Newbie or non-MB owners are still awash in the aura of "exclusivity", so these are the folks that unfairly place MB owners in the "snobby, aristocratic" category...no matter what model.
My Dad has always owned an MB...from a 190 bought in 1959, to a 71 280SE which he still owns...and we were middle-class folks in a rural subdivision...
I too find the die-hard MB fans to be pretty down-to-earth. I believe it's for the love of the cars, not the love of the status...
And despite my fleet, I am most certainly not rich...nor fat!
