well, i drove into a m-b dealer this last saturday afternoon. service dept was supposed to have been closed by the time that i arrived, but it was still open. and there were lots of folks roaming around the dealership[sugarland, tx].

i stopped by to see if they had a e320cdi[they didn't], but i couldn't help but overhear angry comments.

seems that the majority of the folks at that dealership were there not to buy a car, but to pick-up one that was supposedly repaired, but wasn't.

i have never heard such nasty language. nor seen such smoke rising from so many folks.

in fact, when i drove in i was in my 560sec. when i came out without any info on the new diesel, there was a guy standing by my car. when i entered the dealership i had overheard him reaming the gm of the dealership for the screwed-up service dept.

as i began to enter my car, he asked me how much i wanted for it. before i could respond, he proceeded to tell me how he had a 2004 CL55AMG that was a real garage queen. he wanted a car that he could use and he noticed that mine seemed to be a runner[it is]. then he went ballistic and told me how his goddam benz and the dealership had ruined his memorial day weekend. he had places to go and he was of the strongly-voiced opinion that he wasn't going to be doing it in his 2004 high-rent benz coupe.

asking me how much i wanted for my very cherry 1987 coupe, i told him: 60k. cash or cashier's check.

that put him into a new orbit. i exited the dealership. observing scores of people marshalling under the portico of the service dept.

NO NEW BENZES. that's my motto.

yours?