I know, it's kind of A stupid question but the disposabal lifestyle that we live in now days, where everybody lease's their car,[ I think of it as long term renting], and then getting A new one. Not just cars either every thing now days has A certian lifespan and then it's obsolete no longer of use just throw it away,wait maybe I can rebuild it, sorry sir they no longer make replacement parts for that model. It's like you have no choice now days, luckily mercedes is not like that but theres tons of other products out there that are. So any ways back to my question, I plan on keeping my 82 240d as long as possible hopefully many more years to come, whatever maintence there is, it's still cheaper and eaiser than A car payment.