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Originally Posted by Benz300
Guys,
after doing DIY troubleshooting on my benzes pretty much every weekend and reading posts and posts of trouble, I was just thinking today, my corolla has more miles on it that the 124 at the moment and never did it leave me stranded on the road, require a jump, snap a fuse or had me go to the dealer besides the 60K mile service. same can be said about a honda that my friend owned that had more than 300K before he sold it for good price. And it made me wonder. when we opted to buy a mercedes, did we buy quality/reliability or a three point star with contiunous problems and DIYs under the hood ?  |
Personally, as a comparison: Year for year, a Mercedes model feels nicer to drive than a Honda/Toyota. What I mean is that it feels nicer driving a 1987 mercedes than a 1987 toyota/Honda/gm etc. In fact it feels nicer to drive a 1987 mercedes than a 1997 or even 2000 model Toyota/Honda/Gm. That alone says much about the retention of class, value of one car compare to another. But I would have to agree that a rusty distintegrating 1987 Toyota/Honda can fetch several thousand $ more than a similar benz on the used car lot. By way, I rarely see a 1987 Toyota/Honda/GM on the road anymore, but I see plenty of Mercedes.