I have been driving Japaness cars all my life. They are good, but I am tiredof them.I drove Audi A6 for months. It was so bad - Heavy, easy to break down, drinkgas like crazy, difficult to handle...I drove a Benz E320, it is so big that I can rarely find a parking for it. Iused stick shift, and it is extremely difficult to start moving in firstgear.I drove a 70's Jetter for 1 year. I loved it so much, but they are no longin production. It is light, responsive. The only problem is it looks socheap and I can not find it anywhere.So, my questions are:1 Are all Benz super heavy, and difficult in moving in first gear? How isthe C-Class and the 2door CLK?2 Is BMW any better than Benz? I never drove one, because all of my friendswho have BMW don't feel like others touch their baby.

If you have to ask, you should buy a Mercedes.The CLK is a quite small and responsive sports sedan.Larry

What used car should I buy? BMW or Benz?

Mar 11, 2006 21 Replies

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RT 20 years ago

You must not be aware of the prices of Japanese parts for Japanese cars. Outrageously high.

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Somebody. 20 years ago

If you'd tried it in an iX, you wouldn't think it was quite so easy. :-)

Intrestingly though, the (original) clutch plate was fine with 350,000km on it. If the throwout bearing hadn't gone, I wouldn't have had to change it. However, we did the plate, pilot bearing, 2 guibos, tailshaft and selector shaft seals, and new fluid in the transfer case, while we were in there, all of which were needed.

-Russ.

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