mlts22 wrote:
he difference in price between the Ford chassis and the Sprinter can buy a lot of fuel, and even though Sprinters are decently reliable, there are a lot fewer Mercedes places that service them compared to Ford dealerships.
We found the "service difference" issue to be a priceless difference on our recent long RV trip.
We thought we had a Ford transmission issue late one Friday afternoon at the beginning of a holiday weekend out in the middle of the small town countryside a long way from home.
Three different mechanics/technicians we easily located at three different locations close to us knew all about Fords and collectively saved us from a potential trip-ending disaster. (As it turns out the Ford TorqShift transmission was fine - just low on fluid, which is another long story as to how that happened.)
As an example, I shudder to think what would have been the outcome if we'd been where we were in a Sprinter based Class C on the beginning of a holiday weekend in small town USA.