Originally Posted by Streamliner

The MB dealers use the "credit card" rule. If the damage can be covered by a credit card, they don't care. Now, IF you are turning in your S Class and sliding into another, new MB, preferably another S Class, your old car could look like it has been at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean for a few years and they will NOT ding you whatsoever. They are like drug pushers, always trying to keep you addicted to their brand. "Sign here," and no problem.