Somewhere in northern California (Mendocino County area) is a prototype 2010 Mercedes and a film crew, making a commercial. I found this out today while at my dealer, Smothers, in Santa Rosa. The service manager got a call that the car had gone into "limp home" mode and needed help. He had to send a technician with a code reader off to see what was wrong. He and I agreed that, aside from the car being a prototype, the press and film people probably drove the pi** out of it. I'll try to find out details about the car next week. In the meantime, anyone on US-101 in the Ukiah area should keep their eyes peeled.

Jeremy

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Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
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"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970

Sounds like it might be the new W212, which is scheduled to come out for the 2010 model year. Keep us posted.

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