I know a lot of people around here drive their cars and never realize that they have to change the oil regularly and ADD oil as it dissapears....
*sigh*
The only time I ever saw a broken down MB was a 300D down in Beliz where I had no tools to help the guy out.
I asked him if I could take a picture of his car becuase I "have one at home". He agreed.
They were towing it with a diesel volvo...go figure
Sad thing was it was probably a 2 dollar filter change that is gonna cost him a great deal more...