"Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager" (Nighthawkwill7) 10/10/2014 at 20:49 • Filed to: None

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The more I see the S-Class Coupe, the more I like it and consequently want it.

RallyWrench > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 10/10/2014 at 20:50

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Just remember, in 10 years it'll be worth 10k, and will be a complete piece of shit.

For Sweden > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 10/10/2014 at 20:52

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Disregard S coupe, acquire Hellcat Challenger

Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager > RallyWrench 10/10/2014 at 20:53

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Mercs may be high maintenance but they are far from shit if you look after them.

Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager > For Sweden 10/10/2014 at 20:56

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I'd take a Charger Hellcat in red over a Challenger honestly. The leftover money could buy a mixed fleet of Panthers and Miatas.

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > RallyWrench 10/10/2014 at 20:56

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The W215 CL-class released roughly 10 years ago. Yet it still has more features than your car.

*Unless you drove Merc/BMW/Audi from 2006 onwards.

RallyWrench > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 10/10/2014 at 21:00

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I work on too many of them to believe that anymore. There are many MBZ products that I'll happily defend, but not the S-class.

RallyWrench > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 10/10/2014 at 21:01

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Working features? I doubt it.

Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager > RallyWrench 10/10/2014 at 21:06

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Well I have a 20 year S420 that's been in my possession for the last 5 years and it's seldom skipped a beat. Obviously my S-Class doesn't have as many electronic things as the current models do but still, nowhere near being junk.

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > RallyWrench 10/10/2014 at 21:09

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Just ask tavarish then.

RallyWrench > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 10/10/2014 at 21:55

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I have. I respectfully disagree with almost everything he says. His caveat is always that if you work on it yourself, it's cheaper. This is true, but it's also true that the vast majority of people who buy these things used either can't or are not willing or able to do things themselves, in which case they are ruinously expensive. They're even more expensive if you attempt something yourself and botch it. Also, the newer the car, the less DIY friendly it is. I don't like that any more than anyone else, but its true.

RallyWrench > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 10/10/2014 at 22:00

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I agree with that, and I really like that 4-cam V8. The W140 can be a solid car, and its one of the last MBZ cars that can be considered DIY friendly, though less so than prior generations. The less optional equipment the better.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > RallyWrench 10/11/2014 at 02:13

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Actually yeah, a lot of the oldS's thatI see have pretty much all working features. Usually they come in because of squeaky ball joints, or leaky valve covers, or some other stupid and easy crap. The bad ones are always owned by the people who are too cheap to take care of normal maintenance. This can be said even of early 220's. The problem isn't a lack of reliability, it's cost to repair. People ignore repairs because they are expensive and then end up with a shit car. One Mercedes may have ten times the problems of one Toyota, but that one Mercedes has twenty times the technology.