falling out of love with AMG.
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99C43 05C55 06slk55
falling out of love with AMG.
Hi, don't know what to do i have a c55 and a slk55 and my love for the cars is starting to fade away. my wife thinks i am crazy for think this. i dont need any more power (i live in the city) cant lower the car (pot holes the size of a pool). what do i do to fall back in love?
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Hi, don't know what to do i have a c55 and a slk55 and my love for the cars is starting to fade away. my wife thinks i am crazy for think this. i dont need any more power (i live in the city) cant lower the car (pot holes the size of a pool). what do i do to fall back in love?sell the slk55 and buy a lotus elise. One gokart and one torque monster. You'll definitely appreciate the c55 more.
I drove my friend's elise through the twisties and it was great fun but I can't say I liked it more than the kick in the pants when you stomp on the gas on an amg.
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i like the ml63 but the mpg sux in the city and that is about 90% of my driveing. my wife hates the ml63 but loves the g55
i was looking at some hre rims for the slk55 i know that thay are the best but to spend $8000+ my wife will cut off the my last ball.
i just dont know what to do i am in a rut
i was looking at some hre rims for the slk55 i know that thay are the best but to spend $8000+ my wife will cut off the my last ball.
i just dont know what to do i am in a rut
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i like the ml63 but the mpg sux in the city and that is about 90% of my driveing. my wife hates the ml63 but loves the g55
i was looking at some hre rims for the slk55 i know that thay are the best but to spend $8000+ my wife will cut off the my last ball.
i just dont know what to do i am in a rut
i was looking at some hre rims for the slk55 i know that thay are the best but to spend $8000+ my wife will cut off the my last ball.
i just dont know what to do i am in a rut
IMO..this is just IMO. HREs are just trendy. while they're forged wheels with good quality, but the prices are not justified. BBS, Volks, Work wheels, etc IMO all have better and consistence quality. I wasn't particularly happy with the HRE's finish and paint quality although I loved the particular design I had.
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hre are a strong wheel and i need a strong wheels do to the pot holes. i see a lot of hre come into the shop and i just love the 3 pic but like i sead my wife will have my last nut and i love my 1 nut
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there are used HREs out there for less.
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Dude, I feel your pain. I had a good buddy who lived in Santa Monica and I can tell you what he did. Leave the City! He moved to Tennessee where the women are fast and the roads are pretty, lol. I just came back from a three day blast thru Deals Gap, TN in the AMG, that will bring back the love.
However, if you are stuck in L.A., then just get out on the weekends and drive up into the San Angeles Crest or north up the coast roads or south to Palomar. Those twisty roads make our cars shine and give them the chance to stretch their legs. I know that the CHP is more like the Gestapo than is the case in many more rural states and the chippys have no sense of humor when it comes to speeding but it is what it is.
BTW: I am 6'2" and 265 and I fit in the Lotus Elise just fine. You should at least test drive one or rent one for a day. It is like a race car for the street but not as fast as my modded C32 in a straight line. Close but not quite as quick. I have actually been looking at the Elise as a "Next Car".
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However, if you are stuck in L.A., then just get out on the weekends and drive up into the San Angeles Crest or north up the coast roads or south to Palomar. Those twisty roads make our cars shine and give them the chance to stretch their legs. I know that the CHP is more like the Gestapo than is the case in many more rural states and the chippys have no sense of humor when it comes to speeding but it is what it is.
BTW: I am 6'2" and 265 and I fit in the Lotus Elise just fine. You should at least test drive one or rent one for a day. It is like a race car for the street but not as fast as my modded C32 in a straight line. Close but not quite as quick. I have actually been looking at the Elise as a "Next Car".
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You got to get that car out in an area you can enjoy it in. a would say a tank full of race fuel and go beat the **** out of the thing when it begs for more, donky punch it again. It just might add the spice needed to fall back in love.
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i am going to take the slk out this weekend for a little trip. i have added the little things to both the cars all oem (slk 55 steering wheel the the big shifting padels removed the cup holder from the slk added storage. i hope this little trip will help.
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Hi, don't know what to do i have a c55 and a slk55 and my love for the cars is starting to fade away. my wife thinks i am crazy for think this. i dont need any more power (i live in the city) cant lower the car (pot holes the size of a pool). what do i do to fall back in love?
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i was thinking about adding the slk big brake kit to the c55 and the oil cooler from the slk it is a nice set up. and may be the i pod kit, the only thing is i am only 1 mile from work so that can be a wast of time and $. the thing is that i have 2 amg and i work on a lot of amg and drive a lot of them anything from a slr to a c36 i just see amg all over city. but when i am out of the city i am the only one with a amg and i like that and when a young punk kid pulls up next to me in a crapstain (mustang) i just blow his doors off and that makes me
