8th Jul 2022, 19:10
What about the guy (a few comments above) with the twin turbo Carrera? Definitely let that one go after the warranty is up. Out of pocket repairs will cost an arm and a leg.
8th Jul 2022, 23:38
It isn't about not being able to afford the "maintenance" of such an expensive car. It's that a car of that cost should be at least dependable, if normal or recommended maintenance is observed. A Lexus LS is also expensive, and surely if a component like an air conditioning compressor or gearbox solenoid breaks, it will not at all be cheap, but those parts are engineered and built well enough to not give issues for a reasonably long period of time. The older S-class generations, say, before 1992-ish (can't remember what that boxy model with double-glazed windows was called) were built like this way, durable, dependable, reliable - you bought the S-class if you could afford one, simply because they were good indeed.
8th Jul 2022, 18:00
Conflate much? The issue of whether S class Mercedes are expensive to maintain and repair has nothing to do with the ability of the owner to pay for said maintenance/repairs. Compared to more mainstream cars, they are expensive to own, period.