Its a rock solid car for a blown sports car. It doesnt have a single a issue that if it happens will cost a ton of money. The repairs are high because the only shops that will tend to touch it are 3rd party MB shops who charge rates just a few bucks below what MB charges. You can pretty much do all the repairs yourself if any issues were to arise.

If you read the forum stickies you covered all the basic's. You just need to make sure you can fit in it, it is a small car. A corvette looks massive parked next to it. Oh mine has 145k and I DD it, it wont break down its a MB engine, out of the german's I feel they make the most reliable hi-po motors. Most guys only drive theirs on the weekend's I only know of 1 other guy that is over 100k and he's likely at 180k now. Do your maintenance yourself and enjoy.

Minor mods can turn it into a reliable low 12 second car to if you need more speed. Alot of people dont know what an srt-6 is until they lose to one.