Whe someone says "expensive" MB maintenance, it usually means they have been performing maintenance via the "inflated dealership prices".

Once joining this forum and tackling repairs myself, I can safely say that repair costs have been reduced by nearly $75%!!!

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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car