ewalberg - 6/3/2006 9:50 PM i think asigning practicality to the rest of the country as the reason used g's aren't popular elsewhere is pretty far off considering the prevalence of american trucks throughout the country given their relative lack of practicality given they are no more likely used for their intended purpose as well. I think demographics is probably the culprit here. To exagerate my point If you live in redneck country
(kerr has told a number of stories which makes it sound like they're his neighbors
), the desired "look" just wont be in a benz, it'll be in an american truck. The "look" where braingears is located is anything expensive where people often have an ill placed love of mercedes... which is actually why i used to not like mercedes. Until i looked into the g-wagen, i never knew mercedes had been reliable at one time. Like a good greenie in california i saw mercedes as a needlessly expensive, pretentious, impractical, and unreliable brand. But the g-wagen captured me...
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There are a lot of Mercedes in the Tampa Bay Area. Because this is Florida, we do not have the cold weather problems, and the Diesels love it! More and more people see these olders Mercedes and value thier quality after so many years.
The G-Wagon is the "last of the real trucks" in this modern world. Everything that is coming out of the production lines are plastic. I plan on keeping my G-Wagon for many years to come.
