I always get a chuckle out of comparisons to Lexus cars.

It doesn't have anything to do with blowers but we had a SC400 in this week with the tires all chopped up. The rear lower control arm busshings were shot. Only for some fool reason on Lexus one must replace the whole control arms. Well that POS will keep wobbling down the hiway as the owner can't afford two $570 control arms plus labor. And it ain't something one can get at AZ.

We all got a good chuckle out of it. Had it been an MB we could have rebuilt the front and rear suspensions for that ammount. All for two bushings. There ain't nothing cheap on a Lexus and they break plenty. How bout inst clusters because their neon needles are burned out or A/C controllers because of liquid crystal messes, PS pumps and steering racks dropping like flies and service designed to screw the second owner. (second owner gets it just before the 60k service, always). Think MB service is expensive.... you have never bought a 60k on a lexus v8 - timing belt and 32 valves to check and cams to remove if they need adjusting.

Oh and what about the starter that is under the intake manifold, in the "v". If you can make it through all the plastic crap without a full garbage can it only takes the best tech I got a half day. Shop down the street had one apart a week trying to get the broke plastic pieces and putting it back together.

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Steve Brotherton
Continental Imports
Gainesville FL
Bosch Master, ASE Master, L1
33 years MB technician