I finally realized that I can fit a lot more watches into the garage than cars... So these 2 icons of the 1990s had to go after 10 years of my caring for them...The VW proved the "better deal" as it sold for double what I paid for it in 2010. Of course not accounting for garaging, servicing, endless searching for hard-to-get-parts, washing and polishing and the like. The Merc was the ultimate long distance cruiser.