So why would people support MB over Lexus? I have numerous ones which I do not want to wirte all them out all though I have written some of them. They span everywhere from quality, safelty, to luxury. The place the Lexus accels is $$$$ and reliability. Not to say that an MB is not going to be unreliable, but just maybe a LITTLE less. An unreliable MB I think would still be more reliable than many other car manufacturers reliable cars. Besides, MB has a certain elegance, even the name Mercedes-Benz makes it sound cool.
I personally love and adore Mercedes-Benz and will hopefully always as long as they don't become too much like American cars. i.e. GM. NO ONE SAY ANYTHING ABOUT GM BECAUSE SOMEONE WILL GO ON ABOUT A TRUCK THEY HAD IN 1978 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT HAD 200,000 MILES AND IT LOOKED NEW. I am just saying that now to get it out of the way because I know someone is waiting to jump on that one.
What is better about an LS430 than an S500? Brakes? Performance? Luxury? Safety? I believe that ALL of those will be answered no. The S500 could beat an LS430 in all those areas. BUT, the LS 430 might run 25,000 more miles, and one less power window might break. With the Mercedes you may not get a polite person on the phone, which is sad but true, but I also don't think that everyone at Lexus is always perfect either.
David

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2000 Honda Accord V6 137k miles

1972 300SEL 4.5 98k miles

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