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Time to sell your C55

Old Sep 30, 2005 | 11:35 PM
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Thumbs down Time to sell your C55

The new S-class 500 V8 gives 0-100 in 5.4sec
If you out there still think you still want to kill the S's, it s time
to move to something bigger.
W204 still a long time to come.
It's time to sell your C32/55 now , take a rest , go with a mini/GTi
We will come back here after 2 years with photos of our 420hp CLE/C63
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p.s. shoot me now :v
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Old Oct 1, 2005 | 12:46 AM
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Why are you so obsessed with recommending everyone dump their C55?

Your logic is completely ridiculous. Sell your C55 because the S500 runs 0-60 in 5.4s? Maybe you should head back to school.



Originally Posted by cntlaw
The new S-class 500 V8 gives 0-100 in 5.4sec
If you out there still think you still want to kill the S's, it s time
to move to something bigger.
W204 still a long time to come.
It's time to sell your C32/55 now , take a rest , go with a mini/GTi
We will come back here after 2 years with photos of our 420hp CLE/C63
See you
Bye
cnt
p.s. shoot me now :v
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Old Oct 1, 2005 | 01:10 AM
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Originally Posted by smjjpres
Why are you so obsessed with recommending everyone dump their C55?

Your logic is completely ridiculous. Sell your C55 because the S500 runs 0-60 in 5.4s? Maybe you should head back to school.

you dont get my sense of humour did you? yes, there is no need to dump the C55 , we can keep it , love it , kleemanize it , and or perhaps like what I just did , bought a US$3300 MB55 number mark to go with it....or carry with us to heaven. There is no alternative now, either you make yourself a better driver than the S500 owners or remind yourself, you are not that fast. The bimmer 420ho M3 is coming along. What are we waiting now? Are we trying insult ourself by getting a RS4 4WD , no I wont, I love RWD and RWD only. There has been no plan and we know nothing about W204 AMG - what is is like ? Do we? Yes, I need to go back to school if I still don't have a clue what my next MB car is going to be?
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Old Oct 1, 2005 | 01:18 AM
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Ok, good, glad you were kidding around. I got nervous there for a moment. I like the sense of humor!

Originally Posted by cntlaw
you dont get my sense of humour did you? yes, there is no need to dump the C55 , we can keep it , love it , kleemanize it , and or perhaps like what I just did , bought a US$3300 MB55 number mark to go with it....or carry with us to heaven. There is no alternative now, either you make yourself a better driver than the S500 owners or remind yourself, you are not that fast. The bimmer 420ho M3 is coming along. What are we waiting now? Are we trying insult ourself by getting a RS4 4WD , no I wont, I love RWD and RWD only. There has been no plan and we know nothing about W204 AMG - what is is like ? Do we? Yes, I need to go back to school if I still don't have a clue what my next MB car is going to be?
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Old Oct 1, 2005 | 01:27 AM
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Originally Posted by cntlaw
The new S-class 500 V8 gives 0-100 in 5.4sec
If you out there still think you still want to kill the S's, it s time
to move to something bigger.
W204 still a long time to come.
It's time to sell your C32/55 now , take a rest , go with a mini/GTi
We will come back here after 2 years with photos of our 420hp CLE/C63
See you
Bye
cnt
p.s. shoot me now :v
Luckily I read your 2nd post, because I was about ready to go off on you. Everytime I log on you're talking about dumping your c55. WTF. Even if it's a joke, I suggest you chill out with the "dump your c55 *****". In all honesty, it's kind of annoying to read.
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Old Oct 1, 2005 | 01:36 AM
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Originally Posted by dragonAMG
Luckily I read your 2nd post, because I was about ready to go off on you. Everytime I log on you're talking about dumping your c55. WTF. Even if it's a joke, I suggest you chill out with the "dump your c55 *****". In all honesty, it's kind of annoying to read.

i know that it is a ' high risk ' to draw attention these days; :p frankly, with all that component crisis being sorted out ; our cars are really flying now and stepping into a great 2nd year of life cycle. what I want to point out is we probably should n't sing as loud about it anymore. looking forward to hearing C55 kill stories with the S500's ; or 'being killed'?
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Old Oct 1, 2005 | 01:42 AM
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Hi cntlaw, were you able to view the new Mercedes S-class in Hk?

i heard from my dad's client in early August that he got a peak at the S class early at Zung Fu in Hong Hom. He said it was of very high quality and very nice. He quickly told my dad to switch our S500 for the new generation, as he drove an SL55, F360 and had an F430 on order and did need a big sedan, but just wanted to sit in one on trips to Shenzhen(our factories are close, so we go together as he does not have china liscence).. We are going to change to the new S next year.
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Old Oct 1, 2005 | 01:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Juke-box
Hi cntlaw, were you able to view the new Mercedes S-class in Hk?

i heard from my dad's client in early August that he got a peak at the S class early at Zung Fu in Hong Hom. He said it was of very high quality and very nice. He quickly told my dad to switch our S500 for the new generation, as he drove an SL55, F360 and had an F430 on order and did need a big sedan, but just wanted to sit in one on trips to Shenzhen(our factories are close, so we go together as he does not have china liscence).. We are going to change to the new S next year.

Lucky you - one of the richest with China business man father , surely not surprise every HK business man with China business has a cross border number registration that can shoot your horsepower to the greater China land !! Wonderrful to know and I am sure all you biz rich will get the 388hp S class to shoot in the big China land !!! I wish I can join you. :p

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ps. i hv not seen one in showroom yet, but i will check
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Old Oct 1, 2005 | 03:04 AM
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Old Oct 1, 2005 | 05:11 AM
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Originally Posted by cntlaw
what I want to point out is we probably should n't sing as loud about it anymore. looking forward to hearing C55 kill stories with the S500's ; or 'being killed'?
cheers
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You know cnt you are so right the C55 is a obsolete piece of crap. It is so slow that a car that weights over a 1000 pounds more than it and has just 21 to 26 more horse power can woop its ***. I mean 0-60 in 5.4 seconds the C55 could only dream of that time. The new S500 is going to be feasting on some good C-class AMG crap. What a W221 S500 owner will be saying to himself "What is that little speck in my mirror that I just murdered? Oh its ones of those C55's hahahahaha thought he could hang with the big boys!"

In fact the C55 is so bad the resale on it is nothing a base mini will resell for more. What I suggest we all do, to get at least somewhat of our wasted money back on this turd of a car, is say it was stolen drive it out to the desert and have a bonfire with it.

Oh and one last thing anyone thinking of buying a W203 C55 is a and should be to a bloody pulp. WARNING WARNING stay away from the C55 it is a terrible car that will bring you zero enjoyment.

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Old Oct 1, 2005 | 06:23 AM
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You know cnt you are so right the C55 is a obsolete piece of crap. It is so slow that a car that weights over a 1000 pounds more than it and has just 21 to 26 more horse power can woop its ***. I mean 0-60 in 5.4 the C55 could only dream of that time. The new S500 is going to be feasting on some good C-class AMG crap. What a W221 S500 owner will be saying to himself "What is that little speck in my mirror that I just murdered? Oh its ones of those C55's hahahahaha thought he could hang with the big boys!"

In fact the C55 is so bad the resale on it is nothing a base mini will resell for more. What I suggest we all do, to get at least somewhat of are wasted money back on this turd of a car, is say it was stolen drive it out to the desert and have a bonfire with it.

Oh and one last thing anyone thinking of buying a W203 C55 is a and should be to a bloody pulp. WARNING WARNING stay away from the C55 it is a terrible car that will bring you zero enjoyment.

Love your sense of humour ( certainly more bitter than mine )
That's the dark side of it and I don't think we are warning people too early here. Looking at the bright side, what do we see ?

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Old Oct 1, 2005 | 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by cntlaw
... It's time to sell your C32/55 now , take a rest , go with a mini/GTi ...
OK, sold my C55 and have my GTI, now what should I do?

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[Saw a CLS55 AMG this morning parked in my town. Nice, but the back seat sure does look cramped. Not sure I look the squashed window look. I think I'd rather have the E55 with that engine]
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Old Oct 1, 2005 | 12:22 PM
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Help me out here?

Maybe Im a bit slow but how does a S500@5.4 beat a C55@ a conservative 4.9??Generally 4.7???Sorry Im not so good with mafth!!!
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Old Oct 1, 2005 | 12:47 PM
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Maybe Im a bit slow but how does a S500@5.4 beat a C55@ a conservative 4.9??Generally 4.7???Sorry Im not so good with mafth!!!
Doesn't matter the C55 will still lose. Get rid of it, get rid of it now its a cursed car!!!!! Oh why did I ever buy this **** box on wheels
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Originally Posted by cntlaw
Lucky you - one of the richest with China business man father , surely not surprise every HK business man with China business has a cross border number registration that can shoot your horsepower to the greater China land !! Wonderrful to know and I am sure all you biz rich will get the 388hp S class to shoot in the big China land !!! I wish I can join you. :p

cnt
ps. i hv not seen one in showroom yet, but i will check

haha..actually when we got our china liscence registration, it was a long time ago. i think in early 90's or late 80's so we didn't pay ridiculous price for it and we knew some people in Shenzhen that helped us. :v

Most of the cars that travel from Hong Kong to china are either Mercedes S or BMW 7 series. that's all i see passing through Sha Tau Kok.
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Old Oct 1, 2005 | 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by dragonAMG
Luckily I read your 2nd post, because I was about ready to go off on you. Everytime I log on you're talking about dumping your c55. WTF. Even if it's a joke, I suggest you chill out with the "dump your c55 *****". In all honesty, it's kind of annoying to read.
Dude, I "Feel" you :p :p I think that he wants some attention :p Or perhaps he just has "Kleeminize" Envy :p :p
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Old Oct 1, 2005 | 03:11 PM
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dude, just sell your C55 and get something else man...
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Old Oct 1, 2005 | 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by RawAMGpower
Doesn't matter the C55 will still lose. Get rid of it, get rid of it now its a cursed car!!!!! Oh why did I ever buy this **** box on wheels
Your right Im dumping this Sh*@t box. Any body drive the new Kia Sedona,I hear they haul as$.
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Old Oct 1, 2005 | 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by GC55
Maybe Im a bit slow but how does a S500@5.4 beat a C55@ a conservative 4.9??Generally 4.7???Sorry Im not so good with mafth!!!
He said "0-100" (probably meaning 100 Km/h = 62.1 mph), so that's fairly slow compared to 0-60 mph in 4.8s for the C55.

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Old Oct 1, 2005 | 06:25 PM
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He said "0-100" (that's probably kph and about 0-62.1 mph).

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Ya and? Are you saying it will still take the C55 a half a second to make up the 2.1MPH??
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Old Oct 1, 2005 | 07:16 PM
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Mercedes has always claimed a 0-100km/h time of 5.2 seconds for the C55 sedan in their press materials and international AMG website. The C55 estate (wagon) takes 5.4 seconds to reach 100km/h.

The Mercedes press materials from worldcarfans.com claim a 0-100km/h time of 5.4 seconds for the upcoming S500 with the new 5.5L 4-valve V8 (388HP) and 7 speed transmission.

Unless Mercedes wants to deliberately mislead people, the C55 sedan should still be slightly faster to 100km/h than the new S500.

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Old Oct 1, 2005 | 07:46 PM
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Unless Mercedes wants to deliberately mislead people, the C55 sedan should still be slightly faster to 100km/h than the new S500.
NO WRONG!!!! The S500 will be faster cntlaw has assured me of it
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Old Oct 1, 2005 | 09:26 PM
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NO WRONG!!!! The S500 will be faster cntlaw has assured me of it

That's a good one
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Old Oct 2, 2005 | 12:10 AM
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NO WRONG!!!! The S500 will be faster cntlaw has assured me of it
How "True" if CNTLAW said it, than we need to take it as being the truth and nothing but the truth
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