yes Subarus are a great choice. we have had 1970, 1971, 78 (first 4WD) 83. & the 2001 Forester which I bought new. only reason I sold Forester is my brother the car dealer gave me a 78 240D for Christmas present.
On Tue, Jun 27, 2023, 1:16 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < [email protected]> wrote: > Sadly a Subaru is probably a solid choice. The advantage being that a lot > of shops can/will work on them. It can be harder to find a good shop that > can/will work on Mercedes. > > Most all of the Subaru choices are solid vehicles and as long as you steer > away from the boy racer models (WRX springs to mind) they don't tend to get > hooned too bad. They also not terrible to drive. I had occasion to drive an > early 2000's Forester that was a solid, if slightly boring ride. > Realistically I should have bought the wagon that Dwight had years ago, > probably would have saved me money vs getting involved with old "cheap" > Mercedes... > > -Curt > > On Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at 01:10:12 PM EDT, Michael Esh via Mercedes < > [email protected]> wrote: > > My son, Andrew is beginning search for used vehicle. He is a 25 year old > student who will hopefully be starting Med school in the next 6 months or > so. He has been driving our 1991 Civic for several years but it has been > sold due to some rust and high mileage. Actually got $2000 for it! > He is pushing for a Subaru Impreza or something similar. I am > discouraging this and looking more toward a Mercedes all wheel drive in the > $8-10,000 range and would like to get something that is from the south that > is relatively rust free. (My daughter lives in Austin). > I have 2 300D’s and he is driving one of them now but I don’t want him > using it in the winter due to the salt and rust issues. > Any thoughts about what we should be looking for would be welcome. Or even > better does anyone have anything we might interested in? We live in > Michigan. > Thanks in advance, > Mike > > Michael E. Esh > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
