A Subaru is a weenie mobile. Tell him to get a Mercedes. Maybe a w211 like Dwight has.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 27, 2023, at 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
