If you were going to buy a car for your mother
 

What would you get for her?

My mother has been hinting around that she would like something. I am thinking about a C-class 300 4matic. Anyone have any experience with one?

Now there is a good son :thumbsup

If you live somewhere there is snow in the winter, avoid RWD.

Konrad, he said 4matic...

Minte, I like merc's... The new ones especially.. The new C class is also nice and 300 4matic is plenty.. Sounds like a good choice.. Only q I would have is if she ever drove in a merc and liked the "feel"... My mum hates the standard suspensions...

She has ridden in mine several times. She liked the comfort,was a bit overwhelmed with all the gadgets. Lots of snow to deal with in Wi. so the 4matic seems a good investment.

A black SL550 with tan interior.

C-class is a good size car for her. I don't think she would do well with an S.

http://www.mintesbabes.com/gfy/c300.jpg

Go with the C then, it's a nice car, or an e coupe... (if she does not need the backrow seats)

Acura NSX

with your xprofiles sig, its possible

Get her a Jeep. They have some damn nice ones too.

Rather dependable, great on snow and not a lot of fluff stuff that will get ignored anyway.

excellent car for your mum :thumbsup

i'd take an A4 or A5 with quattro, but i'm biased :winkwink:

She already drives whatever car she wants.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnV...Odyssey-01.jpg

Ahh sorry, didn't see that. I just saw c class, assumed rwd and had flashbacks of getting stuck in 5mm of snow in my 3 series at every opportunity :1orglaugh

How much is the car? We can gauge how good a son you are based on price. :)

How about a Subaru AWD ?

I got her the A class, great city car with the mb quality

Never had any luck picking cars for others but i'm pretty good at battering the price down on what is chosen :)

Get her a BMW :winkwink:

I am going to call the dealer tomorrow and see what kind of deal I can get on a new C.
She is driving a Pontiac now,which was too large for her from day one.

I'm a lousy son. But I do want her to drive something safe. :) I looked up prices and they are all under $50k. So I imagine I will get one in the mid 40's

Great choice!

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C class is a horrible star car. i've owned 2 unfortunately. get a bmw or vw product, much less issues and more durable.

I would be very happy knowing my mother is safe in a Mercedes E Class or a BMW 328

Get her a Cadillac.

She will love it.

What kind of issues did you have?

Nissian 350z or 370z

Weren't you saying a while back that you had a ton of little issues with that ML you had?

Anyway, if you're going to get your mom a C... I think you should get your mom a C63. :thumbsup

Okay three things:

1. 40K for Mom? See #3
2. Can I borrow some money?
3. DAMN - YOU ARE ONE DAMN FINE SON DAMN
:)

If I had the loot ,anything she wanted,but I'll stick with a Lexus

Maybe she would like a small SUV?

my c class issues (purchased brand new btw) are mostly electronic bugs... bose amplifier under seat started crackling/sparking, comand system lcd randomly shut on/off, infrared key (if you can call that plastic POS a key) failures, a/c always frosting the windows, and above all the 6spd manual tranny was shit... sticky clutch, worlds heaviest flywheel and everything. but most mb owners dont buy sticks anyway. and finally the car is simply underpowered for something of its size/weight its a slow POS. how do you feel about a $38k car that cant even chirp its own tires with a manual box and does 0-60 in like 10 seconds. at least the seats were comfy

I'll say SUV will be good and suits more then a Ferrari or Porsche... ;)

for what reason would his Mom need a C63? Is she gonna race to the supermarket?

Or the G-class, sure looks more secure.

I'd get her a 2012 Taurus SHO when it comes out because, well, it's a badass car.

I've got an E55amg which is one of my daily drivers. It's been a solid car since day one. It is loaded with all the options,and with the exception of the keyless go it's done fine.

The new c-class is a 7sp. The specs on mercedes site,show it's 0-60 at 7.1secs. More than fast enough for my mother.

Give her a choice. Pick three cars instead of one. Get pretty brochures from the dealers. Let her enjoy the gameshow aspect of it. She can choose the color, the car etc... She will likely end up picking the same car you would have chosen for her, but the act of choosing is its own reward as well. Mothers generally like to be 'advised and asked' much more than they like to be 'given or told' what to do. :2 cents:

She has been in the loop. She looked at the website with me and decided she liked silver. I just bought it on the phone a few minutes ago for a Wednesday morning delivery. We went a bit further and got one loaded with most of the options and she is very pleased.

Good to hear. :thumbsup

Hopefullly you got the pano roof? and MM package w/ heated seats etc is necessary also

1st I gave her a K car, can't remember which one. Then I gave them a lincoln grand marquis, 90s, not a new one. They ran both of them into the ground.

Also bailed her out on her mortgage a few times. She still lost the house.

Just felt like bitching. I don't get her nice cars cause she can't maintain her things.

please keep your trailer trash shit away from threads like this

How about a Range Rover?

I plan on getting my mom one of these - http://www.buick.com/enclave.html

She's always been a huge fan of Buick (don't know why and I don't like them, but she deserves what she wants).

for me mum:

http://0.tqn.com/d/suvs/1/0/b/D/0/-/VWBulli.jpg