Re: A8 vs. 740 vs. S420

[Psycho Bob <honge@creighton.edu>]

> Well folks, here is my 25 cents worth on the subject.

> The MB S-Class cars were my favorite bank vault or a car I could 
> advise someone to own if they could afford the opulence, size, 
> corpulence, thirst, and future nightmare maintenence (Imagine the V12 
> with high miles let alone the multiplex electrical system when the 
> gremlins invade)??). MB S Class cars handle very well for their size 
> and nearly 5K weight (dry and no passengers).  It is a great 
> limo. Period. A worthy successor to the 600 (well, close). Resale is 

The MS S-class is pretty good. I have driven my uncle's '96 S500 coupe 
and it's quite surprising of what big boat can do. I didn't do any 
Emergency Roadhandling or similar technique due to the co-occupant in the 
car so I couldn't say how well it handles.

It is a great car. But I think it's straddled with things that I don't 
see the point to -- the ESP, the trickery motorized windows (if you 
didn't have patient to wait and got the S-class few years earlier, you 
also got motorized doors!), and general ugliness of the exterior looks 
(the coupe). The S-class is image-builder, something that tells others of 
your financial status and success -- not something you race at your 
favourite tamrac. To me, it does have share of "advanced technology" -- 
but they're more in gadgetry than in drivetrain.

If I get to retirement age, may be I'll buy one. But right now, nooooo.

> Will the servicing be Lexus class as they are saying? According to 
> what I have heard, they will pickup and deliver the cars back to the 
> owners for servicing and provide a loaner car free in the meantime.
> Collision damage will be handled regionally as the jigs, fixtures, 
> tools, and methods are precise and detailed as to proper repair. Joe's 
> panel beater shop is S**t out of luck handling a repair on this puppy.

For Audi dealerships, I'll be worring about THE dealerships. Yes, some 
are good, and some are not -- I'm afraid I live next to horrible example 
of one. I'll have headache just to talk with the sales team over here, 
and would not even think of distressing myself to think how the car will be 
serviced. If MB and BMW can pick generally better dealerships, why can't 
VAG do the same for AUdi in the U.S.? Selling things that (Audi would 
hope) would compete with MB/BMW at Joe's Motorcenter misses one big point 
-- the would-be customers expects a lot more better attitude and service 
than Joe's Motorcenter can provide.

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