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Originally Posted by M.B.DOC
Better in what way?
"Better" is a state of mind.
New cars get better mileage.
New cars put out less pollution
New cars have better technology
New cars do better in crashes (save lives).....................................................
New cars require much LESS maintenance!
Old cars are easier to easier to work on unless you have a 1973-77 230 or 280.
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Fully agree. But I do belive the new cars will let you down significantly more often than the old ones. The retirment of 126 in 91 was the last of MBs reputation of ruler or reliability and durability and I will also say styling. Although thank god, styling has comeback with a vengance at MB in the last 5 years. But lets face it MB's customer base is not the person who runs a diesel to 1M miles, those are the second hand MB owners. The trend today is toward disposable cars. Buy on warenty sell on warenty.
And what is the value of all this new technology? An 89 107 will out sell a 90 129 of equal milage by a fair margin, despite the significant improvments in performance, fuel economy, having a real sound system, power roof and other modern features.
Today there are only 2 reasones to buy a Mercedes
1st reason: You look good
2nd reason: You look good
That will be my sales pitch when I retire from Sikorsky Aircraft and start selling MB's.
John Roncallo