The reason for keeping the Mercedes is for the safety of it because the first two Mercedes saved my wife's life.
The first MB was lost to a driver having a seizure ran a red light and hit her in the passenger side, the police told her at the wreck site she would be dead in any other car. The man driving behind him was doing 70 trying to keep up with him to stop him by honking the horn and warning other drivers.
The second car was lost when a 18 wheeler crushed the back of the car up to the back seat. She was shaken but OK after a trip to the hospital.

So we are trying to keep the MB and save a little money on the gas, that's all.

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1998 Land Rover Range Rover 66K Miles
1988 300SE Totaled in 1998, hit by drunk driver, but we walked away OK
1989 420SEL 140,000, just warming up. Total by 18 wheel gas truck rear ended, but refused to lose another MB. Had it repaired cost $10,000+ Great Car again SOLD it for a 2003 C320 to save on gas
1991 2500 Suburban 454, 130,000, Best truck in the world. SOLD it out right.
1952 8N Tractor 1,000,000-/+

A colleague of mine had a very serious accident in a Jaguar. Her and her daughter and the daughter was hospitalised but survived relatively unimpaired.

The Jaguar? A write-off.

She and the police said that, were it not for that car, she would have lost a daughter.

I'm very pro-Mercedes but I'll never understand why she replaced the Jag with a Merc.

Takes all sorts.

RayH