Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Mercedes Benz Durability for the Record

[Brian E. Buxton (BrianBuxton]

Ha ha - the R-class has been popular though.  BMW is even coming out 
with a car/hatchback crossover to compete with it.  MBZ has ben strange 
with their cars - the last C-class was a huge improvement over the 
previous C, as was the E.  The S-class not so much.  Bu the new ones - 
WOW!  I and my family have had / do have several MBZ's in the past 
couple of years, and I don't think anything else from Germany touches 
them as far as safety, style, innovation, quality, etc.  In the past few 
years my father has had  a 1995 S500, 1999 ML430, 1999 E320 4-Matic, 
2005 E320 4-Matic, and a 2001 S500, 2007 S550 & S550 Sport.  I have had 
a 2003 E500 Sport, 2005 CLK500 Sport conv., 2007 C230 Sport sedan and 
currently have a 2009 C63 AMG.  All have been fantastic.

Brian



Rick Lindsay wrote:

> Two M-Bs in my family; an '08 C300 and a '61 180b.   We are considering a 
> 350GLK right now.
>
> The only new M-B vehicle that is right off the list is the R-class.  That's a 
> Chrysler in lederhosen!
>
> rick
>
> --- On Tue, 4/14/09, Mauricio Mesa <mesa_mauricio [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>  
>
> > From: Mauricio Mesa <mesa_mauricio [at] yahoo.com>
> > Subject: [Ferrari] Mercedes Benz Durability for the Record
> > To: "rolindsay" <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>
> > Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> > Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 9:48 AM
> > 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.    
> >
> >
> >
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