Agreed. The WRX is pure street racer material and unless extremely well cared for has probably been thrashed.
-D > On Jun 27, 2023, at 4:44 PM, Michael Esh via Mercedes <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
