I feel your pain
I buy cars that were expensive when they were new and smile at the depreciation the previous owner sufferred
I recently sold my CL600 which was £124,000 new including the options.
I paid £12,000 for it with 45,000 miles
I drove it for 5 years with independent servicing as it was out of warranty.
Approx £250 for a service at variable intervals - the computer told me when I needed a service - between 12,000 and 16,000 miles
I sold it for £2000 with 95,000 miles
Reasonably cheap motoring for such a car although the number of buttons, switches, computers and options would probably drive you mad.
Anyway, I am glad we can share our understandings even if we don't agree on the details. If we all agreed on everything the world would be a boring place.
i reckon the real problem was you probably tried the 1.9 engine!
:-)
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