I've heard more than once how parts yards like crushing MBenz cars. They are heavy.

I figure their core charge is so they get the old heavy part back to scrap. They probably figure that they could get X amount of cash just for the weight so it figures into the price of the part.

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1983 300DTurbo w/sunroof.
1984 300TD manual sunroof. (Electrical Gremlins)