Mercedesshop is compromised of some of the best folks around.
I especially like the diversity of the opinions that show up. I believe that is what makes it such a great place.
Not to mention the fact that I have personally met numerous members, as I am sure some of you have as well.
As far as other forums, I don't want to go into it too much, but the now defunct b*nzsport.com was "chock-full-O" jokers.
For a site that was supposed to be dedicated to Mercedes & the tuning of, I was thourghly disappointed in the way it was run. There was too much talk about the same old stuff & it didn't seem to me anyway, that there was enough heads with any extensive knowledge about Merc's in general.
They seemed to focus more on the (W202) & the (W210) cars & the modification of them. Some members met for a GTG and basically were disrespecting people driving a typical 300E (W124) and even a 16vlv. But acted as if their
1994 C220 
w/ $3k in body & lighting mods was tops.
Well I guess I have ranted enough, even though I said I wouldn't but hey that's why I like it here soooooo much. OPEN DISCUSSION right ?