Us wagon guys gotta stick together.
I made the mistake of telling my wife that I just wanted a diesel wagon for hauling stuff since it would be more economical than the Blazer I sold. Every time I took on another project she would remind me that it was just supposed to be cheap transportation. I got to learn first hand that there is no such thing as a cheap old Mercedes unless you can keep it from becoming an obsession (which I didn't do).
Through it all my wife has gotten interested in getting an MB diesel herself ... they are VERY addictive.
When I flushed my PS fluid, I had my wife help by starting the car, turning the wheel lock to lock while I kept the fluid level up, and shutting down. She took it very seriously and I had to keep telling her to relax.
Luckily my wagon came with the Euros, so I haven't looked into them to know if the Taiwan made ones are OK. When I took the lenses off to paint the fins black, the driver side fins fell apart into about 12 pieces that I epoxied back together before painting. So I managed to avoid need to replace them.
... although the lenses look like they have been sandblasted a bit.