The Subaru he wants is something like the sporty WRX and I afraid most of them have been driven and pretty abused. I like the idea of a w211 or something similar.
Michael E. Esh > On Jun 27, 2023, at 6:45 PM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes > <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
