THE_CEO

haha not me! my family still has a 78' 380 sl convertible, 81 380 sl convertible, 83 300sd turbo, 85 300 sd, and 2 other 85 300sd's, 87 420 sel, 89 560 sel, 91 420 sel, 95 sl500, 1997 s420...and grandma's looking for a 2004 sl 55...which she will have by her birthday in september...i was practically born in these cars..and we still own all of them...some have over 400,000 miles on them..but yes the are costly to maintain..and most of the time they sit in my uncles 26 car garage up in ann arbor...but when we need a spare car to drive we have them!

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HarrierAWD

BMW, Benz, and Lexus can all go over 300,000 miles if you want. BMW and Benz will bankrupt you in the process.

Except those with very deep pockets, of course. Might as well get a Ferrari and enjoy the $700 oil change.

lkirchner

That is what I find the best with the MB's let them sit in the garage and admire them. That way they don't break. Seriously I do drive some of them but primarily show them. What I can see here is that the majority of you family's cars are pre 1992 when MB got caught up in the electronic gadgetry. The majority of the ones that I have fall into that category as well, when they still embodied the simple teutonic solutions. A good example of this is that on your SELs' the driver's side mirror was controlled by a lever easily within reach of your left hand and not an electric switch.

It is not surprising to see that the modern day problems were caused by the electronic gremlins and their race to catch up with the "new automobile technology". What I found entertaining was that MB enlisted MicroSoft to assist them in curing the electronic problems. That would be akin to "The Fox Gaurding the Hen House", "Pot Calls Kettle Black" or any other phrase that would come to mind. I'm surprised that some of their cures do not call for "shut the car down and re-boot "

THE_CEO

yeah true about the evolution thing i think that mercedes ruled the 80's they were and still are some of the best pieces of machinery from that decade and previous ones...but in the 90's lexus ruled and still does with a nice balance of technology and reliability...and with every year they keep getting better and better. The microsoft thing will develop into the full blown carputer thing...and we will evolve once again into a mobile high-speed office.

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HarrierAWD

Actually, I thought the Microsoft thing was for the BMW. The BMW's i-Drive system is based on Microsoft Windows CE. It's the previous generation of PDA OS. Besides, Microsoft is not in the electronics business.