My 2001 Lesabre is totaled from the deer hit, and while perusing the ads for another car, I saw an ad for a mint 2001 Mercedes S 500. I know the reputation they have for expensive maintenance and repairs, so I though I would check out some owner's reviews and came across this...
"Given the multitude of buttons and the lack intuition with most of them, it is nearly impossible to make a selection without taking your eyes from road. In times of heavy traffic, it's dangerous - so you end-up tolerating the auto selections set by the 'technologies designed in', until you get to your own driveway where you can spend the rest of the evening in the vain attempt to reset every [censored] button. Simplicity and safety are synonymous. I look forward to the self driving cars, so you just say the name of your psychiatrist and bingo, if you're lucky you'll get there before he takes his own life - found dead, sitting in HIS Mercedes Benz with the owners manual in his lap; handwritten notes all around, engine still running, and a flashing light saying 'start again'!"
"Given the multitude of buttons and the lack intuition with most of them, it is nearly impossible to make a selection without taking your eyes from road. In times of heavy traffic, it's dangerous - so you end-up tolerating the auto selections set by the 'technologies designed in', until you get to your own driveway where you can spend the rest of the evening in the vain attempt to reset every [censored] button. Simplicity and safety are synonymous. I look forward to the self driving cars, so you just say the name of your psychiatrist and bingo, if you're lucky you'll get there before he takes his own life - found dead, sitting in HIS Mercedes Benz with the owners manual in his lap; handwritten notes all around, engine still running, and a flashing light saying 'start again'!"