If she buys a chevy she is a fool. My power steering hose broke on my grand am at 40K miles. High pressure hydraulic hoses break. ML's have improved in quality. Oh yeah and the pump has been serviceable but never right since that happened. Running out of fluid is hard on the pumps.

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My Daily : 96 E-300 Diesel with 195,000 miles
Retired: 92 300D 2.5 T 345K miles and for sale
Retired: 95 E320 157K miles and currently parked with blown engine

Both retired cars are for sale as is my w124 shop inventory