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MB and Porsche and, I'm sure, many of the other high end manuf have some pretty cool engineering that goes into them. Years ago (early 90s), I was a young kid working at an auto-parts store. Lots of folks would come in asking for their windshield wipers and batteries and headlights to be installed. We didn't have to do it, but we almost always did. I was asked to install the headlight bulb in a fairly new MB, it was probably a 9004 or something like that. It took me a while to figure it out, but once I did, I was very impressed. The process was so easy with no tools required. I think you flipped a level which released the whole headlight assembly to allow you to access the back of the assembly to replace the bulb. It was so much better than just about anything else from the American or Japanese manufacturers from both an engineering and ease of use point of view. I'm sure it cost more to install and manufacture and engineer, but price isn't everything. I was similarly struck by several items on my old '88 targa.