i hear you man. I'm a CPA, so on the one hand I completely understand how stupid I have been financially. On the other hand, when this car runs well (which it has for brief periods), it's a true joy.

A CPA should also understand the concept of sunk costs and how they should not influence your future financial decisions... But the psychology fo it is really tough. I totalled up all of my invoices the other day, and I've spent $9,500 on "necessary" repairs over the last 2.5 years. And each time I took the car in, I thought to myself things like "it's a mercedes- it will last forever" and "I just need to do this repair and I'll finally get the car running well for another 100k miles." The sad truth is that it doesn't seem to ever get better.

The car has depreciated about $1,500 since I bought it for $5,500. Not to mention, I've put lowering springs on, euro headlights and taillights, blacked out the grille, and installed a very nice custom stereo system.

If I sold this car right now, I would take probably a $15k loss. Ha ha, so it's not that easy. I sound pathetic, but I can't help but think that the car will eventually run right. It's a machine! There should be a solution!!!