Hello to everyone on this forum. Last Friday my wife and I spent the day driving new cars to find a replacement for hers which is a 2003 Mercedes C230 Coupe. Mercedes Benz is a great car until the warranty expires, at which time it gets very expensive to maintain. My wife had a 100 mile (round trip) a day commute and accumulated lots of miles in a short time. My local Benz dealer has been charging me $450.00 for each scheduled maintenance. Oil, filter, and check the fluids and hoses, etc. A tire rotation is an extra $35.00!! Once the warranty expired it seemed that every month the "check engine " light would come on. $90.00 to see whats wrong this time!
Anyway, we drove the following vehicles:
2006 BMW 530xi wagon
2005 Volvo V70
2006 Mercedes E320Cdi
2005 Audi A6 3.2
2006 Lexus GS300

 

And, Paul Harvey asked, what's the rest of the story?

 

Sorry about that.

The rest of the story follows in the next thread.

 

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