Louis,
I know how you must suffer (and not in a good way) having all those Mieles lying around in your cellar.
Being a good German neighbour, I'll just march, um, drive on over and relieve you of all but one.
It's a spirit of loving cooperation, no?
Tee-Hee!
Do you suppose there are any of us here who actually have ever, once, in their lives, not found a good "reason" why they just "had" to "rescue" some poor machine (of which they have 20, already) and bring it home?
Nah, me neither.
When I moved a few years back, one of my dearest friend's wife (not a dear friend) (to put it mildly, but hey, his choice) made a scene that I really must have problems if I thought I needed two KM-3s, four Silit pressure cookers...
And who needs a Kobold and a Miele vacuum in a small apartment?
She, of course, is one of those who only buys name brands...and her taste in art is whatever society magazines says is the art du jour....