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You are in the Sedans Forum. Your Hosts are pat & karens

What is this discussion about? Audi A8, BMW 7 Series, Jaguar XJ-Series, Lexus LS 460, Mercedes-Benz S-Class, Volkswagen Phaeton, Maserati Quattroporte, Mercedes-Benz CL-Class, Sedan

Let's try to define this forum as being limited to luxury performance vehicles where the mainstream version in a typical configuration has an MSRP of at least $60k.

A luxury vehicle with a base price of $59k qualifies because it would typically be bought with some additional equipment, bringing the MSRP over $60k.

Vehicles like the E, 5, A6, M, or GS, even if available in certain versions over $60k, don't qualify because they are cars from companies that have higher end cars in their lineups.

#20941 of 24697 Re: Quality is Job One Again for MB [tagman] by pat HOST Nov 13, 2006 (11:54 am)
Replying to: tagman (Nov 13, 2006 9:44 am) Dewey and tagman - please go to the BMW 335i 2007 discussion if you want to talk about his new 335i. Sylvia was very serious about having to stay on topic. Please don't put me in a bad position. Replies to this message: dewey (Nov 13, 2006 2:36 pm)
#20942 of 24697 Welcome back, everyone! by pat HOST Nov 13, 2006 (11:56 am)
Good to see you!   (Tagman, I knew drfill was kidding, btw.) Replies to this message: tagman (Nov 13, 2006 12:03 pm) pat (Nov 13, 2006 12:10 pm) syswei (Nov 13, 2006 12:15 pm) and 1 more... pat (Nov 13, 2006 1:10 pm)
#20943 of 24697 Re: Welcome back, everyone! [pat] by tagman Nov 13, 2006 (12:03 pm)
Replying to: pat (Nov 13, 2006 11:56 am) Thanks, Pat.   BTW, since you're "lurking" about . . . you had suggested twice on the short-lived HELV/C forum that you have never objected to different body styles, so long as they were high end. Does that mean that I can continue some discussion with Designman regarding our Porsche quests, and with lexusguy about the high end suv's?   TagMan Replies to this message: pat (Nov 13, 2006 12:10 pm) syswei (Nov 13, 2006 12:15 pm) pat (Nov 13, 2006 1:11 pm) pat (Nov 13, 2006 1:10 pm)
#20944 of 24697 Re: Welcome back, everyone! [tagman] by pat HOST Nov 13, 2006 (12:10 pm)
Replying to: tagman (Nov 13, 2006 12:03 pm) If others don't object, I don't either. Replies to this message: syswei (Nov 13, 2006 12:15 pm) pat (Nov 13, 2006 1:11 pm)
#20945 of 24697 Re: Welcome back, everyone! [pat] by syswei Nov 13, 2006 (12:15 pm)
Replying to: pat (Nov 13, 2006 12:10 pm) Why the "management decision" to change the title from "Vehicles" to "Cars", anyway? Replies to this message: pat (Nov 13, 2006 1:11 pm)
#20946 of 24697 Re: Welcome back, everyone! [tagman] by pat HOST Nov 13, 2006 (1:10 pm)
Replying to: tagman (Nov 13, 2006 12:03 pm) I got to thinking about this answer, and I gotta tell you I don't know a thing (well hardly anything) about SUVs - you've got to keep it high end, okay?
#20947 of 24697 Re: Welcome back, everyone! [syswei] by pat HOST Nov 13, 2006 (1:11 pm)
Replying to: syswei (Nov 13, 2006 12:15 pm) I do not know.
#20948 of 24697 Re: Quality is Job One Again for MB [garyh1] by dewey Nov 13, 2006 (2:24 pm)
Replying to: garyh1 (Nov 13, 2006 9:34 am) Hi Garyh1,   Good question? Maybe the good 06 results for the S were overshadowed by lousy results for 04 and 05. And even if that is the case I would still not get too excited about the new 06 S in terms of reliability since it is still far too early to determine how they will hold out in the long term. Various MB models that were rated above average by JD and CR have ended up being rated below-average in later years. Consistent high quality throughout the years is no longer a Benz-like attribute ( My wife and I still drive my dad's problem-free 83 MB300D with its close to Guiness Book World record mileage numbers on its odometer)   The latest CR ratings for various Audi models have been very positive. Unfortunately these one year results will not transform Audis into Lexuses in terms of reliability. Lexus has earned it reputation for quality by being consistent throughout the years. Audi ,MB, BMW and even Porsche have still a long way to go. Replies to this message: blkhemi (Nov 13, 2006 3:10 pm) dewey (Nov 14, 2006 3:00 pm) syswei (Nov 14, 2006 3:13 pm) and 91 more... merc1 (Nov 13, 2006 5:45 pm)
#20949 of 24697 Re: Quality is Job One Again for MB [tagman] by dewey Nov 13, 2006 (2:29 pm)
Replying to: tagman (Nov 13, 2006 9:44 am) Remember that article about BMW I posted recently? That was also a good one, IMO.   How can I forget. I think that BMW article you had posted was responsible for at least 2000 posts in what was then called the HELM forum.
#20950 of 24697 Re: Quality is Job One Again for MB [pat] by dewey Nov 13, 2006 (2:36 pm)
Replying to: pat (Nov 13, 2006 11:54 am) Dewey and tagman - please go to the BMW 335i 2007 discussion if you want   Dont worry. Unfortunately that leaves the BMW 7 and 6 as conversation topics which just happen to be my least two favorite cars from BMW.

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