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Re: Diesel: Thick headed Americans - 04-02-2008, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by GBOY View Post
^Point well taken. Here's a story...

After wining about my new '$100K Mercedes' for 2 months, i finally decided to take my boss to my Mercedes Dealer (last December) so he could buy one at a great price and get off my back.
After test driving many and loving the E-Class, he ended up buying a good old 'American' Toyota Avalon because of ... ARE YOU READY FOR THIS?....
The Mercedes uses Premium Gasoline and the Toyota takes regular. Savings of about a whopping $500 per year ONLY.
(I told him i would pay the $2 a week difference )

That's how some think in this country believe it or not.
We didn't tell my dad that my 190E takes premium until we had it for a year +, or that my mom's ML takes premium until after she bought it or that his Smart takes premium fuel until after we optioned it out.

Why buy a great car that take premium when you can get a crappy one that takes regular
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