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[quote=Anonymous]I had a Mercedes convertible and owned it 20 years. Little things drove me nuts as parts, labor and maint expensive. I ended up buying knock off oil filters and such in line and having regular mechanic installed mixed with junkyard parts and later goodtires and diehard batteries. The issue is car becomes totally worthless with fake parts and non dealer mechanics over time. On high end German cars folks look for service history big time.

I had a BMW 5 series I loved to death. My favorite car to drive. But once maint plan ran out oil changes $200, battery $600 and run flat tires like $500 each.

My current car I have a Cadillac. All American parts no mark ups. I literally have a 2011 Cadillac with original battery. I change oil once a year and did tires and brakes. No mark up on parts. Actually cheaper to maintain than my wives Toyota or her Subaru as no foreign parts.

Cadillac down fall it depreciates quicker. I bought mine from dealer 18 months old with 5,000 miles in 2012 at a good discount to new. In my nine years nothing has ever broken, not one single repair. I loved my BMW the most, my Mercedes convertible had bling big time, but the caddie is way cheaper to operate and the depreciation helps big time as a used car buyer [/quote]

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