Gilly,

Thank you for your comments, My S320 in 2006 was my first Benz, and I spent about 40hrs on the web just on the W140 reading the good, but more about the bad about the car in 2006..

When I got mine, I was ready for all the problems(and I had some major ones-Transmission and Bumpers) which arrived later in time..

I do it all. Work on transmissions, and paint. Like a friend of mine says" Once it's broken the only solution is to fix it?"

I'm learning here. I'm no genius-Just like everyone else..

Martin