Our car problems yesterday were bad enough that first thing this morning we brought the car to a Mercedes Dealership in Albuquerque. They checked it out and concluded they would not be able to fix what needed to be done any time soon. The engine is burning oil internally. Fortunately this car is such a tank that as long as I carry extra motor oil with me it should make it to San Diego without much of a problem. There is just a little loss of power, so up hills are a little slow going. We are in Phoenix Arizona tonight than hopefully arriving in San Diego tomorrow. We had to cut out some detours we wanted to take (like the grand canyon) to make sure the car is in San Diego in time for WEFTEC.