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Originally Posted by ah-kay
Time to dump the car real quick. $5500 investment plus $11,000 to run the car for 55,000 miles? A total of about$16,500, plus downtime and frustrations. It doesn't make sense no matter how you cut it. The recurring cost is too high. Lease a car would give you a better deal with minimum or no recurring costs. Or just buy a Honda or Toyota.
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Will never lease a car...ever. The Honda/Toyota route does make good sense. But, they are just transportation appliances...no soul. If the MB can continue to come in at an average of $2,000 a year or so, we're fine. But thank you for your concern. 
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14 E250 Bluetec 4Matic "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 159k miles
06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 179k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU
91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver on Tan, 145k mi, wastegate conversion, ALDA delete
19 Honda CR-V EX 77k mi
Fourteen other MB's owned and sold
1961 Very Tolerant Wife
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