Yes, Mercedes seems to be going through a bad patch. In Europe, it
has more recalls than any other brand. (And is followed by Peugeot,
which should be scary for Mercedes and comforting for PSA, even
though it shouldn't be.)
Hugo
- In peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com, gary freeman <riven2649@y...> wrote:
>
> I have to admit that Lexus is a very reliable product as are all
the Japanese cars; but, believe me, there's nothing great about BMW
and Mercedes these days. M3's have been blowing engines quite often,
and when they first came out with their V8 in the early 90's, they
had to replace alot of them do to excessive cylinder wear. M-B's
aren't their old indestructible selves, either. Actually, alot of
American cars have improved in this area as they had to respond to
Japanese competition; and most of them are affiliated with a
Japanese manufacturer.
>
> Bill Branch <billbranch1@a...> wrote: Futility? People are
always giving me lip service about doing my own maintenance and
small repairs. Then I explain to them that in the one hour or more
that they've spent at JiffyLube getting their oil changed for
whatever it costs, I can change mine in my garage for half the price
with no aggro with having to deal with mental midgets, and at any
time of day or night. No appointment necessary.
> Any fifteen year old car is going to have mechanical failures,
and, the last time I checked, even such vaunted marques as MB,
Lexus, or BMW have service departments where work other than
maintenance, viz., repairs, is performed.
> I've found that most of the money I spend on repairs when I first
get my Peugeots is spent on undoing what otherwise well-intentioned
but just plain incompetent "technicians" have done to them. Once my
cars are fixed properly, then the honeymoon begins, and they don't
break any more often than Yugos or Volvos.
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brian White
> To: James Ma ; Paul Hughes ; peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 1:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [Peugeot-L] Futility of owning a Peugeot in US
>
>
> Jeez dude. You can pick up replacement instrument cluster all
day long on Ebay in the US and
> Europe. In fact, I had a couple of them when I sold my Mi16.
>
> You can take a used instrument cluster, pull the speedo, set
the mileage and install it into your
> cluster with relative ease.
>
On
> Sounds like you need to learn how to work on a car yourself...
>
>
>
> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: James Ma <sjjma@y...>
> To: Paul Hughes <pjphughes@y...>, peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 10:10:44 -0800 (PST)
> Subject: Re: [Peugeot-L] Futility of owning a Peugeot in US
>
> > Cerrone & Sons is my Peugeot mechanic. Tony is the one
> > who quoted the $530 starter. He can't get a replacement
> > speedometer for my broken one.
> >
> > Cerrone & Sons collected $5K from me last year and would
> > have collected $6K from me but I declined to powder coat
> > the Mi15 valve cover.
>
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