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Hi,
Are we kidding ourselves here? Does anybody *really* expect any luxury German saloon (a Mercedes at that) to be as cheap to run as a Japanese econobox?
Unfortunately it works that, the more your car cost new, the more it costs to keep running. Speak to any Ferrari or 911 owner - they run superb cars, well-engineered, but they will tell you that they need constant attention and work at old age, and cost a fortune to run.
So why do they buy them? Not because they want a reliable car.. because they want a n.i.c.e. one.
So you have 2 sensible choices -
1. Buy well engineered, reliable but dull (ie Japanese) car
2. Buy well engineered, nice (ie German) car
3. Buy American car (doesn't count as a sensible choice)
All that said, I guess an MB shouldn't require attention every few thousand miles, but many cars on this forum DON'T.
Finally, I don't think you need to change your timing chain at 100k miles.
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