>Now lets talk Beemer, or Mercedes---
>BIG miled, hammer down engines----

Yeah? I keep hearing of consumer-rights issues here; unreliable
Mercedes. Also thatb Mercedes electrics are not good (good ol' Robert
Bosch, the German Prince of Darkness?). And BMWs seem to be built as
disposable cars. Look at an old one sometime... they don't age very
well. German doesn't mean "best". Some companies rely on their old
reputations.

>Forget the Subau's----lame ducks in comparison---

Ha!