For the most part maintenance is the key to not getting stranded. I've only ever been stranded twice and both times I should have known better. One was a water pump that failed after dripping coolant for a couple weeks, the second was a wheel bearing I'd let go too long.
My $400 240D never stranded me anywhere but I fixed every driveability problem (as opposed to cosmetic issues) immediately upon discovery... Maintenance is also the key to keeping a car for a long time. You MUST fix every single problem immediately. If you let an issue fester the next time something happens you have two issues and later three or four issues and eventually you decide its not worth keeping because it has "so many" issues... -Curt Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:48:43 -0500 From: Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] A lost cause? Message-ID: <4ec1547b.7040...@constructivity.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed The issue is more reliability I think -- if you have a beater sort of car that takes a bit of work and parts to keep running, but is essentially reliable (i.e., won't strand you somewhere due to catastrophic failure), then throwing a few bucks at it now and again, and some fix-it time, is not unreasonable. Unless it becomes a train wreck, then keep it going. Now your average wife probably has no sense of any of that, but that is just wifely thing, might as well live with it. But keeping the car going is probably cheaper than buying a new(er) one. -_R _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
