I would say that’s a pretty fair observation. I would agree that E class cars are more likely to be bought and held for a while.
-D > On Jul 9, 2022, at 3:54 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > E class is more a buy and hold car, whereas the S class is a three year lease > and dump. After four or five owners they get pretty trashed. Usually by the > third owner maintenance, upkeep, and repair is out the window. The car is a > "status symbol" that gets no love. But that's my opinion, not necessarily a > fact. More of an observation. > > > Rick > > From: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Sent: July 9, 2022 2:26 PM > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com; davesl...@okiebenz.com > Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Cc: ka...@striplin.net > Subject: [MBZ] E vs S > > I have for the most part always preferred S class cars. Specially 126 and > 140. I have never owned anything 220 or newer. The reason for this is because > it seems like 140 and up S classes that are nice are hard to find. They are > usually ghettofied, beat to death etc. While this does happen with the e > class, it seems like those are usually better taken care of. Anybody got any > theories on that? You would think the cars that sold new for much much more > would be better taken care of. > > Sent from my iPhone > > _______________________________________ > 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