The sad thing is that he used to drive a 69 cuda as a family car up to when I was a teenager. He had bought the cuda as a used car in 1972 and almost drove the wheels off it.
Then In the early 2000s it was retired and the first new Mercedes came and took over the garage.
Unlike the cuda that has been around for decades (still have it) the benzs get traded in for a new one ever 2 or 3 years ( current one is a 2019) So just shows how cars are not built like they used to be.