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Next time you see any AMG badged Mercedes, think of how bad the owner is going to get bent over when the car needs brakes: Replace brakes on all four corners is $6000 at the stealership, rotors alone are $1200 each!
Alignment: $400 (due to the active suspension)
Wheel Bearing: $1300 ($900 labor).
Absolutely laughable expecially when you factor in the massive depreciation they take in the first 24-36 months.....No wonder so many folks just buy the Bentley instead, ITS PROBABLY CHEAPER!
If you can afford an AMG, then paying to keep it up shouldn't be a problem.
I hear this all the time and fail to understand the logic. There is no discrete, crossover point where all of a sudden someone can afford something “without problem”. There is an infinite range of incomes where some simply can’t afford, some can barely manage, others manage ok and very few that don’t even think twice about such expenses. With cars, like houses, many people spend beyond their means.
I hear this all the time and fail to understand the logic. There is no discrete, crossover point where all of a sudden someone can afford something “without problem”. There is an infinite range of incomes where some simply can’t afford, some can barely manage, others manage ok and very few that don’t even think twice about such expenses. With cars, like houses, many people spend beyond their means.
If you're looking at a car that costs $70K+, all the way to almost $200K, odds are you'll be OK with the maintenance costs.
If you can't afford to maintain what you've bought, then you really can't afford it, can you?
Getting work done at the dealer is always going to be more expensive. But when you buy a Merc, it's a given.
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Originally Posted by GregW
IIRC - AMG means Always More Gold.
There is no way replacing pads and rotors on any regular size car can cost $6,000.
Sure it does.
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