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Buying my first new vehicle in my life

Buying my first new vehicle in my life, a new 2027 Mercedes Benz C Class. Realized I had the money and always bought used. I had money saved up from an inheritance I received in 2007. I test drove one and liked it. I am having it ordered in a black metallic color. The sales person has been good to me with this. The owner whom I know is glad a sale is going to be made and I worked there as a tech. Plus the shop I work at gets OEM Mercedes Benz parts from them.
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Mindful · 56-60, F
That's so exciting, congratulations!
JSul3 · 70-79
Happy for you.
I would have chosen a BMW 7 series.
swirlie · 31-35, F
@JSul3
There is no comparison between a BMW 7 series and a Mercedes C class.

They are two entirely different classes of luxury vehicle built on entirely different sized platforms.

Besides, this thread is not about what YOU would have chosen; it's about what MikaH chose, which is also why this is his thread and not your's.
JSul3 · 70-79
@swirlie Excuse me.
maskedbandit · 61-69, M
Now we know who not to ask for money anymore. 😅 😂 🤣 I'm truly glad for you. 🙂
exexec · 70-79, C
That's great! I hope you enjoy your purchase for years.
Congrats 🎉
Congratulations.

I worked with a woman who got a huge bonus after completing a two-year assignment in American Samoa. She had always wanted a Mercedes, and spent her bonus on one. She was happy with it until she brought it back to the dealer for an oil change and was charged $600.
@swirlie This was in the 1990s. No idea what it is now.
swirlie · 31-35, F
@LeopoldBloom
Well, I looked it up because I do marine tech research and was curious!

Turns out, if you buy a new Mercedes today, the maintenance schedule calls for the oil and filter to be changed at 20,000kms (12,000 miles) if you can believe they'd let it go that long!

The cost of a prepaid maintenance plan for 4 years and 80,000kms (48,000 miles) is $3,200 which is for 4 oil changes with filter done once per year, which is $800 per service!

If you go a-la-carte and just walk in for an oil change to the Dealership, oil and filter will cost you $900.
@swirlie Definitely not a car for middle-class people, which my co-worker was. I've never ridden in one. I have a cultural aversion to Mercedes-Benz that I don't have toward Audi, Vokswagen, or BMW even though they're from the same country.
I bought my first new car 5 years ago.
The money I saved on repairing a dinosaur was worth it..
wildbill83 · 41-45, M
@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout after buying a few new trucks, I think I'd rather have a 50+ year old "dinosaur" instead...

none of that afm, vvt, auto-off, egr, etc. crap to appease the hippies...
swirlie · 31-35, F
Congratulations! I was looking very closely at a 2027 Mercedes GLC 300.

But then I found out that from model year 2027 onward, the GLC class will no longer be manufactured in Germany for the North American market, but instead will be made in the USA (Alabama) of all places.

Somehow, I just can't see a prestige automobile like a Mercedes Benz being made in Alabama! I mean, nothing could be more diametrically opposite to each other!

Because I live in Canada, that GLC I wanted will now be tariffed to hell and back thanks to Trump, but also because Mercedes in their infinite wisdom decided that their Canadian market would be serviced by vehicles made in the USA. Big mistake! No wonder Germany lost the Canadian submarine building contract to Norway!

Canadians are not buying ANY vehicles at all that are made in the USA, which is why the car Dealership lots in Canada which sell American-made cars are still FULL of cars and pickup trucks that nobody wants and still have brand new 2025s on the lot with zero mileage on them that they can't even give away at cost.
Gibbon · 70-79, M
My real view about your purchase? Although this would apply to any car in today's ridiculous price ranges.

You're buying a depreciating appliance that happens to have a three-pointed star on it

There's no such thing as it all would be worth an investment.
Musicman · 61-69, M
Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉 Post a picture when you pick it up. 😊
Never would. It loses 1/3 of its value as soon as you drive it off the lot. I'd rather get a 4 year old at a fraction of the price.
swirlie · 31-35, F
@aboveaverageaveragejoe
Why do you drive old antique junk?
@swirlie Because I'm not a money wasting dumbass. Over and out.
swirlie · 31-35, F
@aboveaverageaveragejoe
I agree with only the first part of your self-analysis where you describe yourself as not money wasting.

 
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