As a prospective purchaser, I have found this forum (and another MB one) really friendly. We have a Saab and have had several old ones so I look at the Saab OC forum too. From my viewpoint, I like this site over other car forums because it is friendly and polite - there never seems to be any rubbishing of other people's cars (MB or otherwise), no bad language, noone bragging about how they out-raced a 'lesser' vehicle, no dirty jokes etc, etc. At the moment I don't feel I have much to add to the forum in the way of advice or help, but it would be a shame if there were restrictions on postings by newbies.