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Originally Posted by BenzOnline
One person out of the blue asks "hey mark hows that Benz..does it start in the morning?" I just laughed and said "of course, and it accelerates too" Then the whole debate started with mostly me staying quiet cause I would have lost it....the whole "Honda vs every other car in the world"...reliable reliable reliable..the only reason why its good they all said.
The only thing I mentioned was "id rather occasionally fix and have a car with timeless looks and a soul to it then constantly having it reliable and nothing going wrong"
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Actually, it's quite simple.
Do any of those people repair their own vehicles?
I'll take a bet that they do not.
Therefore, a vehicle that requires little or no repairs over the course of the first 100K miles will provide them with basic transportation at a very attractive cost per mile.
Sure, you can beat that cost, if you don't factor in your own labor, but if you were to pay yourself $80.00 per hour for every hour spent maintaing the M/B, you would be sunk with regard to the cost per mile comparison.
So, for folks that don't repair their own vehicles, a Honda or a Toyota makes perfect sense and I'd never chide them for purchasing such a vehicle. They need transportation at the most attractive price. Honda and Toyota provide that. M/B does not.