He likes them...need there be any other reason?

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Keith Schuster
2006 E350 98K miles
2013 Ford Explorer 15K miles

Seems there's several others in it's class/category that would be a greater value for the buck. Why does he like them?

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'06 E320 CDI
'17 Corvette Stingray Vert

Well only he can aswer that with certainty; but I would speculate that it is body style and MB reputation. He has seen me own four Mercedes E Class with pretty good success so I imagine he wants to try them out. He is not a technical person so he cannot offset the repair and maintenance cost like I can so he has to drop down in model to be able to afford the car and maintenance. I would have to move to different make and models if I had not spent the last 30yrs in the vehicle repair business. That was a promise I had to make to my wife prior to buying our first used MB that I could do at least 90% of the repair and maintenance.

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Keith Schuster
2006 E350 98K miles
2013 Ford Explorer 15K miles

You have your ducks in a row for sure. Your wife's a smart, informed woman. That impresses me. The rationale of dropping down to the affordability level makes 100% sense in a used car. I am returning to that practice instead of throwing tens of thousands of dollars away on new ones. Looking for the right '08 E320 Bluetec right now. I totally lucked out on my 1st MB an 8 yr. old used '83 300SD that I travelled 1/4 of the country in for 8 years. In Baton Rouge every 6 weeks to 8 weeks for years.

Why would you need a G suv in Baton Rouge? It's flat, and except every 10 years, it doesn't ice over in BR?

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'06 E320 CDI
'17 Corvette Stingray Vert

I have absolutely no good reason to have one other than I just like the body style a lot. If I have to reationalize it; I am planning to get another fishing boat one day and will need to pull it...hows that. Yes, I can buy a perfectly good Chevy crew cab and accomplish that task but the G has so much more character. And with some of the crappy boat launches through out coastal Louisiana the AWD would come in handy. I cannot tell you how many times I have sat and watched a regular pick up smoke the tires while sliding down the ramp trying to pull a 23+ foot center console out of the water. its actually fairly entertaining

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Keith Schuster
2006 E350 98K miles
2013 Ford Explorer 15K miles

As with all Mercedes, newer is better.

Mostly this means the "facelift" version.

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Kent Christensen
Albuquerque
'07 GL320CDI, '10 CL550. '01 Porsche Boxster
Two BMW motorcycles