Thanks Ali for your interesting comments. I certainly hope that my car will go on forever without any need for trans rebuilds. Do you people ever have regular trans servicing? Think its very expensive and most of the time the mech will come out with something wrong even if nothing as we never have any chance to look inside the box once its closed. What they charge for may be phantoms or mirages. How can we layman ever trust them? The car has been fitted with used very nice and almost new looking AMGs 16" I think with Michellins 215s. Looks fantastic, but haven't done the transfer yet so have to wait till this Saturday to feel the new wheels and tyres. They have put 36psi in the tyres saying it is necessary for the Benz being a heavy car. The original steel wheels and 195 Michellins were included in the trade in. Got a very good price for the 4. The car is a 1997 model with the updated bumpers, dash, lights and so on. Its a dark blue colour in duco only, not metallic. High mileage, but got it very cheap. The CD/radio I will put in will be a Pioneer or others in a month when the funds build up again in the bank. Only player, no seperate changer and original speakers to save cost. Hope they sound good enough for me. Trips here are usually short like half to one hour, so don't want to spend too much on this luxury.