Originally Posted by
UrbanE
BTW these cars are all getting older. Many of the repairs are becoming more costly than the value of the car. So it becomes a case of I luv this car and will open my wallet or that’s crazy and I’m going to move on to something else.
I guess you are talking about body repairs?
Because mechanically it's basically 100% Mercedes. I know they say the car is 80% Mercedes. But I guess the other 20% must be the body and trim. Because mechanically as far as I can tell, it's 100% Mercedes for all intents and purposes. Mercedes used parts are widely available. They made a lot of R170s and even that shared with other Mercedes. Then there is the fact Mercedes supports their cars and you can get brand new parts even for classic Mercedes directly from Mercedes.
So are you speaking of body panels? That I can see becoming hard to find and therefore expensive. I doubt Chrysler even still offers them.