Mine is shot, ripped right at the joint between the flex and hard pipe. Mercedes reports the front pipe on "worldwide backorder", with no production date scheduled. There doesn't appear to be any shelf stock. I thought about welding in a new flex section, but the pipe is 55mm, or 2 3/16" (unique to the 2.5 Turbo). Nobody in the US carries this size flex section or pipe. Before I order a flex joint from the UK, has anyone found a clever solution to this problem?