Sold my soul to the dark side
 

Ok, so last Monday my C was nice and happy, looking pretty good and only months old.

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Then some idiot didn't bother noticing that I had stopped and did this to my car.

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I then had a big dilemma on my hands, my wife is very pregnant and due any day now so we needed a car asap, our other car only has 2 seats, not good for a family. Our insurance company were very sympathetic, they wrote the car off and have arranged an immediate payout.

Yippee I thought new w204 here I come, I love them they are the best looking cars that Mercedes currently make, they drive superbly, but bad luck there isn't a single C220 CDI AMG sportpack stationwagon in Norway, an order will take 3 months, we couldn't wait that long. So out of total desperation I turned to the dark side, my local BMW dealer had a 320d Touring with Msport kit on the lot ready for delivery, much to my shame I bought it.

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I will be back in a Mercedes soon, we have to replace our second car in a wee while so maybe an SLK or GLK will be joining the 3 series in the garage.

BTW are there any BMW pages as good as this one.

shame? that's a nice looking 3 you got there! Congrats!

Sorry to hear about the accident & hope your family is OK.

The BMW looks good! No shame in that.

I did give the 330i some thought as well. But MB responded with the W204, That's a nice car and colour to match, congratulations, and stay safe.

congrats on the new 3, the face looks aggressive and sexy at the same time
good choice.

R.I.P. to your benz, and good to hear ur family is ok.

we dont hate bmw or any other nice cars as a matter of fact, we just love our mercedes more. no shame in owning a bmw, it looks great!

it looks mean! Like a shark! Congrats man!

why do you always have to get ''touring'' models lol ?
the m-sport kit is really nice.
my brother has it on his 335 coupe.

but yeah.. why touring?

Touring models have more space, the station wagon version of the w204 has more rear seat room than the sedan, plus the bigger boot helps with carrying all the stuff two little boys need whenever you go anywhere. They also look better in my opinion.

The wheels you used for the winter tires on the S203 are pretty rare. Both your summer and winter sets are some of my favorites for that car.

The set for my winter tyres are pretty much standard from Mercedes in Norway, the summer wheels were what sold the car to me in the first instance, I'm really sad to see the car go.

a sympathetic insurance company? I wish we have those here in Canada.

The good news is...thats a pretty bad ass looking wagon! :y

What about Wawanesa? http://www.wawanesa.com/ They only insure Cali and Oregon in the states, but are massive in Canada. best insurance co. on earth.

Sweet 3 KiwiRobbie :y

Ouch! that looks bad...
but then again congrats on the 3 series! I think its a great car.

the body styling for the front looks like an evil grin :v:

Ouch! Glad you're okay. The 3-series isn't a bad car. Congrats!

Are you painting a bullseye on the back of this one? :rolf:

Congrats on the new car and glad you weren't hurt.

e90post.com, but it's pretty U.S. centric.

i must say that is a nice looking wagon. :y

excellent choice with the 3 series touring...no shame in that at all.

sorry to hear about your other car though.

yea, e90post or e90fanatics

wow, nice looking 3

That's for the pointer, e90post is a very good site, I can't believe the amount of traffic all for one model of car, they even have a pretty good european subsite. It's also a bad site because I have already found a few mods formy car like some very sexy looking carbon fibre splitters which will make the car look even meaner.

Sorry to hear about your accident.
Congrats for your new car and welcome to the ultimate driving machine family.

Nice! If the W204 estate was over here in the US, I'd have it right now instead of the sedan.

Your 3-series front-end looks great!!!

Congratulations.