I have been really disappointed with my MB experience. I was told they 'last forever' but that ain't true. It has stayed broken down a LOT more than it has run. I've owned it for 5 years and it's only run long enough to put 35,000 miles on it. If I didn't have my Accord to depend on , I would have to buy another car. The timing belt on the Accord stripped out at 158,000 miles and cost me $25 to replace. Try that on a Mercedes.