I hate to say this in a forum that is about cars, but as enthusiastic I am about MBz diesels, they are tools - conveyances that get me around when I am not riding a motorcycle, to haul engines to the shop, aluminum swingarms to the poilishers, tow the bike trailer, take crash-damaged fairing lowers to the paint shop, and injured buddies to the hospital - and me to work during the Monsoon Season (This Is the Pacific Northwest I live in...) If I HAVE TO drive a car, it must be a car like a diesel Mercedes. Reliable, comfortable, easy to work on, mechanically straightdforward and uncomplicated, understated and...not a Cop Magnet (The MBz gives my drivers licence, which is always imperilled by motorcycle incidents, a bit of a "breather"). The MBz does not tempt me to drive like a deranged nutcase. The 888...dont get me started.