Been going for 40+ years. 80's-90's were great. Could roll in on Thanksgiving day and camp in the flats or across from the store without issue. Watched it grow through the early 2000's with the heloc crowd all buying long travel cars. 2008-2012 after the economy blew up was like the 80's again...
Like you, rarely go to either. Taco Bell once every couple of years, can't remember the last time I went to Del Taco, not one close enough to me for the convenience.
I think you have about the last year of quality put out by MB. Hate to say it but I feel the MB quality has gone down hill. My wife used to run them over 200k miles and keep them for 10 years. Our last MB was a CPO 2016 GL550 with a twin turbo v8, didn't make it 85k miles before it went south...
Back in the late 80's co worker got picked up in a raid on Friday and was back at work on Monday morning. Thought for sure he would be gone a week, not just the weekend.
I lost my anxiety over my kids when they were in their late teens. They ran with a good group of friends and I was usually the last person they would call when something went wrong. They were very good at figuring it out and getting back on the road. They would call me after the fact to let me...
Shoulder straps are to keep you back in the seat, not for keeping you down in the seat. The lap belt keeps you down in the seat. In a roll over, having the shoulder straps pulling you down in the seat can cause back injuries.
I'm afraid at that kind of speed the standard sxs will end up a mangled ball of cheap metal if something bad happens that your not going to walk away from.