Well only he can aswer that with certainty; but I would speculate that it is body style and MB reputation. He has seen me own four Mercedes E Class with pretty good success so I imagine he wants to try them out. He is not a technical person so he cannot offset the repair and maintenance cost like I can so he has to drop down in model to be able to afford the car and maintenance. I would have to move to different make and models if I had not spent the last 30yrs in the vehicle repair business. That was a promise I had to make to my wife prior to buying our first used MB that I could do at least 90% of the repair and maintenance.

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Keith Schuster
2006 E350 98K miles
2013 Ford Explorer 15K miles