Figure 16 mpg average around town. With a tailwind and light foot you can cross 20 mpg on the interstate.
-D On Jun 27, 2023, at 3:23 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes <[email protected]> wrote: My email is being stupid right now but that ML500 I just posted seems like a candidate, unless it swills too much fuel. AZBob Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows From: dan penoff.com via Mercedes<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2023 11:46 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List<mailto:[email protected]> Cc: dan penoff.com<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Looking for car for sonny boy. I'm with Curt. I have some exposure to "Subies" as they are "the" car to drive in Flagstaff, and understandably so with all the off-road activities here along with the winter. Speaking with some of the locals, later, as in mid 2000s and newer, are supposed to be quite robust. I believe the head gasket issues are in the older models and limited to a specific engine. They appear to be quite versatile as well as rugged. -D ________________________________ From: Mercedes <[email protected]> on behalf of Allan Streib via Mercedes <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2023 1:44 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List <[email protected]> Cc: Allan Streib <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Looking for car for sonny boy. Only concern I’ve heard with Subarus is head gasket leaks. I’d avoid Honda, people praise them but I’ve had bad luck with their automatic transmissions. For your budget you should be able to find a nice E or M class also. On Tue, Jun 27, 2023, at 13:15, Curt Raymond via Mercedes 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 _______________________________________ 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
