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Originally posted by JCE
By 120k miles, the 1988 Acura was costing me $4800/year average, (not counting tires!) and the glove box was filled with plastic parts that had fallen off various interior locations. There were many design deficiencies - 128 major TSBs on the Acura Legend compared to the 12 on the 1 year older MB (look up the NHTSA TSBs)
The 87 MB doesn't have these problems. e.
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I am HONESTLY (no troll!) puzzled. On some posts or alot, I read "I am paying $4K for maintainance" or on another "$2K-$3K / yr on mainainance".... then I read that the MB is no problem.
IN order to better understand this issue I priced out some basic parts only (parts I would be able to replace w/o being an MB mechanic or "technician" or having $50K tools
) and compared them to the specific cars I am looking at. Some are in the same class ..some are not.... The parts I priced online were A/C compressor w/reman clutch, water pump, fuel pump (2 for MB, right?), brake rotors (2), & new master cylinder. I am just giving totals for parts only, rememeber.
Vette '94 $620
Honda Accord 4 cyl LX '95 $944
Maxima '97 $1072
Camry LE 4 cyl 96 $1167
Lexus 300ES 93 $1175
MB 300E 92 $1415
VW Passat 95 $1469
So the two German cars are neck and neck in high costs for parts. Not much differnece from the Jap cars, but MORE $$$$ . If this was the typical scenario I would just buy the used 300E I want, but you guys, yourselves keep posting about major (anything over $1K is major to me) problems and just little $1K-$2K bugs.
....Please note, that those cars were picked based on their worth. I am looking to spend $10-$12K on a car, so I think that is a good set of cars to compare. The 300E isn't the top of the line MB, so shouldn't be compared to the 400LS, but the mid line model, the 300ES Lexus.
Your thoughts?