AMG....worth it?
05-08-2015, 10:43 PM
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05-08-2015, 10:45 PM
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Umm.. Your analogy is hard to understand. But, maybe I can help you understand why posing AMG is frowned upon in this community... 
Its hard to explain passion using words but that's what it comes down too. A car build specific to the driver from the ground up. Its not just that brute force which comes as a by product of exquisitely tuning that motor and transmission; arised from years of R&D and 10's of millions of dollars. Its also the sleek, almost hard to pick out, added body lines, the super tuned suspension that will rip a tire right off its wheel, how the seats wrap around you as you climb into your machine... Thats why people pay the extra money. One Man, One Engine. Its about passion. And when a guy slaps an AMG emblem on his trunk lid and paints his calipers red its pure disrespect to the all the real gear heads that appreciate and understand what it means to drive AMG. To each their own I suppose but I know Im not speaking for my self when I say by slapping that fake emblem on your car your screaming, Im not proud of what I got- wish it was something els. And BTW I own a E350.. And i Love it. But, I know what AMG is. Maybe one day.
Its hard to explain passion using words but that's what it comes down too. A car build specific to the driver from the ground up. Its not just that brute force which comes as a by product of exquisitely tuning that motor and transmission; arised from years of R&D and 10's of millions of dollars. Its also the sleek, almost hard to pick out, added body lines, the super tuned suspension that will rip a tire right off its wheel, how the seats wrap around you as you climb into your machine... Thats why people pay the extra money. One Man, One Engine. Its about passion. And when a guy slaps an AMG emblem on his trunk lid and paints his calipers red its pure disrespect to the all the real gear heads that appreciate and understand what it means to drive AMG. To each their own I suppose but I know Im not speaking for my self when I say by slapping that fake emblem on your car your screaming, Im not proud of what I got- wish it was something els. And BTW I own a E350.. And i Love it. But, I know what AMG is. Maybe one day.
The absolute last thing I think of when I see AMG badging on a non-AMG car is disrespect. Disrespect, really? Disrespect to my affinity of AMG? Disrespect to the plastic badging? Disrespect to the manufacturing employee that signed an engine plaque? No, the first thing I do is give a quiet chuckle because I know better as a petrol-head what I'm truly looking at. I lose zero sleep over it - even though I aspire to a new S63 Coupe, fawn over hot estates and dream of a Hammer. Badging a car as something it's not just doesn't matter to me. I don't bother over-thinking why the owner did it.
I don't mean to be presumptuous, but does it really matter to you if someone badges something that it's not? I say don't let some other driver bring you down or think less of them for that matter. Let them be.
05-13-2015, 08:13 AM
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05-23-2015, 08:29 PM
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For posers:
1. Those who understand what you did think you are an idiot
2. Those who don't understand, have no interest and don't notice anyway
1. Those who understand what you did think you are an idiot
2. Those who don't understand, have no interest and don't notice anyway
05-24-2015, 08:46 AM
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the posing will never end........and they'll always call it admiration for the brand
05-24-2015, 11:14 AM
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