In Reply to: Why a Saab is not a Mercedes...., Joe [Profile/Gallery] , Thu, 6 Jan 2005 09:28:20

unless things have changed more recently, everyone i've known with mercedes has problems with them, one guy has a mid 80's 380SL roadster and has spent $24K in the last few years on a nice one he bought a few years ago for $10K. Another friend with same car also has put a lot of money into it recently, engine seals went. I have a friend in MA who grew up with Mercedes and the only way he says it was affordable for his dad to do it was to keep parts cars around and do the work himself.

As to toyotas, etc., i've had problems with nissan, my subaru ran great when i sold it at 169K, but had a lot of little sensors and electrical things along the way, not to mention $1100 worth of seals dumping oil too much to drive at about 150K. trouble with japanese cars is most of them feel like crap by the time they're ten years old (except maybe for highly priced models), whereas you can get in a saab or mercedes and still feel like it's a nice car.

but i agree, why not fix design flaws?? one nice thing about it is that it makes it easy to find parts because so many are the same from year to year, thank god!



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• Why a Saab is not a Mercedes...., Joe , Thu, 6 Jan 2005 09:28:20
  • Some of the things you mention are done very early in, Noel, Thu, 6 Jan 2005 13:57:26
  • Saab is too small and too broke...., David Ingram, Thu, 6 Jan 2005 12:59:36
    • Re: Saab is too small and too broke...., Joe , Thu, 6 Jan 2005 13:21:32
      • Yes, just good-natured ribbing at the Japanese...n/m, David Ingram, Thu, 6 Jan 2005 13:30:09
  • Re: Why a Saab is not a Mercedes...., TML , Thu, 6 Jan 2005 12:18:09
  • C'mon Joe...have you ever owned a Mercedes?, turrbo , Thu, 6 Jan 2005 10:24:30
    • Re: C'mon Joe...have you ever owned a Mercedes?, Joe , Thu, 6 Jan 2005 10:43:38
      • I don't think its necessarily the flaws that drive the, turrbo , Thu, 6 Jan 2005 10:54:55
        • Tons of Saabs in ME, Matt, Thu, 6 Jan 2005 12:00:29
          • don't forget Vermont, we love our Saabs here too !!, mark, Thu, 6 Jan 2005 13:05:57
            • Oh theres tons here in Boston, turrbo , Thu, 6 Jan 2005 15:14:25
              • As my indy says, NH is Saab Country n/m, Noel, Thu, 6 Jan 2005 15:46:00
        • I love them, but not for the "little quirks", Joe , Thu, 6 Jan 2005 11:20:15
  • mercedes also brake, but more expensive..., aaron, Thu, 6 Jan 2005 10:10:25 <-- Viewing This Message
    • Maybe picking MB was not the right car..., Joe , Thu, 6 Jan 2005 10:52:43
      • How can you call a Honda "quality"?, Street, Thu, 6 Jan 2005 12:09:08
        • Honda vs. Saab, mark, Thu, 6 Jan 2005 13:11:04
        • Most of the World does :-), Andrew , Thu, 6 Jan 2005 12:52:51
          • Well you know what they say about flies and feces ;) nm, AdamB , Mon, 10 Jan 2005 06:03:59
          • Most of that weight's just ballast..., Street, Thu, 6 Jan 2005 13:18:11
    • I had an MB W202, Pat98, Thu, 6 Jan 2005 10:27:17
      • Re: I had an MB W202, Gunnar, Fri, 7 Jan 2005 10:24:53

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