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How old is the average E class owner?

Old Feb 6, 2013 | 04:19 PM
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How old is the average E class owner?

I'm curious to see what kind of age the average e class owner is...
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Old Feb 6, 2013 | 05:52 PM
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2011 e 350 was my first car
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Old Feb 6, 2013 | 06:28 PM
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Old Feb 6, 2013 | 08:38 PM
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Just bought mine... was 49 at the time... dang it... just turned 50
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Old Feb 6, 2013 | 09:30 PM
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should do a w212 poll on....own or lease? LMAO!!
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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 04:39 AM
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PHML is dead on

Average E Class Owner should be around no younger than 40s though lol It's, however, good to see younger E Class Owners like me getting more populated
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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 07:45 AM
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should do a w212 poll on....own or lease? LMAO!!
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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 08:04 AM
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Just bought mine... was 49 at the time... dang it... just turned 50
You're in good company my friend! I'm in the same boat, although I had just turned 50 before I got mine last year.
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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 08:11 AM
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Nice! My first car was a '79 Pontiac Sunbird. Had been totaled and refurbished before I bought it. Came with an AM/FM radio and one speaker. (How many speakers does the HK system have?) I put in a pair of speakers in the back and a new Pioneer radio with a cassette deck. 2.5 L 4 cylinder with maybe 100 HP. Not quite in the same class as the E's!
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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 09:10 AM
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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 09:25 AM
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my first car?
1982 Ford Grenada!!! lol!!
I remember that car… I friend of mine used to have the Mercury equivalent I think it was called the Monarch. The one thing I will always remember about it was the way it used to handle. Or should I say float, or lean, or bounce down the road!


If you hit a bump on the highway the whole car felt like it was about to jump/float out of its lane and into the next one. Not a good feeling…
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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 09:45 AM
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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 11:19 AM
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36, 2010 E350, purchased and paid off.

Not knocking leasers though. Seeing as how I get that new car itch every 2-3 years, I'm considering leasing my next vehicle...and keeping the E of course.
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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 11:30 AM
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I may have put myself in the wrong category....What year was dirt invented?
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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 12:28 PM
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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 01:29 PM
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27 bought my E when i was 26, and my C when i was 25. Before that was my moms hand-me-down Toyota Camry and before that was her Toyota Carolla

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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by hyperion667
my first car?
1982 Ford Grenada!!! lol!!
Oh, yes. I remember those. Back then we all thought the rectangle headlights were a big step up in style from the round headlights.
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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 06:00 PM
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My first Used E was when I was 26. My first two new E's (W212's) were when I was 28 & 29. Now that I'm an old man officially in my 30's I got a BMW.
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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 07:17 PM
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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by BenzV12

Average E Class Owner should be around no younger than 40s though lol
Maybe the average E owner overall is over 40, but it's interesting that there is an equal number of 20, 30, 40 and 50 somethings represented on MBWorld. Results as of this post:

Under 30 = 16
31-40 = 16
41-50 = 16
51+ = 15
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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 07:40 PM
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Maybe the younger owners are more likely to be on this forum, thus skewing the results.
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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 07:53 PM
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My first Used E was when I was 26. My first two new E's (W212's) were when I was 28 & 29. Now that I'm an old man officially in my 30's I got a BMW.
K-A - you got the Benzes and the BMW in the wrong order!

Anyway, I predict you'll be back in the Benz fold for your next vehicle.
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K-A - you got the Benzes and the BMW in the wrong order!

Anyway, I predict you'll be back in the Benz fold for your next vehicle.
Haha. I think I listened to too much Kriss Kross as a kid.
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Old Feb 8, 2013 | 02:13 PM
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Actually statistics can get confusing. Which is more significant? The average age or the mean age?
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