It's finally over. My life with MB's has been fun and rewarding, but I traded in my dying 4matic for a new Honda CR-V, and I'm actually out of Benzes for the first time since '96. If anybody needs parts for a 4matic, look at the classified section for a full listing of my (new) leftovers.

I hope everybody appreciates their MB's as much as I did mine, but I also have to say I won't be looking at any MB's newer than '96 until they get their heads out of their butts. Read FinancialTimes.com for a report on how they're actually recalling more cars than they built in all of 2004 to address the quality issues that were, until now, ignored.

I will probably never have another car that drove as well as the '91 300TE 4matic, but I'm also sure that MB isn't building them like they used to either. I figure I got into them at their peak.

Good luck to all with their Tri-stars, it's been fun.

someguyfromMD