I'd like to chime in here. My billionaire boss owns a large fleet of Mercedes vehicles. Many of them ultra high end cars and SUV's. But the house (s) staff gets the more pedestrian Mercedes cars and SUV's.
The repair bills are staggering. One SUV that I drove for a while was averaging over $2K per month in repairs. Some of the others had repairs topping $20K. I don't manage the cars, but it seems we've stopped keeping them beyond the warranty period. As all of them are now new.
HOWEVER, some of them were very reliable and needed nothing what so ever. I guess this mirrors the responses you'd get from individual owners. Some will have good reliability and some won't.
One thing that is universal with Mercedes cars, they are numb. Throttle response is so poor, you can quickly mash the pedal to the mat, let off and place your foot on the floor before the engine even hints at a response. Every single one of them does this. It's annoying as "green-light-go" is delayed by software and more annoyingly, matching variable traffic speed on the highway is stressful, as the delay makes it really difficult. Nothing, nothing, nothing, waaaaaaa, then hit the brakes. No thank you.
There is a reason Mercedes owners are switching to Tesla cars. They are far more pleasant to drive.
The repair bills are staggering. One SUV that I drove for a while was averaging over $2K per month in repairs. Some of the others had repairs topping $20K. I don't manage the cars, but it seems we've stopped keeping them beyond the warranty period. As all of them are now new.
HOWEVER, some of them were very reliable and needed nothing what so ever. I guess this mirrors the responses you'd get from individual owners. Some will have good reliability and some won't.
One thing that is universal with Mercedes cars, they are numb. Throttle response is so poor, you can quickly mash the pedal to the mat, let off and place your foot on the floor before the engine even hints at a response. Every single one of them does this. It's annoying as "green-light-go" is delayed by software and more annoyingly, matching variable traffic speed on the highway is stressful, as the delay makes it really difficult. Nothing, nothing, nothing, waaaaaaa, then hit the brakes. No thank you.
There is a reason Mercedes owners are switching to Tesla cars. They are far more pleasant to drive.
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