One of the great features you used to get when you bought a Mercedes was the free maintenence program.
It was terminated because of the high cost (estimated at over $100 million per year).
It's still available from BMW and Audi.
BMW goes so far as to position it as a competitive advantage and their executives always refer to it in their speeches saying 'It's the PREMIUM thing to do'.
And we TOTALLY agree with them.
Well, we're about to lose another soldier in this battle as Audi will terminate their free maintenance on all 2007 models.
Look for the official announcement soon...
In the words of Arnold the Governator...'BIG MISTAKE!'