I'd been saving my money for a CDI from the first moment I'd heard that MB was going to be selling them in the US.

My wife & I were able to take one on a test drive, and it seemed like an OK car, but at north of $56,000, it seems overpriced...

After talking it over with my wife, and after additional research and much reading on various forums, we decided not to buy it.

Why doesn't MB (or anyone else) simply build something like a modern-day 240D - ie, simple, reliable and all-manual?

- Patrick