My wife loves her Infiniti I30, '96 with a five speed manual. It has over 190k miles now but still looks and drives just fine. For her it's a big car - she's used to driving tiny Italian cars - but she'll drive my wagon if the most recent furnishing purchase is too big for the Infiniti. Her biggest complaint about the wagon is the automatic transmission. I'd love to get her driving the '95 E300 once I get it running - if the radio and heat/AC work to her satisfaction, I may be successful.
The Infiniti has required expected repairs (water pump, two starters, one clutch disk, two front axles, one clutch master cylinder and one slave cylinder) but we've driven it for over 10 years now and I'm very happy with it. It's fast and fun to drive and very quiet. My biggest complaint is the engine bay is so tight that a typical repair requires removing layers and layers of stuff and even then it's uncomfortable to reach some things. I did purchase the paper service manual for the car, and it is well done in my opinion, some what better than the MB service manuals. Price was over $200, but I've more than recouped that cost in the savings vs. paying someone else to fix the car. -Max -----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Donald Snook Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 9:03 AM To: 'Mercedes@okiebenz.com' Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Are Toyota owners stupid? Randy wrote: "We have had a couple of Toyotas in the not too distant past. A 95 4Runner that is rusty and sitting on my garden yet and a 98 Avalon that was a nice car in some respects but caused a fair amount of trouble. My wife now has an 07 Honda Accord. I tried to get her to think about an Impala or something else but she was fixed on the idea of a Honda. Not entirely sure why. I really wanted her to get something a bit bigger but she would have cheerfully taken a Civic instead of the Accord. I had to twist her arm to make that change." I have found when my wife likes her car, she is much happier with it and with me. This is often true when I really don't like her car. She loves her current Expedition and I don't think I will be able to get rid of it until the wheels fall off. Its got 150,000 miles and needs new tires soon. Its been through two windshields and other than one time I had to replace the Idle Air Control motor has been trouble free. Of course, it has been trouble free while getting 13 mpg. Donald H. Snook _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
