03-03-2021, 12:59 PM | #1 |
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New Car for the Girlfriend
The girlfriend is looking for a new car. She has driven the same Ford F-150 for the past 15 years. She is looking for a 4 door sedan under $20k.
We have looked at a handful of cars, but nothing has jumped out at her yet. She does like C300's. What do you recommend? |
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DO NOT under any circumstances buy a 2015-current C300, I don’t know what the engine code is but stay away from any MB with a 300 engine from the mid 2010s onwards. I don’t even know if they’ve solved the issue yet. The engine has a known exploding problem and MB refuses to put an extended warranty on it. I couldn’t walk through the shop without there being a 300-C,E, and all the other models with that engine-having a new engine put in. We had a tech dedicated to replacing them, which is good for him since he can get through a 20+ hr job pretty quick cuz he did so many. There were usually several crates around the shop with new engines waiting for someone to come in to have it installed. Luckily all of them except one guy had either the new warranty or CPO, it cost the guy $9500 to replace one fucking piston.
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I was going to ask if this truly a "new" car as in brand new, or a car that can be used. If brand new there are a bunch of recommended ones by various publications and one of the most popular seems to be the Civic. If she doesn't mind driving a sub-compact there are plenty of choices I suppose, many of them being Kia or Hyundai. Most of these are boring of course.
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I'm confused by this. Why does she need a paddy wagon based on my history?
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If you want reliable go Toyota. A used Camry is a safe bet.
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A good choice, but not boring. lol
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I looked at a few caddy's on car gurus last night. I'll have her check them out as well. Grazi.
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+1 for the Mazda if going sensible.
If she's hung up on the luxury brands more than the actual car, well...we're on bimmerpost not benzworld. CPO 3 series? CPO 5 series? CPO X3 maybe?
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She's not so much hung up on luxury brands, that's all my influence. I've owned two BMW's. I told her to avoid them as I don't want to go back to turning wrenches on the weekends.
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