Well, there are good dealers & bad dealers (and good & bad service/parts departments).
Re-reading Kaleb's post, a chat with the adviser regarding previous service history, prior to handing over the keys may have prevented the "up-selling" & improved his experience. Everyone knows those Airmatic shocks are $$$ (just by themselves) to have replaced at the dealer, no surprise there.
If you can afford it, I don't see why a new Mercedes diesel should not be considered & enjoyed. The cars now going on 20-30 years are certainly not issue or trouble free & with far more expensive bits that are needing to be replaced then a new car off the lot would have! :-) On 9/15/2013 10:20 PM, mercedes-requ...@okiebenz.com wrote:
From: Hendrik and Fay <heni...@gmail.com> Date: 9/15/2013 8:48 PM I think Kaleb provided a very good reason earlier when he informed us as to the level of service received at the local dealer. These things are as complicated as a modern petrol burner and as such will more than likely have as many issues, in their electronic management systems and will have expensive bits that are needing to be replaced on a regular basis. Anyone that things they will get old school mechanical Diesel reliability out of these things, could be mistaken. Then there is the question of how much more these will cost, compared to a similar MB with a petrol engine? Hendrik who will not be buying a bluetec
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