Must be a German thing...the jacks in my MBs are similar in design as the original jack in my old VW...

...anyway, I put one of those cheapo creeper jacks in each of the cars for emergency. I feel better using one of those in a pinch than the OEM jacks any day!

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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car