A 2003 Supercharged Benz could probably have been sold in 2008, and a used Civic purchased, with money left over.
A Supercharged Benz is expensive to maintain, and not nearly as reliable as a Honda Civic.
Plus, it drinks fuel.
Ahhh. I see. This story happened in 08. I was thinking she was tooling around to the Welfare Office in an 11 year old Mercedes.
Thanks for correcting me.