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The Digital Bender

Source: Wikipedia As a Lexus owner, I always thought people who buy Mercedes were, well, Chumps! They are chumps in that they Multi-overpay. They over pay for the car, as in no car should cost that much. They overpay for the name, as in Mercedes is not what it used to be, especially in reliability. They overpay for running cost, as in Mercedes parts are very costly the world over and running cost is way above average. You can get a much better car from any similarly priced Lexus. Of course, I speak as a person who had the pleasure of owning a couple Lexus cars for a long time and had enough using a Mercedes to know what I am talking about. Plus the numbers support it. TCO numbers from edmunds.com and reliability reports from JDPower should give a good reading. Go here to see JDPower's ratings per brand Check this for TCO of Merecedes S Class compared to average I mean, if you have the money, you cannot go wrong with the Lexus LS 460 . There is simply no better car.

Apparently I am a trust worthy person. The day before yesterday my car broke down and I had to go home in a Taxi. Yesterday I called one to take me to work, but still had to pick my daughter from school and I wanted to buy a car. I walked into the operations room, and said I need to pick Yelsmin up. My friend Awfa -- who already knew about my car breaking down, put his hand in his pocket and tossed his key across the room and looked back at his monitor. I remembered the Arabic saying "أن اللبيب من الإشارة يفهم". His car is a brand new, fully speced Toyota Avalon 2007, he had it for about 3 days now may be 4 I cant remember. On the road, I called a friend who I knew had bought a new car I liked, the Lexus RX. And asked if I could take it for a spin because I want to buy one. He met me outside his office building and gave me his keys. Both cars are great, but I prefer the Avalon by a mile for its performance. The point here is that I am trusted to just take these expensive...