Engine Question - not VX

[VehiGAZ]

I think my buddy was one of the posters on that page! Yeah - very poor quality in the C-class. Jeez, I had an early-in-its-first-model-year 1984 190E that was crappy, but not THAT crappy!

Here's something on fuel quality that I came across in Car & Driver recently:

http://www.toptiergas.com/index.html

[yal^]

Thx guys.
I think I will rationalize any sudden moves later.
I will keep my eyes open, but I am leaning towards BMW 330ix more and more...
For now I'll just sit tight and see how it works out. If it doesn't, my little kompressor is gone.