In one of the
Mercedes Enthusiast magazines I have, a former Subaru Impreza WRX owner wrote a letter of how he was so in love with his Subaru and how he thought cars with automatic transmissions were boring etc., but then he tried a W124 E500 and he became hooked. He searched for an E500, found one, bought it, sold the Subaru and is now a Mercedes convert.
Will try to find it...