Sadly, the U.S. government's "Cash for Clunkers" program took a LOT of nice gently used Mercedes out of circulation. Every vintage Mercedes Benz owner lost on that deal and LOST BIG. Combine that B.S. with the EPA's riding herd on the PnP business and we are seeing an ever decreasing supply of parts available to us vintage Mercedes owners.

The goal? To push all of us out of the vintage car business into the new car business. Real steel bumpers are gone replaced by plastic bumpers; wood trim in the interior replaced by plastic 'fake' wood, the list goes on.

I know of several Mercedes Indie shop owners who were ordered by the City and/or EPA to get rid of their parts cars. One even had their cars hidden by a privacy fence and yet the City still screamed at him to 'get rid of those eye sores'.

Welcome to the 'new deal'.