Got everything finished up yesterday morning and drove the car a bit in the afternoon and its like driving a totally different car. Someone mentioned that it would feel different than the 300E sedan due to the different final drive ratio and they were right. At 70 MPH the engine sits at 2200 RPM which is down from the 2500 RPM in the sedan and 3000 RPM when the wagon had the automatic. I'm hoping for a dramatic rise in MPG on the highway. The different shift points will take a bit of getting accustomed to but I'm very pleased with results. I have some pictures I need to upload but my camera cable is currently AWOL.