After weighing all of the options, I think I'm going to buy one for my sales rep. next fiscal year (after Oct. 1 for us). It seems to be a good compromise of utility, mileage, price and reliability while being something you could live with for a daily driver. It certainly has grown in size over the past few years!

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Should be a good choice! Anything is better than a Chevy Montana

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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

Hell, if I use the Uplander as a gauge there's not much on the road these days that could be a worse choice!

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

I think you'll love the choice.

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1987 560SL
85,000 miles

Maybe by then they will have ditched the 4-speed automatic.

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1985 380SE Blue/Blue - 230,000 miles
2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed
2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma

Lesbaru Foresters. Old wives tale or San Francisco stereotype?

You tell me.

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

It is true, Foresters are for rug munchers.

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2010 ML350 Bluetec
2012 Mustang Convertible

Who am I to argue??

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1985 380SE Blue/Blue - 230,000 miles
2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed
2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma

Well, crap. I just learned that I'm a lesbian trapped in a man's body.

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1987 560SL
85,000 miles

I prefer to think of myself as manly enough, and secure enough in my manhood, to drive whatever the hell I want.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

But what about pink dress shirts?

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1985 380SE Blue/Blue - 230,000 miles
2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed
2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma

Dress shirts in general aren't my thing and pink is not really my color, but I have worn pink before.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Most of the lesbians I know drive pickup trucks.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.

At least those old Subarus were cheap and simple, with no timing-belts to break, and availible as more frugal front-drive versions. They were horrible rusters though.

OTOH, a friend has a 2004 turbo Forester. The intercooler makes routine fluid checks an ordeal, and changing sparkplugs requires jacking/dropping the engine until the heads clear the frame-rails!

Happy Motoring, Mark

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DrDKW