Why are you so surprised? My boss drove his S400 into a tree. It didn't involve battery but I believe the quotation by the insurance claim is around 100K++. Even with that ridiculous figure, his car was stuck in SC for a year because no one in MY knew how to assemble the replacement parts (engine, gearbox, whatever,.. not sure what's going on). Finally after some raging, a team was sent over from Germany to fix it. Not sure who paid for it though. Guess what, he totalled it in less than 6 months and got a brand new one. What a waste.