Jeff, this is quite a repair record. Insane!
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Unreliable BMW V12s (was V12s)
On 5/1/06 2:59 PM, "Jim Cathey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've nothing against a 129, however, and it may be that someday
> I end up with one, once they're cheap enough. Mustangs are OK too,
> after all. But I sure like the way 107's look, so maybe that 129
> will never happen. (Certainly no
years ago, i rented a mustang convertible at the airports. at the
hotel, i
parked it near d-rail's 129 mercedes. i needed to get in the car and
found
my key didn't work. oh, what to do what to do?
Shortly after the 129 came out I thought myself that it looked
an awful lot like a Mustang, and
Get your eyes checked
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GG
St. Louis - Cincinnati
1997 SL500
http://homepage.mac.com/deneals/SL500.htm
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From: On Behalf Of Gary Hurst
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 2:01 PM
i'm sure i've told this before, but i'll tell it again
years ago, i'm wa
i'm sure i've told this before, but i'll tell it again
years ago, i'm walking through a parking lot with my wife and she points at
a car and asks me if it was the new taurus. turns out it was a jaguar.
nowhere to go at that point.
i fear the same thing for mercedes in some ways as well though.
In the case of the Jags, it's probably more a matter of fuel prices
being the straw that breaks the camel's back -- they get too expensive
to maintain for a car that isn't a status symbol any more.
Peter
Sunil Hari wrote:
> Do you think there will be a glut of V12 and V8 MBs and BMWs hitting the
> used-car market, due to rising fuel costs?
If you can afford to buy and maintain a V12 Mercedes or Beemer, the
price of gasoline is probably not a major concern for you. ;)
I would expect a glut of SUV
"Correct maintenance by competent people"
This is America. The only way to achieve this is by DIY or importing
Germans!
Do you think there will be a glut of V12 and V8 MBs and BMWs hitting the
used-car market, due to rising fuel costs?
On 4/30/06, kayoooh @ gmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>That just proves my point. The car may be unreliable, but a big part of
his
>problem is incompetent dealer service.
...
>
>Alex Chamberlain
>'87 300D Turbo
>'93 Isuzu Trooper
Alex,
I own more than one of both the 750iL and the 600SEL and/or S600.
Alex Chamberlain wrote:
> What he counts as "18 cooling system failures" is mostly hoses bursting.
> Not the same hose each time. A competent mechanic would have recommended
> that he change all the hoses at once if the cooling system was giving
> trouble, on a ten-year-old car known to run hot...
Alex Chamberlain wrote:
On 4/30/06, Jeff Zedic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Go here if you want the stories of people with repairs adding up to
$40-45K!!
http://my750.com/
Yeah, I've seen that site before. It doesn't really answer my question,
though. Most of the comments there sound like p
On 4/30/06, Jeff Zedic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I was hoping you'd peruse the site a bit to find out. Here's his list of
repairs.
http://my750.com/repairs.htm
That just proves my point. The car may be unreliable, but a big part of his
problem is incompetent dealer service. (Why does the
I was hoping you'd peruse the site a bit to find out. Here's his list of
repairs.
http://my750.com/repairs.htm
Jeff Zedic
Toronto
87 300TD
On 4/30/06, Jeff Zedic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Go here if you want the stories of people with repairs adding up to
$40-45K!!
http://my750.com/
Yeah, I've seen that site before. It doesn't really answer my question,
though. Most of the comments there sound like people who were the victi
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