On 06/06/2013 12:45 AM, clay wrote:
At the moment I am doing battle with SWMBA over the replacement for the E300.
I would prefer it just get fixed and life go on, but she has a bug up her ...
bonnet, that a more reliable car be found. These fit my taste. What should I
be aware of, and which should be avoided?
clay
Cannot recall what is wrong with the one you have.
Have to suggest that, if the cost of repair is reasonable and the rest
of the one you have is good, then you are likely better off keeping it.
My truck is in that category. It is an 02 with 170K miles on it and is
developing a bit of rust on the driver's side rocker panel. Runs good,
AC works etc. Should consider moving on but cannot see anything I want
more unless I buy new and I rarely do. Last new one was in 1977. Too
much $$.
So, I would be fearful of getting into something that has more issues
than what I already have.
Now, having said that, if your good wife has just come to a point in
time where she wants, or thinks she wants a different vehicle, then you
are not going to win this one. Even if she agrees to fix and keep, you
will likely end up changing vehicles for her in the near future.
So, having said that, I think my advice would be to buy newer and
probably the newest you think you can afford. Newer vehicles do tend to
have some advantages - usually safer - and hopefully a lower likelyhood
of issues. For example, my 02 F150 was 5 years old when I got it and I
have had it almost 7 years. I have done very little work on it in that
time. It has thus been very easy to own and that contributes to my
willingness to keep it for the foreseeable future.
My 2 cents for whatever that is worth.
Randy
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