We have a 2013 Prius and a 2005 c230. My wife just put a parking garage gash in the side of our Prius this week. :( I give the Prius a B+ and the Benz a B. I keep buying used Mercedes, although each one is less impressive than the previous. I feel the same way about my iPhones. Mercedes have fucked up their styling and now they look like every other car on the road. This was my favorite by far, but I put it under the bed of a semi with ecib just outside of Michigan City, Indiana. I still get chills on that stretch of road. I love the boxiness and the low hood. At least my c230 has all wheel drive. That little one was a Michigan winter death trap. I saw a mint late 90's Dodge Omni a few weeks ago on Craigslist with only 38k miles. I really want that car.
As I mentioned, I also had a plymouth horizon as my first car. It was so old that it had a rusted through floor in the passenger seat. You could literally see the road flying by beneath you. It was a death trap.
I absolutely loved my 190E 2.6 5 gear. And, sorry to say, but I found the C Class to feel really cheap. The 190 was solid as hell and for me it held great with winter tires on it.
Oh, ok, I'll give you that. I spent a week swapping two alternators and two computers in and out of my Horizon only to find out that the new alternator I had purchased didn't work at all. Bloody knuckles all week long. But they drove like a go-cart with comfy bucket seats. Also, in terms of maintenance, my comparison at the time was this POS: Nothing was pleasant about that abomination.
Late '80s maybe? This past summer I took a back country drive and I pulled into the gas station at the same time as a woman with a Dodge Omni GLH. I developed an immediate crush on her. She was pretty, sure. I admit though, if it wasn't for the car, I wouldn't have given her a second look.I saw a mint late 90's Dodge Omni a few weeks ago on Craigslist with only 38k miles. I really want that car.
You're right, 80's. God I am old. Goes Like Hell. I would totally take a second look. I had two Plymouth Horizons. Far and away, the best cars I have ever driven. Pizza delivery in the snow was a treat. I've long had the dream to buy one and outfit it with tall mail jeep tires. It would be the ultimate off-road machine.