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Originally Posted by Skid Row Joe
BTDT. You've got an active multi-thousand dollars a year money pit. I would cut bait on it and sell it on CL - while it's still running.
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Originally Posted by lorainfurniture
I agree with skid. At one point I had 3 benzes and my wife's car. These cars siphon you a few hundred dollars at a time, winds up being thousands per year. Multiply that times 3 cars, (that I had at one point) and you can quickly see this is not a cheap hobby.
Add insurance, plates, etc. and the mental clutter that owning so many cars will add to your mind.
I ended up getting rid of all of them, bought the wagon that I wanted, spared no expense making it right, and with all the extra money I saved I bought a 2010 E63 AMG.
Best of all, I no longer spend my weekends fixing a fleet of crappy cars. I can do some work to my wagon, if I want, or I can just enjoy driving a car that gives me 512 very reliable ponies.
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What I am not clear on, was how many of his other 8 Mercedes Benz listed in his long list of used MB fleet, are also DDs. If he's got 8 cars to drive, then he could postpone repairs on the 420SEL, indefinitely.
I answered from personal experience of dumping $3K+ annually in my ONLY DD (Daily Driver).
To be honest, if the DD were a non-rusting W126 - 82 - 84 300SD, then, I could see trying to do your due diligence in keeping it on the road.