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06-15-06, 11:37
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SilverLexus is offline
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Atlanta Posts: 4,897 | Mercedes Super Car a Piece of Crap!
http://www.casanovacars.com/mercedes..._10_blocks.php
Another story in a long list of reliability issues at Benz. What do folks buy this garbage brand?
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06-15-06, 11:45
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Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 2,946 | I like German cars but in my opinion they get too complicated and always have a ton of goofy features which is just more to break and go wrong. My cousin just bought a new Passat and there are tons of little extras on the car that I just think will be problems in the long run. But I dig them.  | |
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06-15-06, 12:00
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| | Shiny car, happy car.
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Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The Lone Star State Posts: 1,598 | Ha! Oh the irony mister rich man.
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06-15-06, 12:15
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| | Kick'n it w/treehuggers
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Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Seattle Posts: 1,582 | Another way chrystler has fubar'd the germans.
Chryster's new slogan.
"Been &$^*&(&^ over the germans since 1942." | |
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06-15-06, 01:18
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Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Atlanta Posts: 4,897 | Some german cars are awesome though. Porsche led the reliability ratings in the IQS from JD Power.
Benz has been at or below the industry average for years now. You need to get better quality for the prices Mercedes is charging.
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06-15-06, 01:46
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Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: portland, OR Posts: 900 | Quote: |
Originally Posted by SilverLexus Some german cars are awesome though. Porsche led the reliability ratings in the IQS from JD Power.
| i read that too. it blew my mind. i seem to recall this just a while ago: http://www.pistonheads.com/Porsche/d...?storyId=12912
pretty sad...... | |
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06-15-06, 02:16
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Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,642 | Isn't this sort of an isolated case since there was a very small production run of the car? I'm not defending MB or anything, but it seems unfair to speak of them as a whole because of this.
And wasn't this the car that did horribly in Le Mans because the bottomside was flat, so the car would flip head over heels when taking hills at high speeds? | |
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06-15-06, 02:22
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Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 3,313 | I think the OP is kind of referring to MB as a brand, since their reliability has been on a steady decline. That said, reliabilty in the entire industry is getting better year by year, and while the Germans (aside from Porsche) have had a hard time keeping up with brands like Hyundai, Kia, etc... in reliabilty reports, they're still far from "crap brands".
Why do people by Mercedes? Well, a lot of them like the badge, but other folks like the styling, luxury, and power... Heck, I wouldn't turn down a CLS55 AMG.
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06-15-06, 02:26
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Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 20,857 | I'm sorry, but not all that surprised, to read this. MB used to be a paragon of engineering and their older cars are incredibly durable and reliable, even their limited production cars were truly usable.
I feel bad for Mr. Johnston. Here's a guy who worked his way up from being a mechanic to owning a high-profile dealership in an area where people spend that kind of money, and he gets a clunker  | |
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06-15-06, 02:36
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| | Now with twice the head
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Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Arlington, TX Posts: 25,603 | Unreal. Even Yugos could go more than 10 blocks. | |
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06-15-06, 03:28
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SpoiledMan is offline
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Southern Cali Posts: 6,664 | Quote: |
Originally Posted by SilverLexus What do folks buy this garbage brand? | Cause nobody else makes a 604HP/7XX lb./ft. car.  Seriously, you don't judge a make for one car such as this. There isn't another manufacturer that takes the chances and covers the niches that MBZ covers. Think of it like this:
(last generation S-Class)
S430
S500
S600
S55AMG
S65AMG
Anybody else offer a range like that?
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06-15-06, 03:41
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| | Kick'n it w/treehuggers
Grouse is offline
Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Seattle Posts: 1,582 | audi
a4,
s4
rs4
s6
rs6
a8
s8
r8
a5
a7
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not quite the same but close.
not to mention the r-8 racing, and the current king r-10 TDI  | |
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