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Thanks everyone. It is a great drivers car but the gas and maintenance scare me a bit. I am still on the fence on whether to keep or not. I love Mercedes and always have, I am just not sure it is the practical thing to do. I am toying with the idea of fixing the body up, probably $100-200 in supplies and my own labor; fixing up and having my wife drive it and get rid of my Honda Odyssey. She just drives short distances so gas would not be an issue. I have a car payment on the Odyssey which I could basically get rid of. Buy another cheap commuting car and use that for my 30 mile a day commutes. After driving the Merc, there is no doubt that car is safer than my Odyssey. I think the car would rather tip than collapse on impact. I would give up extra space but for the most part the space is not used. The inside of the Merc is a huge area anyways. Maybe I get an old VW diesel pickup for cheap dough and use that for communiting and all the jobs I usually use the caravan for such as hauling leaves and trash delivery to the dump.
Ah, decisions, decisions.
Thanks everyone for your help,
David
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