UPDATE-
We have done exhaustive research and the units that kept coming out on top for us are the BOSCH and the MEILE. Now I truly believe the Meile blows everything else out of the water, but we live in a one horse town (low taxes!) in Indiana. When you go to the parts store if what you are needing is not off a pickup truck they act like they are doing you a favor. See where I am going?
Ok, the nearest meile dealer is 75 miles away, they have a few on display but not many. The next option was to take a trip to downtown Chicago and go to a Miele Experience center. My wife wasn't keen on the Mieles layout over the Bosch and both of us would prefer to see it in person before we buy it. Sooo....
We went for the Bosch 800 series, which I ordered from lowes, which is only 35 miles away. They will have to order it from the manufacturer which we figured because no one in their right mind in 2018 would get a 1000.00 dishwasher in the color white, anybody who is anybody has stainless.
You See our house looks like the conners from the old tv show Rosanne and stainless would actually make us look poorer than we already do...lol Ok its not quite that bad but its a 1970s kitchen and while it has aged better than most with a refresh in the early 1990s, its still not going to make it into better homes and gardens. White looks much better in our kitchen.
We will see how it goes. The miele looked great as far as the build, but my wife liked the third rack on the bosch much better. It was hard not actually having the two side by side to compare, we were going off specs found on mieles website.
The other thing is we may be here for another 6 months, or 30 years. We simply dont know. So longevity possibly wont matter.