Re: [MBZ] Report on Prius

2014-12-11 Thread dseretakis--- via Mercedes
I just don't understand why people keep buying cars from a company that consistently and repeatedly conceals problems almost all of which are related to safety. And I further don't understand why Toyotas reliability rankings continue to be as high as they are. Here is a quote from the blog in

Re: [MBZ] Report on Prius

2014-12-11 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
There is no toada that is worth the price IMHO. I don't believe I will ever buy a toada. For new ones, the stealers want over list price, for used ones the prices are way high. The car is no better than anything else at best. Domestics have gotten a lot better. If I had to buy a non-MB,

Re: [MBZ] Report on Prius

2014-12-11 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
My BIL had a new car at Thanksgiving, a hybrid Camry I think, or maybe one of the other toadas, it was largish. He got it for $23k, was a 2014 model they were moving fast. I thought that a pretty good price. His work commute is like 30miles and he has calculated it is saving him a fair

Re: [MBZ] Report on Prius

2014-12-11 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
What did he get for his aged Volvo in trade? On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 9:21 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: My BIL had a new car at Thanksgiving, a hybrid Camry I think, or maybe one of the other toadas, it was largish. He got it for $23k, was a 2014 model they were

Re: [MBZ] Report on Prius

2014-12-11 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I don't know, it was due for timing chain and a bunch of other work, which was going to cost a lot on a 200kmi vehicle. It was in great shape, mostly all road miles, looked nearly new, but the dealer would probably wholesale it off to some used dealer and unsuspecting buyer. I'll ask him at