I will offer no opinions here about one car over the other.

I just want to reflect on something here. For years and years in automotive conversations I would talk about a particular car being a good car, and another being a not so good car. All those years, and still today, my number one parameter when guaging a car, has been dependability and longevity. I would carry on conversations and be totally flabbergasted at some of the cars that people would call great. In my mind I couldn't understand how someone might call a VW or an Audi great!

I guess it shows how slow I am on the uptake, but I FINALLY figured out that to most people, a car being troublefree or longlived has nothing to do with their judgement of a car. To most people, if it drives better, looks better, feels better, etc., etc., it's better.

So I'm the one that has been naive for so many years.

Enjoy your new ride whatever it turns out to be,

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Larry Bible
'01 C Class, Six Speed
'84 Euro 240D, 523K miles
'88 300E 5 Speed
'81 300D Daughter's Car
Over 800,000 miles in
Mercedes automobiles