If they charge more than the mercedes dealer for the parts, why dont you take your car to the mercedes benz dealer for repair?

Paul, I can understand everything you said. People forget about how much tools cost. My friends always want to borrow my tools, I buy about 2-3k of tools a year and I dont even own a shop, just a college student. I also have a lift, now I can never do without.

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Current Stable:
1994 S500 v140, 210k miles, white with grey.

Former Mercedes in the Stable:
1983 300CD Turbo diesel 515k mi sold (rumor has it, that it has 750k miles on it now)
1984 300CD Turbo Diesel 150 k mi sold
1982 300D Turbo Diesel 225 sold
1987 300D Turbo Diesel 255k mi sold
1988 300 CE AMG Hammer 15k mi sold
1986 "300E" Amg Hammer 88k mi sold (it was really a 200, not even an E (124.020)
1992 500E 156k mi sold
etc.