Whether you want your work done by the stealer or not is strictly personal. I know they charge more, but my preferece have always been with the stealer. I like to keep all my maintenance record from the same source. Now, my 300E is worked by an indie, but not the SL.

Then again, I haven't much work done on the SL so my maintenance cost per year is under $50 (annual oil change) since I have the car, and I drive it less than 3K miles per year.

Good luck on getting yours fixed. Do a search on the forum on good indie shop in your area.

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