Originally Posted by supton
Originally Posted by Wolf359
Originally Posted by Ws6
Over that 200k miles or so, how much has needed repair beyond maintenance, and what is the average cost to maintain it that long? My cx5 needs plugs every 40k miles, brakes every 80-100k, and oil changes/filter changes. Not the worst, but the 40k mile plug interval is annoying. I'm guessing it's the result of pushing 17psi of boost.
I'm not sure how you lump repairs with maintenance. Things like tie rods, ball joints, control arms, sway bar links springs/shocks, motor mounts, tensioner/pulleys, alternator, thermostats, brakes, etc basically fall into maintenance for me.
With the exception of brakes, the rest of that sounds like repairs. If it's not on the maintenance schedule, I'm not sure how it could qualify as anything other than a repair. Ok fine, on a 20 year old car, it may be routine and expected to replace the radiator--but it still sounds like a repair to me.
With the exception of the engine and the transmission, I don't think you can really expect any of those parts to last more than 100k. Maybe motor mounts, but MB is known to have them fail early because they use liquid filled ones which are more likely to fail at much lower mileage, but you get a much smoother vibration free ride when they're working as opposed to regular solid rubber ones. I always replaced those parts on previous high mileage cars. Some people think they can get 150-200k out of springs/struts, but that just meant they were shot for the last 50-100k or they lived where there were really smooth roads. In this area, too many potholes for that stuff to last very long for any car.
Originally Posted by Wolf359
Originally Posted by Ws6
Over that 200k miles or so, how much has needed repair beyond maintenance, and what is the average cost to maintain it that long? My cx5 needs plugs every 40k miles, brakes every 80-100k, and oil changes/filter changes. Not the worst, but the 40k mile plug interval is annoying. I'm guessing it's the result of pushing 17psi of boost.
I'm not sure how you lump repairs with maintenance. Things like tie rods, ball joints, control arms, sway bar links springs/shocks, motor mounts, tensioner/pulleys, alternator, thermostats, brakes, etc basically fall into maintenance for me.
With the exception of brakes, the rest of that sounds like repairs. If it's not on the maintenance schedule, I'm not sure how it could qualify as anything other than a repair. Ok fine, on a 20 year old car, it may be routine and expected to replace the radiator--but it still sounds like a repair to me.

With the exception of the engine and the transmission, I don't think you can really expect any of those parts to last more than 100k. Maybe motor mounts, but MB is known to have them fail early because they use liquid filled ones which are more likely to fail at much lower mileage, but you get a much smoother vibration free ride when they're working as opposed to regular solid rubber ones. I always replaced those parts on previous high mileage cars. Some people think they can get 150-200k out of springs/struts, but that just meant they were shot for the last 50-100k or they lived where there were really smooth roads. In this area, too many potholes for that stuff to last very long for any car.