Roger that. It's one thing to make the comparison when the cars were new. Mercedes were 2 or 3x the price comparable Chevy or Ford, for good reason. But now we are talking about cars that are a grand or two. The discount from new price is clearly in MBs (or BMW or Volvo, to a lesser extent) favor.

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