Anyone consider MB E class?
Racer
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I think cross traffic alert is a '14 and up option when 360 cameras were added by Merc, but I'm far from expert on their newer model years. Are we comparing the newer more expensive LS or the similarly priced '10 LS?
The trunk on the E is bigger than the '02 GS, but I suspect the "one full size larger" LS dwarfs them both. I'll bet Emunds covers it, but go big if you need loads of room.
The gorilla? The LS might be the pinnacle of reliability, but the E is recommended by multiple sources. You don't even have to squint at their three separate conclusions to see they concur. If one is great and the other is good enough, what's the diff? I honestly don't know, but at some point good enough is truly good enough and no more is required.
The trunk on the E is bigger than the '02 GS, but I suspect the "one full size larger" LS dwarfs them both. I'll bet Emunds covers it, but go big if you need loads of room.
The gorilla? The LS might be the pinnacle of reliability, but the E is recommended by multiple sources. You don't even have to squint at their three separate conclusions to see they concur. If one is great and the other is good enough, what's the diff? I honestly don't know, but at some point good enough is truly good enough and no more is required.
The Journalists have said something similar about the Audi and now look where they.
Pit Crew
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I can tell you I have an early 2010 E350 and really didn't have any real issues. I mean it wasn't my daily beater like my GS that got 20K a year on it, but we still manged to put about 10K a year on it. That was mostly my wife who doesn't care about pot holes etc and nothing really major had occurred. We just changed the oil as scheduled and had to change 2 tires, we had one instance with Pano roof when it got locked up but I think it was because of the cold weather and water stuck in it from car wash. It was a solid car thought that had no rattles and I say compared to GS it was a bit more refined of a drive. However long term I don't know if it will hold up like a Lexus and if anything goes wrong I can only imagine the cost, they would even charge me to pick up the car for service were Lexus even though I didn't buy it from Lexus of Manhattan would pick up my car for service for free. I can tell you the service is not like Lexus that is for sure.
I can tell you I have an early 2010 E350 and really didn't have any real issues. I mean it wasn't my daily beater like my GS that got 20K a year on it, but we still manged to put about 10K a year on it. That was mostly my wife who doesn't care about pot holes etc and nothing really major had occurred. We just changed the oil as scheduled and had to change 2 tires, we had one instance with Pano roof when it got locked up but I think it was because of the cold weather and water stuck in it from car wash. It was a solid car thought that had no rattles and I say compared to GS it was a bit more refined of a drive. However long term I don't know if it will hold up like a Lexus and if anything goes wrong I can only imagine the cost, they would even charge me to pick up the car for service were Lexus even though I didn't buy it from Lexus of Manhattan would pick up my car for service for free. I can tell you the service is not like Lexus that is for sure.
Lexus Fanatic
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Exactly. 3 year leases are the norm for a BMW consumer. After that, they get CPO'd for another 2 or 3 and then they are someone else's SIGNIFICANT problem. No delaers in my area want a 5 year old BMW on their lot and will wholesale them to other suckers.
Racer
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The Journalists only seem to focus on an owners nuisances when the car is under warranty.
They never seem to care about the long hull for the practically minded owner because they could care less about the reliability aspects and are only interested in the technology. Their readership is geared for the suckers that justify throwing money away.
There is also an obvious cultural bias since the time of marketing European cars by using celebrities after WW2 even though America built the best cars of that era.
If Asian cars were less then stellar on the reliability front would the journalists give them a free pass, I think not but they always seem to accommodate European cars for their misfortunes.
They never seem to care about the long hull for the practically minded owner because they could care less about the reliability aspects and are only interested in the technology. Their readership is geared for the suckers that justify throwing money away.
There is also an obvious cultural bias since the time of marketing European cars by using celebrities after WW2 even though America built the best cars of that era.
If Asian cars were less then stellar on the reliability front would the journalists give them a free pass, I think not but they always seem to accommodate European cars for their misfortunes.
Driver School Candidate
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Sorry to resurrect an old thread...but I just moved from a 2011 E550 4Matic loaded to a 2012 LS460 AWD. Loved the feeling of power and responsiveness in the engine of the E550 compared to the LS. But when you have a check engine light appear once a month, the warning of "Airmatic Suspension Malfunction", an intermittent burning smell that can't be located, and the complete lack of feeling of control on 1/2 inch snow covered roads with new tires...led me to the LS.
Benz was a great running and driving car...the V8 in that car is magic. Not as many 'gizmos' as the LS...but more chance of them breaking and causing cascading failure then thousands of $$ of repair bills.
Anyway...just my two cents....questions, let me know
Benz was a great running and driving car...the V8 in that car is magic. Not as many 'gizmos' as the LS...but more chance of them breaking and causing cascading failure then thousands of $$ of repair bills.
Anyway...just my two cents....questions, let me know
Instructor
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MB and word value should not be in a same sentence. Ad Bmw to that as well.
Sister has a 14 e350 sport. But she leases it, and her company pays for it.
By design those cars are not meant to last long. That was the main reason I didn't get a s550 sport that I wanted so much.
Sister has a 14 e350 sport. But she leases it, and her company pays for it.
By design those cars are not meant to last long. That was the main reason I didn't get a s550 sport that I wanted so much.
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