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Am 12.05.2024 um 22:00 schrieb Tom Kunich:Yes the classic models were legendary for dependability and longevity. I have no direct experience with Mercedes in this century, aside from anecdotes so I just don't know.On Sun May 12 18:42:02 2024 Roger Merriman wrote:Taxi drivers in Germany reported even in the 1980's their Merc going easily over 500,000 miles, when most other cars were lucky reaching 100,000.Tom Kunich <cyclintom@yahoo.com> wrote:>Why doi you suppose someone would buy a Mercedes or a BMW which>
are very poorly made vehicles for their price? I have been buying
used vehicles and Ford Taurus are dirt cheap and will drive
250,000 miles with little major repairs.
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Compare this to the 100,000 miles on a Mercedes. Or less for a
BMW. Of course you lose the status of paying $75,000 for a car
designhed to break down and leave you in the middle of nowhere.
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I?m not aware of either Mercedes or BMW being practically
mechanically unreliable, quite the reverse in fact.
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As ever different cars for different purposes and so on, see also
bikes for similar purposes and rather more on topic and frankly
interesting.
Kelly Blue Book rates Mercedes the #1 least reliable car. Now you
have to temper that with the fact that Mercendes owners rarely keep a
car more than five years so unless they are extremely heavy auto
users you can't find many new car buyers complaining.
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