These minor issues happen to any vehicle regardless of if it came from Stuttgart or Windsor...but, Detriot banks zillions every year on the fact that you'll be willing to fork over a good chunk of your income for 60 months as all the little trinkets fall off of one of their ill-engineered junkers.

They're also betting that you either won't, or can't do your own maintenence and will eventually become so disgusted with the appearance and operation of your vehicle that you willingly return it to the dealer to accept a fraction of it's intrinsic value in trade for the privilege to do it all over again.

Sure, there's some stupid things on a Benz. It's just that the things that really count are constructed far better on a Mercedes than on a GM or Ford product.

So, go ahead, "owe your soul to the company store" and continue to bankroll one of the biggest scams ever foisted on consumers or take charge; get involved with the care and feeding of your transportation and use your skills to tell the robber barons in the motor city (and wherever else they burrow) to KYA. Most of the time, it's far easier than getting a raise, to pay for that short-lived US vehicle, trust me.

I yield the soap box.
R Leo

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