Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh R
I typically do what Z-Man does, buy new, take care of it with regular maintenance and drive it for 10+ years.
|
That was my philosophy and I wish I had stuck to it. But I had a 2003 MB E320 that needed $700 worth of left front suspension work at 60k miles and ate up another $1000 in misc. repairs. When it needed tires and exhibited the same suspension symptoms on the right side I traded it for a BMW 525 - worst automobile transaction in my life. I so wish I had put the $$$ into the MB and kept it.
I probably won't ever buy another new car. I'll get by on a pickup, a daily beater, and assorted fun cars from now on.