Who's BS Got Taken for a Joyride?
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Some real drama queens on here. The owner doesn't owe anyone anything. And to be frank, going by the tone of his posts, this whole "ordeal" was blown way out of proportion and he was completely willing to let it go as no real harm was done to the car anyway.
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Woow, a lot of drama in this thread.
This Black Series is now officially famous
http://www.worldcarfans.com/11204164...g-black-series
This Black Series is now officially famous
http://www.worldcarfans.com/11204164...g-black-series
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Actually the Autoblog article was picked up after a member here caught it on Youtube and it was never on Jalopnik. You need to get your facts straight. And since the membership here was the driving force behind uncovering this mess and bringing it to the attention of the dealership; the resulting resolution/compensation should be made public. But it would seem that the new owner of this car is not willing to discuss it and from the following is also an ungrateful jerk.
Maybe it's you that is the ungrateful jerk... The owner of the vehicle has absolutely NO obligation to disclose the resolution/compensation!
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Yeah, this thread needs to end as the owner of the car is happy with the settlement.. and doesn't need to made it public.
At this point, no one should care about who should get the credit for the compensation as the owner is walking away with an awesome car with extra "goodies" from this.
The only losing party in this ordeal is the dealership as this incident is all over the net now. I got friends driving all sort of cars e-mailing me links about videos posted on different sites... not good for Star Motors for sure.
At this point, no one should care about who should get the credit for the compensation as the owner is walking away with an awesome car with extra "goodies" from this.
The only losing party in this ordeal is the dealership as this incident is all over the net now. I got friends driving all sort of cars e-mailing me links about videos posted on different sites... not good for Star Motors for sure.
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Where did he??? -and the original video was taken down before I reuploaded it due to comments being written threatening the guys and they realized their mistake. If it wasn't for us reposting the video there would have been no evidence of this occurrence other than a few of us writing in a forum.
I just thought it would have been nice if he thanked us for helping him realize what was done, which allowed him to gain compensation. Imagine the car has Tanny problems, or the LSD which only has a limited lifespan anyways fails early... theres a few $K outta the pocket. The guy seems like a huge dick anyways so it doesn't matter to me anymore.
I just thought it would have been nice if he thanked us for helping him realize what was done, which allowed him to gain compensation. Imagine the car has Tanny problems, or the LSD which only has a limited lifespan anyways fails early... theres a few $K outta the pocket. The guy seems like a huge dick anyways so it doesn't matter to me anymore.
There is nothing out of pocket for tranny or LSD.....4 year/80K warranty
Leave the guy alone already and let him enjoy his new purchase
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By the way, It was this thread that Autoblog found, because they did put it reference to mbworld.org at the end.
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i don't see how Unclebunkie is a jerk in all this...there's no need to go into the details on how stars motor handled the situation....just that it was handled and unclebunkie is satisfied with the resolution.
it's really no one business.
it's really no one business.
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I think people went a bit overboard on this forum. No doubt it bothered me a bit about the 'test drive' but Star was stellar in their handling of the situation, and in the end, it's a car. I tear up the tires on my GTR all the time. I push it's limits. I'll do the same with the AMG. I bought this car to drive the snot out of it. Come to Calabogie MP and see.
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It did its purpose and no need to go on......
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I must say that he handled the situation with a lot more tact than I could have... then again the wheels were greased so anything's possible. I would still never buy or service a car from that dealer and it certainly has tarnished the reputation of all Mercedes-Benz dealers in my opinion.
I wish COMAND had a tracking mode that would record the path and driving conditions of the vehicle while it was in service in such a way that it couldn't be removed by the joker taking it for a spin.
I wish COMAND had a tracking mode that would record the path and driving conditions of the vehicle while it was in service in such a way that it couldn't be removed by the joker taking it for a spin.
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lol this thread started off discussing the car and went into the whole matter of ethics and corporate governance, now it just got heightened to the whole deal of the country of Canada.
Let's just chill out and hope the owner is enjoying his new ride and be glad that our effort as a community prevented a unforgivable matter from being hidden to the public =)
Let's just chill out and hope the owner is enjoying his new ride and be glad that our effort as a community prevented a unforgivable matter from being hidden to the public =)
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VERY informative thread...excellent responses from all forum members..IMHO.
This sort of stuff should NOT happen.
The response by the owner is to be admired, no doubt about that.....however, mine would be somewhat different.
The owner seems to be a guy who has done well in life, & this car may be simply "another car" to him.....so he may not be as emotionally "attached" to his new car as I would be......NOTHING wrong with that either. But, for sure, I would be really unhappy.....because this would be a "once in a lifetime" purchase for me, & for someone to treat MY car like that, would well, at least, it'd cause me to be very angry.
Cheers, Pickles.
This sort of stuff should NOT happen.
The response by the owner is to be admired, no doubt about that.....however, mine would be somewhat different.
The owner seems to be a guy who has done well in life, & this car may be simply "another car" to him.....so he may not be as emotionally "attached" to his new car as I would be......NOTHING wrong with that either. But, for sure, I would be really unhappy.....because this would be a "once in a lifetime" purchase for me, & for someone to treat MY car like that, would well, at least, it'd cause me to be very angry.
Cheers, Pickles.
