[W126 Coupe] Cost of Ownership

[Jonathan Hodgman]

I didn't think eddie's costs seemed out of line...I can only imagine
what I spend maintaining everything..:-/  Thankfully I only have to
pay other people to do machine work and alignments!


Jonathan



On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:32:15 -0800, Tom Oelsner <toelsner at mindspring.com> wrote:
> fyi..I pay $2.62/gal in Silicon Valley.
> Tom
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com
> [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com]On Behalf Of chris schafer
> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 4:18 PM
> To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists
> Subject: RE: [W126 Coupe] Cost of Ownership
> 
> At 18MPG that would be 833 gallons for 15 thousand miles.
> At an average of $1.75 per gallon that would be $1458 for gas.
> So you have spent over $6000 in maintenance in the past 15,000 miles?
> Plus the additional $4200 for repairs and major services.
> 
> Is this regular maintenance or was major work done in this period
> (engine/tranny rebuild?)
> 
> I am interested in the cost of properly maintaining these cars so that
> major rebuilds can be forestalled. (Gives me time to save up for that!)
> 
> Is this work being done by a dealer?
> 
> Chris
> 
> > That's about right. but the 7500 includes gas.
> >
> >
> >
> > Eddie
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com]
> > On Behalf Of Chris
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:21 AM
> > To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists
> > Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Cost of Ownership
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "I would think part of the reason the value will go up is because so
> many of
> > the uncared for examples go to the junkyard, leaving the nice ones?"
> > Well that is a shame because there aren't that many to begin with.
> >
> > "Operational costs for the last 15000 miles ran about $0.50 per mile
> > (maintenance and fuel, regular things)"
> >
> > That would be $7500 to operate!
> >
> >
> >
> > "$0.78 per mile (regular+repairs and major services)"
> >
> > That would be $11,700!
> >
> >
> >
> > Chris.
> >
> >
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