Bored with the car...
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From: Boston/NYC
05 C230 SS, 03 C32
I kinda felt the same way once I driven the new 335i but Imma stick with a Mercedes Benz all the way. But I am conteplating gettin rid of either my C230 or C32 and get an SLK350 next month. But the W204 is growing on to me.
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calling it the way i see it
Bro, i 100% agree.
It'll be hard to get your jollies out in one vehicle. That's why i've got a bike and do 12+ track days a year... dragging your knee and hearing the booming v-twin on the gas is therapy for me.
If i was to do it all over, i would buy a BMW (M3, 330i, 335 etc.). Hands down they're the best vehicles for the practical enthusiast.
I give props to the guys that mod their cars to hell but they're typically the first ones to sell it
It'll be hard to get your jollies out in one vehicle. That's why i've got a bike and do 12+ track days a year... dragging your knee and hearing the booming v-twin on the gas is therapy for me.
If i was to do it all over, i would buy a BMW (M3, 330i, 335 etc.). Hands down they're the best vehicles for the practical enthusiast.
I give props to the guys that mod their cars to hell but they're typically the first ones to sell it
Perhaps what you need is to find alternative methods to satisfy any of your urges.
For instance, when I need to feel brute power, I tool around in my wife's lifted 4x4. May not be super fast, but the low-end torque and loud growl of the Flowmaster exhaust has some therapeutic benefits. Plus, with all this warm weather, it's nice to look down into the cars of ladies wearing their skimpy tops and bottoms (what a perv I am!!).
To quench my thirst for speed, just hop on the crotch rocket, and hit the straights or twisties. Well, speed is only relative, as I still find myself trying to keep up with my wife, who's speed comfort level is a bit higher than mine.
In the end, I still have the Benz - satisfies most needs well (except look down into other cars).
For instance, when I need to feel brute power, I tool around in my wife's lifted 4x4. May not be super fast, but the low-end torque and loud growl of the Flowmaster exhaust has some therapeutic benefits. Plus, with all this warm weather, it's nice to look down into the cars of ladies wearing their skimpy tops and bottoms (what a perv I am!!).
To quench my thirst for speed, just hop on the crotch rocket, and hit the straights or twisties. Well, speed is only relative, as I still find myself trying to keep up with my wife, who's speed comfort level is a bit higher than mine.
In the end, I still have the Benz - satisfies most needs well (except look down into other cars).
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2003 Ford F350-gone 2002 Mercedes C200 Kompressor 1998 Suzuki Vitara 1995 Mercedes C180-sold
I'm bored with my W203 and I want my old W202 back, that car took me years to get bored of which is a first for me. I only updated because I was sick of hearing "oh that old Mercedes is yours is it?"
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hey,
you gotta come down to Irvine this Saturday and take some nRo style photographs of the MB Meet !!
got over 150 Mercedes signed up so far..... where you at ?? Sign up !!!!
There's even a GLENDALE caravan that's rolling down..........
you gotta come down to Irvine this Saturday and take some nRo style photographs of the MB Meet !!
got over 150 Mercedes signed up so far..... where you at ?? Sign up !!!!
There's even a GLENDALE caravan that's rolling down..........
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Yeah im selling the ML for a boxster s, the c is boring me. Nice to go to dinner in, and client lunches, but no fun on the weekends. Porchse is where im heading.
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who are you? he replies because he is a contributing member of this forum...not just some loser with an AMG badge on a C230...and if you're wondering about his avatar, save this kinda sh*t for PMs
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Next car - probably gonna be 335i Coupe/Cabriolet (depending on financials) - but probably 3-4 years down the road..
I don't trust the W204. The ML was a piece of junk (2002 anyway - had way too many problems) C240 (2003) - had a fair amount of problems... maybe it was just my luck...
But I wanna wait till the car starts to mature, I don't mind taking the final year's model (like the year before it changes look again), gives me time to learn a bit more about the car, other people to try it out, and for BMW/Mercedes/or whatever to fix up all the problems and add more freebies
I don't trust the W204. The ML was a piece of junk (2002 anyway - had way too many problems) C240 (2003) - had a fair amount of problems... maybe it was just my luck...
But I wanna wait till the car starts to mature, I don't mind taking the final year's model (like the year before it changes look again), gives me time to learn a bit more about the car, other people to try it out, and for BMW/Mercedes/or whatever to fix up all the problems and add more freebies
