music_man
Headphoneus Supremus
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holy smokes i love the rx7! that would not happen to be an r2 or r3(it has a wing)?
do you know what you can do with that car! the rx8 is such a shame after that car. that car was lotus' biggest fear at the time.
skyline, two things. first the key to the longevity of -any- car is how you take care of it! it does not matter what car you have. if you do not take care of it it will show for sure. german cars seem to be more prone to coming apart when not taken care of then other cars though. that leads me to number two. with german cars you usually pay up front instead of later. they are high and expensive maintenance cars. if you do the proper maintenance in fact usually less stuff tends to break than a lot of other cars.
with other cars there is less, and less expensive maintenance but they tend to not be as trouble free. let me stress the maintenance schedule! people find this out,tend not to do it(especially if it is a lease) and then dump the "clunker" they have created on someone else! sorry about that. i doubt yours is a shining example in fact. the e320 is a fine car for a fine price. try to get one with a written history and less than 85,000 miles.
those cars will run 200,000+ miles without a rebuild, trust me i know. really most modern cars will though. honestly a mb(especially amg),bmw(especially m),audi(especially s) are more costly to operate. if you want the true luxury it just costs more like every other luxury item. it is not good for a starving college student for instance. since many are given to go to college with and then fail during, or shortly after.
here, slam the doors,hood and trunk on that mb. then try it on a cadillac of the same year and even a lexus of that vintage. you will hear and feel the quality. it took caddy and lexus at least 5 more years to catch up to that.
for each year they were made they represented state of the art at that time. that '94 is the technical equal of some $35,000 cars today!
if you have some time go to a mb dealer. look at the "new" e-class. to see what they are up to now. you will understand what that car must have been like in '94. the new e has more features than my s-class amg! if only it made toast. mmm. toast!
music_man
do you know what you can do with that car! the rx8 is such a shame after that car. that car was lotus' biggest fear at the time.
skyline, two things. first the key to the longevity of -any- car is how you take care of it! it does not matter what car you have. if you do not take care of it it will show for sure. german cars seem to be more prone to coming apart when not taken care of then other cars though. that leads me to number two. with german cars you usually pay up front instead of later. they are high and expensive maintenance cars. if you do the proper maintenance in fact usually less stuff tends to break than a lot of other cars.
with other cars there is less, and less expensive maintenance but they tend to not be as trouble free. let me stress the maintenance schedule! people find this out,tend not to do it(especially if it is a lease) and then dump the "clunker" they have created on someone else! sorry about that. i doubt yours is a shining example in fact. the e320 is a fine car for a fine price. try to get one with a written history and less than 85,000 miles.
those cars will run 200,000+ miles without a rebuild, trust me i know. really most modern cars will though. honestly a mb(especially amg),bmw(especially m),audi(especially s) are more costly to operate. if you want the true luxury it just costs more like every other luxury item. it is not good for a starving college student for instance. since many are given to go to college with and then fail during, or shortly after.
here, slam the doors,hood and trunk on that mb. then try it on a cadillac of the same year and even a lexus of that vintage. you will hear and feel the quality. it took caddy and lexus at least 5 more years to catch up to that.
for each year they were made they represented state of the art at that time. that '94 is the technical equal of some $35,000 cars today!
if you have some time go to a mb dealer. look at the "new" e-class. to see what they are up to now. you will understand what that car must have been like in '94. the new e has more features than my s-class amg! if only it made toast. mmm. toast!
music_man
