After reading all the post on this interesting thread it makes me wonder why MB and BMW would be in a gizmo race if the majority of their new car buyers didn't want this junk on their cars.Or are the MB owners on this fourm that different from the buyers they are trying to attract?

I can't imagine leasing a car as I find great pleasure in doing constant upgrades on my three ageing MB's plus learning the in's and out's of them from reading this forum and doing the actual work on them.Sure glad we can find rust free !26's and other older models here on the West coast.guess I'm just an old wrench turner at heart..........

William Rogers........