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Originally Posted by suginami
Good call, Bot.
Toyota Avalon's are great cars. I've driven one of that example. Very roomy inside, extremely well put together, moderately powerful V6 engine, and will likely go 200,000 miles without needing much work.
When my former 2000 E430 was totalled, I decided to go with a 2003-ish Honda Accord with a V6. I looked at two examples with the purpose of buying and driving home, but they weren't even close to as advertised, and when I got back home dejected after rejecting the second car, my lovely wife tells me,
"Mata Mercedes Benz o katta hou ga ii n ja nai n desu ka"?
Not being an idiot, I quickly check out autotrader.com, and see this beautiful burgundy number (bordeaux Red) in Beverly Hills, and that's all she wrote. I drove her home.  |
Paul, you had one very direct impact on my perspective and several indirect ones. For those reasons I value your opinion to a degree that would probably embarrass you.
The first was the very concise and tight argument you offered several years ago concerning auto depreciation. In a paragraph you put in words what I had subconsciously thought but never articulated. It was a Jim Jones moment and I drank the Koolaid. The rest, of which there were more than a few, were your personal, subjective experiences with various cars -- they were close enough to my own that I accepted your opinion on cars that I haven't driven. I've been looking for the right V-8 Benz ever since. Only timing has been wrong. Depending on the stock market, I could be into a new Benz in as little as 6 months or as long as a year. I am hooked on MB despite having bought a different car as a Daily Driver.
What is it about Benz driving that I liked in the W124? The feeling of control. I could always tell exactly how the car was behaving -- no question. No other car has ever been so honest whether in mundane city driving or high-speed runs on gravel roads through hills of clay. I have driven a few later Benz's and felt that same or similar direct feedback honesty. I can only imagine how much fun that must be in a big V-8!
Anyway, thanks to you and Larry Bible, with whom I have never corresponded. Your comments, insights, and advice, available through the online searches here at MBshop, are golden.