Well let me run through a few things first, I noticed 2 dents on the body and if you live in houston that is going to happen to even the most careful drivers. There is a seam that came loose in the drivers seat and one cut in the back seat ( maby another deep scratch ). Regulators in these cars go out its just what happens and the same goes for the fabric on the B pillars , the same thing happend to our 1990 560SEL that we purchased new. As for the dash lights it is just an issue that will be delt with and in my opinion has nothing to do with the car "having a hard life". The vibration in the steering wheel is due to the fact that the tires need to be balanced. Again a "Wear and tear issue".Its the mechanical issues that I am mainly interested in not "Wear and tear" items that are expected with any 9 year old car. Thank for the input though guys.