Thanks for your list and I have to agree with your conclusion on the CD. I do like it for lots of reasons, but have to admit it is the one I look at last if I cannot find what I want in the others. I did get mine on the cheap and was definately worth the 15$ bur would have to give good thought to the over $100 for the official version. You just can't beat a paper copy and if you want a copy to work with in the garage with you can always copy one on a copier.
Again thanks for your input on the various manuals. One more note is I use for quick reference sometimes is the Performance Products catalog as it has broken down pics of the whole car including vacum routings. Very good for free and you can order one for any MB at the dot com address. THey come every few months once you sign up.

Jon