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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
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The new Ford 150 looks like a super truck. My SIL got one through the company,
and he loves it.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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