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Originally Posted by Gavla82
Wouldn't bother with Mercs either mate. My buddy was a service manager for Merc and he said they aren't very reliable either. The you get a German made Fiesta of nearly 20 years in age with 115k+ on the clock and she still singing along like a young girlie.
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I fear that I'm turning into my Dad as I'm thinking that they don't make cars the way they used to.
I've got a beemer 1990 318is in the garage with over 300k on the clock still on the same engine, gearbox, even exhaust system as when I bought her new.
I've also got a beemer on the drive that had a full BMW service history. Not even 85k on the clock and the bloody thing is knackered.
Thinks, could be a one off... Nope. Blew the engine on the one before this as well in under 100k.
My impression is that they think that if they wear out we will buy new ones... Nope, the reason I went down this path was for dependability, not for cars that break down before the old E30's would have even been properly worn in.
Driven beemers so long that I can't bring myself to drive an Audi. Porche are too bloody expensive. Jaguar need a pit crew following behind your car, so if I write off Mercedes what do I buy next
Any thoughts on Lexus? When I'm over in Asia I always drive Honka's and Toyota's as I reccon that even if a piston flew out from under the bonnet they would still keep going. And when your deep in mud hut territory last thing you want to do is break down in the middle of nowhere with no way to explain where you are even when you do speak a bit of the lingo.
I still like BMW. beautiful looking cars and still corner like they are on rails. Just wished that either (1) their cars weren't so bloody unreliable now. and/or (2) their mechanics knew what the f*ck they were doing.