most of us here own older mb's....
and many of us own mutiple mb's and what happens is we
wind up having one from each decade... so we have experience.

my experience is the newer they are the more trouble and maintenance
they require....

i was recently at the mb dealer and the new mb's have the same
body as the dodge intrepid... and my dodge intrepid 2002 engine failed..
and it is now in the bone yard...just picture a dodge intrepid with an mb emblem on the front.... its like when amf bought harley.... I also listen to
german shortwave and the germans are saying their quality sucks..