Originally Posted by rchase

Currently you can go to a Mercedes parts counter and get anything as small as an ashtray or trim item on any post WWII Mercedes. It might cost a small fortune and have to be sent in from Germany but how much is that worth knowing you can get anything for your car? American and Japanese makers are the ones that turn their backs on their cars when they are a facelift or two old.

Parts support is one of the reason's many owners like us keep these cars around for so long. Its easy to drive a 25 year old car when you can do small repairs and keep it in good cosmetic condition. When your japanese car's seats are threadbare and you have lost a knob off of the A/C its junkyard time or just put up with it time.