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On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 14:45:36 -0400, John wrote:
On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 14:30:08 -0400, wrote: On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 12:11:26 -0400, John wrote: On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 11:26:54 -0400, wrote: On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 07:50:30 -0400, John wrote: On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 23:22:36 -0400, wrote: On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 14:53:45 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 3/28/2020 1:12 PM, Tim wrote: John H - show quoted text - The new Ford 150 looks like a super truck. My SIL got one through the company, and he loves it. - show quoted text -“ Can’t afford to buy new but would love to have one I may change my mind when I start seriously looking. A new vehicle every 3-4 years is one unnecessary luxury I still afford myself though. I seem to be more like a 20 year cycle but I am not as rich as you ;-) I keep thinking I should get rid of my 97 Honda but I can't think of why. I am going to run it till it blows up, call AAA, have it towed, take my tags and mail them the title. Right now we have three vehicles in the driveway and only one driver. I really should get rid of something. I need a truck, my wife won't ride an anything but the Lincoln and I still like driving my Honda so I guess that is that. I keep thinking I want a car. Looking at old Mercedes diesels or something like a Honda civic or crv. The only advantage it would have would be better mileage than the truck. But then I think of the cost of the car, insurance, maintenance, taxes, and gas, and realize it would probably take me about 47 years to break even on the fuel cost savings. So, I still don't have the auto. -- === You can pick up older Mercedes diesels for fairly reasonable prices. We just sold a 2007 E320 with 130K miles on it for $3K, the Kelly bluebook price. The car still looked great and ran very well most of the time. It had begun to develop some annoying electronic glitches however that our mechanic couldn't get a handle on. It was a v6 turbo diesel that developed 400 ft-lbs of torque and got over 30 mpg. The fuel range on trips was close to 700 miles. Except for the glitches it was still a great car that will probably go another 70K miles or more. That's more or less what I've been looking at. Sound like your buyer got a good deal. I wouldn't mind putting a few bucks into it. -- === Our buyer was the local CarMax since that is the quickest and cleanest way to sell that I'm aware of. Since it was over 10 years old they were going to auction it off, and I doubt that they made much money on the deal. I didn't want to be bothered with a private sale and possible recriminations from a disgruntled purchaser. The biggest issue with older luxury cars is maintenance. The cars may be a bargain but parts and service are not. I would have thought parts would be pretty available for a 2007. Hell, I'm thinking of something in the 90's! -- === Many of the parts are only available through Mercedes and they are pricey. I did have some luck buying a gray market part on EBAY but that's a bit of a crap shoot and you still have to find a mechanic that is willing to install it. It was OK for a while after that but eventually started glitching again. Since I was really hankering to get a twin turbo V8 S550 I just said the heck with it and did the deal. The S550 is a wonderful car but now I can't drive it anywhere. -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com |
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