Did anyone notice that Mercedes and all the luxury brands were in the basement? This tends to lend credence to the pickiness. Even the vaunted Lexus got bit this time around. It will be interesting to see what kind of issues they have with their 8 speed in the new LS. Is Mercedes quality what it used to be? No. But in todays era with the number of gadgets in a luxury car it is amazing there aren't more failures. The days of the simple Mercedes are gone. For the foreseeable future I am buying Benz even if I have to buy used. Hopefully I can hold out until I can afford a decent used ML or GL CDI

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My Daily : 96 E-300 Diesel with 195,000 miles
Retired: 92 300D 2.5 T 345K miles and for sale
Retired: 95 E320 157K miles and currently parked with blown engine

Both retired cars are for sale as is my w124 shop inventory