I've got a used one coming. I have the dealer cost on a new one and can't bring myself to pay that much for a strip of steel with some plastic on it to go in a car that's far from being a show car, maybe if the car was fully restored and in nice shape it would be worth it but certainly not now. The original stick didn't break from brittleness, it broke from a direct hit from a wayward elbow, not something that would usually happen.

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Current stable:
1995 E320 149K (Nancy)
1983 500SL 120K (SLoL)

Black Sheep:
1985 524TD 167K (TotalDumpster™)

Gone but not forgotten:
1986 300SDL (RIP)
1991 350SD
1991 560SEL
1990 560SEL
1986 500SEL Euro (Rusted to nothing at 47K!)