How could anybody complain about problems with a Jeep and still accept their Mercedes WILL need a head gasket, A/C not working, heat not working, cruise not working, antenae not working, broken sunroof, window regulaters, oil cooler lines, leaking injection pumps...........

Because Mercedes makes their junk from quality materials.
What would you rather sit in while waiting for a tow truck?
(Jaguars are also nice to sit and enjoy all that chrome, leather, wood and wool; you just get to do it more often.)

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"Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration...
don't Fail Us Now"

If you look at your Mercedes as a utility, not a whole car, the Jeep is probably better. But the Jeep is a farming implement, the Mercedes is well, the basis for nearly every comparison.

Hyundai's don't 'have a better warranty than a Dodge', and Lexuses don't 'ride like Jeeps.'

Hell I saw a sewing machine ad that called the Bernina the Mercedes of sewing machines. What makes a Mercedes a Mercedes is partially intangible, but like Kenny said it is also tangible. I've had a Wrangler and several Benzes. A Jeep, is NOT a Mercedes.

Oh and my 17 year old Mercedes gets 2x the fuel economy.

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68 280SL - 70 280SL - 70 300SEL 3.5 - 72 350SL - 72 280SEL 4.5 - 72 220 - 72 220D - 73 450SL - 84 230GE - 87 200TD - 90 190E 2.0 - 03 G500

Nissan GTR - Nissan Skyline GTS25T - Toyota GTFour - Rover Mini - Toyota Land Cruiser HJ60 - Cadillac Eldorado - BMW E30 - BMW 135i

That is what was go great about getting the '97 Grand Cherokee! EVERY LAST THING WORKS!
On my SDL the AC quit, the radio needed to be replaced (along with the antenna), the right passenger seat controls worked when THEY wanted to, not when YOU wanted them to work, and the sunroof was immobile. At least the cruise and windows worked!

Still I miss that car like I would miss a kidney!

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"I have no convictions ... I blow with the wind, and the prevailing wind happens to be from Vichy"

Current
Monika '74 450 SL
BrownHilda '79 280SL
FoxyCleopatra '99 Chevy Suburban
Scarlett 2014 Jeep Cherokee
Krystal 2004 Volvo S60
Gone
'74 Jeep CJ5
'97 Jeep ZJ Laredo
Rudolf ‘86 300SDL
Bruno '81 300SD
Fritzi '84 BMW
'92 Subaru
'96 Impala SS
'71 Buick GS conv
'67 GTO conv
'63 Corvair conv
'57 Nomad

BARBER: I'm a lumberjack, and I'm okay. I sleep all night and I work all day.
MOUNTIES: He's a lumberjack, and he's okay. He sleeps all night and he works all day. BARBER: I cut down trees. I eat my lunch. I go to the lavatory. On Wednesdays I go shoppin' And have buttered scones for tea. MOUNTIES: He cuts down trees. He eats his lunch. He goes to the lavatory. On Wednesdays he goes shoppin' And has buttered scones for tea. He's a lumberjack, and he's okay. He sleeps all night and he works all day.
BARBER: I cut down trees. I skip and jump. I like to press wild flowers. I put on women's clothing And hang around in bars. MOUNTIES: He cuts down trees. He skips and jumps. He likes to press wild flowers. He puts on women's clothing And hangs around in bars?! He's a lumberjack, and he's okay. He sleeps all night and he works all day. BARBER: I cut down trees. I wear high heels, Suspendies, and a bra. I wish I'd been a girlie, Just like my dear Papa.

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Mac
2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

“Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22