Mercedes Benz

Ewy Rosqvist: An Unexpected Champion
I have mixed feelings about Mercedes. On one hand they have done some wonderful things with automobiles. On the other, they are ungodly expensive and relatively unreliable compared to Asian anything. The worst part, or maybe the best, depending on your point of view, is that they think they are better than everyone else. In many cases they are right. They are innovators, but sometimes being first just means you end up being different. Friend of mine bought a used Mercedes sedan of some sort and eventually it needed a wheel alignment. Turns out your average tire shop can't handle this common service requirement. Only place you get an alignment done is at the Mercedes dealer. Likewise another friend of mine got a luxo Benz on a trade and it has some kind of quirky transmission problem and the only place that has the diagnostic tools to tackle is . . . you guessed it, the dealer. Of course, if you are one of the faithful, this isn't going to be a problem. All other cars, dealers and shops are heathen barbarians and you wouldn't want to deal with any of them anyway. Besides, that's why god made you rich.

Checking my blog for previous Mercedes posts and I realized they ran another ad featuring a woman last month. It could be an interesting year if they can keep it up.

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