I'm not sure I'd go bragging about MB quality anymore, especially not the stuff from the early 2000s, the admitted "low quality years".
Pretty much any hoopty made today will go 10 years, 200,000 miles. Around here the body will pretty well be done in the 12-15 year range but the engine/transmission will probably be fine if any amount of maintenance has been kept up. 200,000 miles is not the challenge it once was. I don't own anything will less than 100,000 miles right now. -Curt On Sunday, January 21, 2018, 9:55:07 AM EST, Larry Turner via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Many people don't understand the difference between MBs and other cars. I had a friend who was looking for a new car - he test drove a new MB and was not impressed. He said a Chev or Ford felt the same way when he tested them. What I could not get him to understand was the difference in quality didn't come when testing a new car. Almost anyone can put a car together that will feel great for the 1st month or 2. It became obvious after 10 or more years with 100K or 200K miles on the clock but with maintenance needed to keep it running properly that quality had to be built in at the beginning. The car magazines all make a similar mistake although they do like to talk about the MBs craftsmanship. But in a week or so driving one they don't really know. If they bought pre-owned like many on the list they might come to understand the importance of owning a car put together like a Swiss watch. But the less the public knows, the more nice used MBs for us ;-) LarryT On 01/20/2018 11:39 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote: > that is just sick. When they wanted $60k for a dissel gran cherokee, > I told em they were crazy! For that money, I'd buy a MB. > >> Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> January 20, 2018 at 8:55 AM >> I was in a new Jeep Grand Cherokee the other day. Sticker price was $92k >> > > _______________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________ 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 _______________________________________ 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
