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

[jimshadow (jimshadow]

We bought our first Benz a few weeks ago.....a 2007 GL450.   Have only put a 
thousand miles on it, but it is an excellent vehicle.   I've had many BMW's and 
this SUV brings home what I have been missing in a German car.  
Ill keep reporting as we rack up the miles...

Jim 
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Brian E. Buxton" <BrianBuxton [at] BuxtonMotorsports.com>

Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:07:42 
To: JIM<jimshadow [at] verizon.net>
Cc: The FerrariList<ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Mercedes Benz Durability for the Record


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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