I Have been looking at Mercedes Benz, BMW, Lexus, and Infiniti for the months past, and I'm really probably most comfortable with Mercedes Benz and BMW. My parents have owned the older Mercedes Benz's in the late 1970's to the 1980's and from their experience "Mercedes Benz is built to last". I believe them too but ever since I've been reading up on this Head Gasket and maintenance I've been getting second thoughts. I also like BMW because my friends have a 325is from 95' and a 740 from 97' and they are both very wonderful cars. The reason I mentioned Lexus is I heard the parts for a Lexus are interchangeable with a Toyota Camry because Lexus is basically Toyota and having rode in an 94' LS400 I thought it was a pretty nice car inside and out. But overall I want the 1994 C280 because when i was first browsing it It was beautiful, I didn't test drive it yet because I was unsure how my parents would react if I told them of my plans to purchase a Mercedes. My parents don't want me to be "spoiled" by a Mercedes Benz even though I'm a 3rd year college student.