since I'm the guy who started this thread. The most hiliarious thing about this is that these last two posts indicate that the goodwill situation is up to the dealer. Would you like to guess what my dealer told me? Yep--"this is totally out of our hands, it's all up to New jersey, blah, blah, blah." This is so typical of the Mercedes brand of the new millenium. It just makes me sad that this once proud company is just...just....whatever.

BTW, I have still received NO RESPONSE from the customer inquiry which which I intiated three weeks ago.

HEY NEW JERSEY--ARE YOU LISTENING? I told your phone drone then--and I believe it's more true now--you just DON'T CARE.

I'll say it again--here's your new corporate mantra:

Daimler Benz--we used to make the finest automobiles. Now all we make is money.