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Originally Posted by JiveTurkey
Any old Mercedes with proper repairs and maintenance can be a reliable daily driver. Why? Because everything that can ever go wrong with them has already happened,cand been documented. How do you know the new engine on a new car isn't going to turn out like the Cadillac V-8-6-4s? Just because something is new does not make it any more reliable.
I find newer vehicles to be made of lower quality materials, on a rushed compromise of a design schedule. The older Mercedes were built to last many lifetimes, and tragically the same cannot be said of their newer brethren.
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You can not possibly change EVERY part on your benz with a new one. Even if you did, by the time you finished, the first part you replaced will have gone bad again. I am replacing my front end components on my 300e for the second time now.
Newer cars are lower quality. No argument there. My fiesta is mostly plastic and glue, but at the end of the day, it will still last ten years and 150 thousand miles.