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Both platforms certainly have their advantages and disadvantages. As far as electrics go, it seems like Japanese auto makers are light years ahead of the German manufacturers for the most part. I also have piles of receipts for this car (85 300TD) from all the PO's, and the most frequent thing beside brakes and valve adjustments were relays, most of them pretty expensive, and at 100k miles, etc.
That's why with the FJ80 I feel like I have the best of both worlds! Toyota electrics (and more modern, but still with circuit boards that are easy to shoot, and work on, and parts are pennies at Radio Shack, and they very rarely fair in the first place; apart from water intrusion!)
But the OM617's machining is top notch, and the mechanical fit and finish is excellent, of course similar quality replacement parts are more expensive too.
((I really would love to see an auto market that was similar to desktop computers, easily interchangeable parts on a universal platform. Kind of like how the Rally Fighter uses parts from many different vehicles, but having some kind of monocouque frame/body.))
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