Three questions:
First, does anyone have a good, trusted mechanic in Portland, Oregon? It is time to have done the many things not advisable in an apartment parking lot.

Second, has anyone used or found useful the emanualonline documentation for mercedes-benz models?

Third, the extent of my understanding of maintenance is the user manual, which fetishizes MB-certified fluids and OEM parts in a way that disquiets even advertisement-hardened me. What has been the community's experience with routine maintenance and replacement parts that are not MB brand name; just how much can I get away with?