Originally Posted By: Leo99
Originally Posted By: Wolf359
Originally Posted By: camryrolla
Originally Posted By: DrRoughneck
The top brand for reliability is Lexus/Toyota.
+1 Not only are Lexus/Toyota scored high in reliablility, but they also hold it value better than other brands. If and when you have a repair, it does not cost you an arm and a leg to get it fixed, compared to other German luxury cars.
Yeah, but if you want a cheap luxury car, the German cars are better because of the high depreciation. You can drive a 2014 Mercedes E350 for around 30-35k when they went for 60-70k new. Even 2010-2011 models are in the 15-20k range and the 2008-2009 were ok and they're in the 12-18k range. I've had mine for about 2 years and have been able to avoid the dealer, repairs/maintenance have been about 1k in that time frame.
When, after 10 years, a $20k when new Toyota is worth the same as a $60k when new Mercedes... that should tell you something.
Yeah, it tells you that the Toyota is way overpriced and people don't even consider a Mercedes. You have to think outside the box and not listen to people who don't know anything about cars and just automatically go with a Toyota or Honda when they have their share of problems like the OP has mentioned. Don't get me wrong, you still have to do your research, I'd never buy a 2006 E350 or an early 2007, those had the bad balance shafts and you'd get stuck with a bill for $4-7k or even 1k in parts if you felt like removing an engine and replacing the shafts yourself. And of course their SBC brake by wire was also an expensive fix, but they got rid of them after 2006. Anyway, I like driving mine, lots of fun. People do say things like nice car, that never happened when I was driving a Ford.