Is the C300 really a rebadged Chrysler?
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I agree. I looked at the Lexus IS recently to (possibly) replace my or my wife's Bimmer. I checked out the off-lease units, mostly '06. At around 50k miles, same as my 2003 325Ci, those things had more creaks and aesthetic wear than my car which was twice the age.
I encourage anyone with free time to look at some off-lease units from Lexus. You'll see what I'm talking about.
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I encourage anyone with free time to look at some off-lease units from Lexus. You'll see what I'm talking about.
Paolo
And it's been super reliable.
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Are you sure about that? For some reason I think it shares more with the ML than Mercedes would like to admit. It even shares minor details like headrests with the ML.
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The vehicle certification label must represent the manufacturer of record as of the date of manufacture. This becomes a matter of timing of the legal dissolution of the DaimlerChrysler company (early August, 2007) versus your build date.
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So far they are only owning up to lending them the specs for the frame, but who knows, all car companys share info. From the looks though, it appears the Jeep's exterior looks more like a BMW X5 than a ML, the interior doesn't look like anything.
And as a reply to the "body man" mentioning one time use parts, hell yes I want one time use parts. Who wants a part thats been bent and trashed, unbent and stuck back on your car? As a safety aspect I would hope all car/insurance company's would insist on new parts being put back on a car thats been wrecked. Maybe thats just me.
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Maybe, probably. My build date is 09/07, so I suspect that a second criteria is that the bin containing the unused labels isn't refilled until it's empty, and by Sept'07 it wasn't yet empty!
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So far they are only owning up to lending them the specs for the frame, but who knows, all car companys share info. From the looks though, it appears the Jeep's exterior looks more like a BMW X5 than a ML, the interior doesn't look like anything.
And as a reply to the "body man" mentioning one time use parts, hell yes I want one time use parts. Who wants a part thats been bent and trashed, unbent and stuck back on your car? As a safety aspect I would hope all car/insurance company's would insist on new parts being put back on a car thats been wrecked. Maybe thats just me.
So far they are only owning up to lending them the specs for the frame, but who knows, all car companys share info. From the looks though, it appears the Jeep's exterior looks more like a BMW X5 than a ML, the interior doesn't look like anything.
And as a reply to the "body man" mentioning one time use parts, hell yes I want one time use parts. Who wants a part thats been bent and trashed, unbent and stuck back on your car? As a safety aspect I would hope all car/insurance company's would insist on new parts being put back on a car thats been wrecked. Maybe thats just me.
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Every w204 I've seen so far(checked it out of curiosity because of the separation since July 2007) in the lots and friends who have the car has Daimler A.G.
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One more thing about parts. For example, our 3.0 MB gas engine is produced by MB. But, MB, like all other OEs, also outsources many parts. And, a shared platform approach also would lead a manufacturer to consider some other related opportunities. In this case, (new Grand Cherokee and ML), I understand they have commonly sourced a Magna t-case. This doesn't mean Jeep engineers went to Stuttgart and picked "MB parts" off the shelf...they may both utilize a common external source for a variety of good reasons. And, again, the auto trans is a product of a shared sourcing at what used to be a Chrysler plant in Kokomo. I have not seen the head restraints closely, but as seats need to interact with the floorpan in an impact, it is possible that utilizing a shared platform may have prompted another case of shared seat sourcing. However, in each case, the engineers for each OE set their performance specs and require the supplier to comply, regardless of the external cosmetics of the part. Needing to be accountable for that product to NHTSA and civilly is one reason why the cert label has to reflect the manufacturer of record...a car can't be built by a non-existent company just to use up spare labels.
The industry is far more complex than it even appears from the outside. As a hypothetical, the same supplier, or its subsidiary, may be shipping parts to Kia and to Mercedes. Good engineers find the best part for the application and are not deterred if another OE happens to source it as well.
The industry is far more complex than it even appears from the outside. As a hypothetical, the same supplier, or its subsidiary, may be shipping parts to Kia and to Mercedes. Good engineers find the best part for the application and are not deterred if another OE happens to source it as well.
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And as a reply to the "body man" mentioning one time use parts, hell yes I want one time use parts. Who wants a part thats been bent and trashed, unbent and stuck back on your car? As a safety aspect I would hope all car/insurance company's would insist on new parts being put back on a car thats been wrecked. Maybe thats just me.
And as a reply to the "body man" mentioning one time use parts, hell yes I want one time use parts. Who wants a part thats been bent and trashed, unbent and stuck back on your car? As a safety aspect I would hope all car/insurance company's would insist on new parts being put back on a car thats been wrecked. Maybe thats just me.
Believe me when I tell you that I am all FOR replacing parts. I pride myself on fixing cars the way that I would want them repaired(as if they were my own car). The one-time use parts I was referring to are things that are in no way safety related(ex. taped on plastic chrome moldings, taped on door weatherstrips, plastic covers/shields that break on removal........but are undamaged from accident, glued in rear door fixed glass, etc). Most insurance companies don't like it when I work on a car because how I fix the car how the manufacturer wants. I just fixed a S63 that got hit in the right rear corner(not very hard..........but that part of the car is aluminum) and I replaced EVERYTHING according to M-B standards which ran right around $10k. Most hack shops would've repaired the damages, sprayed seam sealer over it and put the bumper back on saying it's good as new for $2,500.
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Believe me when I tell you that I am all FOR replacing parts. I pride myself on fixing cars the way that I would want them repaired(as if they were my own car). The one-time use parts I was referring to are things that are in no way safety related(ex. taped on plastic chrome moldings, taped on door weatherstrips, plastic covers/shields that break on removal........but are undamaged from accident, glued in rear door fixed glass, etc). Most insurance companies don't like it when I work on a car because how I fix the car how the manufacturer wants. I just fixed a S63 that got hit in the right rear corner(not very hard..........but that part of the car is aluminum) and I replaced EVERYTHING according to M-B standards which ran right around $10k. Most hack shops would've repaired the damages, sprayed seam sealer over it and put the bumper back on saying it's good as new for $2,500.
