I have two Toyota's right now plus the resurrection job 300E. It's hard to make a fair comparison of our 2000 Camry XLE V-6 to a 15 year old 124, but with all of the 124's old age issues it is still a really nice car. We had a 1998 Accord that we sold after 30K miles, it was so noisy on the road but it handled well. My sympathies went out to the next owner who had the auto tranny go out on her just after warranty at 60k miles. The car was serviced religously. If its mechanical, it will break eventually. I had the whole air cleaner assembly off the 300E over the weekend. I took one look and said to myself "what a freakin' mess!" No wonder they put that big air cleaner housing over all these pipes and tubes, and that nutty fuel distributor! I look under the hood of my 2001 Tundra 32V V8 and admire its simplicity and uncluttered cabin. I've had more than my fair share of a/c problems with the 300E, but not the evaporator. I asked my independent guy about the evaporators and he told me that in over 25 years of MB specializing he's never had to replace one. I sure as hell hope mine is not the first.