Or Buy a Lexus. I've had both MBs and Lexuses at the same time for several years. Both are fine cars. But since I get to compare the two cars side by side for all these years, the advantages of the Lexus become so obvious. Like right now, I have a S500 sitting in a NJ shop getting almost $9000 of work done on it. It was not entirely due to the car's quality problems as it was involved in a fender bender. But still, this fender bender is unusual. My guy drove the S500 and rear ended a Nissan Maxima. The Maxima had no damage, but the S500 had $9000 of damages in hood, front grill, side panel, lights, radiator, etc.. It's kind hard to believe the damages to the S500 while there was no damage to the Maxima. On the other hand, the people in the S500 - the driver, and two passengers, felt almost nothing except a little bump, while the driver of the Maxima was carried away by emergency crew in a strecher (as a precaution, she turned out to be okay as well). Over the years, the MBs cost quite a bundle to own, while the Lexuses hardly ever give me any trouble.
Joe in Ohio