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Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65
My 4500 pound SUV doesn't even cost me $500/month in fuel. And I dump midgrade in her.
And if Mercedes maintenance costs are still as bad as they were when we had our Mercedes...good luck.
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Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65
I'm not saying they're crappy cars but the maintenance costs are ridiculous. When my parents had their Mercedes back in the 90s the only way my dad could afford to maintain it was because he had a friend who worked for a MB dealer who got him parts for cheap.
I mean if money is no object then knock yourself out. But going from a Chevrolet to a Mercedes, prepare for some sticker shock the first time you need to pay for service.
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The only thing that is really more on the Audi is the brake job and that is because Audi mandates rotor replacement rather than turning. Oil change with full synthetic at my dealer is $90 which is very competitive with local oil change shops. I paid $70 for the last Cruze oil change with the new partial synthetic GM mandates at Jiffy Lube. A 4 wheel alignment at my Audi dealer is $189. You pay $120 per hour at any GM dealer for service not on warranty.
So the service costs will be higher just like on a Cadillac because the parts are more expensive.
What you guys are really referring to is not maintenance costs but repair costs. Parts are more expensive on expensive cars and in some cases those parts come from Europe. But back in the day, the volumes weren't what they are today. So warehousing and shipping is not crazy.
You guys are all posting like you think 3 seconds after the warranty runs out (in 4 years) that OP will get a bill in the mail equal to what was paid for the car.
But how about we talk about a FWD MB. That to me seems a travesty in itself...............regardless of repair or maintanance costs.