Rooney4, I'm sorry to hear that the service department at your dealership is not stepping up to the plate. I have been disappointed in Mercedes service departments also. I'm sure some are better than others so I hope the second one is. I just went through a nightmare situation with my 95 diesel. I find that the techs on this website know more than anything a service department tells you. These techs from this website have NEVER been wrong for either my stuff or my brother's stuff. Amazing.

Anyway, congratulations on your beautiful car, I saw it in a showroom recently when I just bought a Starmarked 2000 320e 4 matic ($31,500) with 34,000 miles on it. I think all the kinks have been worked out.