Ferrari Mailing List: Mercedes Benz Durability for the Record

[Mauricio Mesa (mesa_mauricio]

I have to clarify things a bit for the record.  While BMW and Audi make highly 
technological advanced vehicles.  Mercedes Benz decade after decade has made 
the most dependable/durable vehicles of the three car makers.  The Mercedes 
Benz quality only went down after it was purchased the merger with Chrysler, I 
guess they began cutting corners.  The proof is that way more Mercedes Benz' 
remain on the road that are used as daily drivers no matter if they are 10, 20, 
30 years old versus the other German car makers.  So while some of us may have 
preferences to a certain car model because its sportier or more technologically 
advanced, there is a reason why some of the other German car makers mainly 
lease their cars with their fabulous maintenance and warrantly packages but 
after that 5 or 6 year period most of their cars lose most of their value and 
end up more than other car makers as parts cars because they are not built to 
last beyond 8 years or so.  In my
 household we have 4 Benzes from the 80s and 90s that get daily driver use with 
little if any problems and everything is pretty straight forward to fix as 
compared to others.