.
I can drive my 300D indefinitely for about $.25 or .30 mile and I could probably run one into the ground for about $.15/mile. I could also drive some late model ricer POS for about $.15/mile.