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Originally Posted by dgauthier
My wife drove a new '98 C280 for 18 years. Nice car, but stuff breaks on a Mercedes that should never break. My wife sold the car to her friend, who had the car inspected by a mechanic. He said "The car has been meticulously maintained, but you could have bought another car with what the maintenance cost."
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Interesting.
We had a '98 C230. Bought new. Most reliable car we had until the end.....the last 5 years we had close to no maintenance costs......just one oil change. We intentionally killed the car (rust due to many winter miles). Junked it last summer so we had it for close to 26 years.
We did recently sell a '13 Mercedes C250. It ran just fine, was reliable but that turbo engine.........not built to old Mercedes standards so it was time for a new vehicle.
So we purchased a new Lexus to replace the '13 Mercedes. Well sorted port/direct injection engine.
We are keeping our '06 Mercedes E500 wagon. One of the most reliable drivetrains made. The rest of the car is a bit complicated (brake by wire and air suspension) and not cheap to maintain. But it's a solid rust free car.....and a wagon.