On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 10:43 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I know we are all pretty much cheapasses but wifey wants a "new" vehicle and
Not Mercedes but... My wife works at the Ford dealer in CH. At first I was happy that I could get the employee discount, but having seen the "reliability" of her two brand new cars, I am assuredly not buying anything made by Ford in the past few years. It's not that they don't fix the products under warranty - they do try, anyway - but I don't have time to keep dropping the vehicle for service, and our local dealers don't comp rentals on warranty claims. > extended warranty to go along with a used one, the CPOs have something like > that, would have to look into details. I know you can get something from Wife says Ford CPO deals are better than buying new because the warranty runs longer, but the incremental price is low relative to the cost of buying new. I am reasonably happy with the performance of the van (2011 Ford E350) aside from fuel economy, so by extension a few-year-old Explorer might be a good choice. I also really liked the 2005 Escape Hybrid, but the transfer case ate itself - still a newer or 2WD model might be okay. That said my next vehicle will almost certainly not be a Ford, even if I could get a CPO with the bugs worked out. There is a big Carmax on the northwest side of Raleigh, which isn't terribly far out of the way of your SIL. Many other dealers along that strip as well, you could make an Easter junket and see what you see. Best, Tim _______________________________________ http://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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
