C300 AMG??
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C300 AMG??
I was driving down the NJ turnpike today heading to work and passed a C300 that had an AMG badge on the trunk and 6.3 AMG badge on the side. I slowed down and got behind this guy as I hadn't seen anything like this before. Rear end had normal c300 exhaust pipes - no AMG quad pipes. I pulled to the side of this car and hammered it - no reaction. Slowed back down and examined the hood - no blisters. WTF is this!! AMG wanta be. I can't imagine anybody going out and buying the AMG badges to put on a c300. Did MB actually sell a c300 with AMG plastered all over it - doesn't seem possible to me.
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I've seen something similar here in PA.. A guy with a red C300 has the AMG badges and all. I got beside him and he fell back really quick (maybe he was ashamed or something).. But finally he got beside me again and gave me a thumbs up.
I think this guy had the AMG package wheels or something, so he felt it was appropriate to put the badge on his car. Who knows... but it sounds like the guy you encountered is a definite wannabe. The 6.3 badges are just calling for unjusitfied attention.
I think this guy had the AMG package wheels or something, so he felt it was appropriate to put the badge on his car. Who knows... but it sounds like the guy you encountered is a definite wannabe. The 6.3 badges are just calling for unjusitfied attention.
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How true, lol!
I just remembered that I am accidentally in this group of posers right now too.. I bought my car and realized the previous owner put a "Black Series" badge on my car. One of the first things I said was "That's gotta go!" but I still haven't gotten around to taking it off, and I keep forgetting it's there.
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it's a rare edition of the AMG line. Sold only to the posers who believe that by badging their car with AMG they will magicially gain hp and therefore be able to impress the public.
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At one point in time I remember new Mercedes having AMG badges on the trunk lids simply because they had AMG wheels or some other "small" thing done to them. Maybe the local dealers were doing it but sure seemed like it was a factory done thing. So I routinely might see a CLS, CLK, E, and even C classes, always with some years on them and with the AMG emblem still on their trunk lids. None of course have something like the 6.3 badges on the sides of them.
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This reminds me of a few weeks ago in Maryland when I spotted an E500 "AMG"...he had the 5.5 Kompressor badges on the front fenders and eveything...just terrible...I don't understand it.
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At one point in time I remember new Mercedes having AMG badges on the trunk lids simply because they had AMG wheels or some other "small" thing done to them. Maybe the local dealers were doing it but sure seemed like it was a factory done thing. So I routinely might see a CLS, CLK, E, and even C classes, always with some years on them and with the AMG emblem still on their trunk lids. None of course have something like the 6.3 badges on the sides of them.
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How so? No badge cause I like the clean look better. I removed the badges on all my previous cars, yes even on the C63 that I owned which I sold to a member on here!!! nowhere in my car does it say AMG except for the wheels. I don't have AMG exhaust tips neither. I'm no poser that is trying to make their car look a certain way to fool others!!! If I really wanted a C63 I would've kept it! I make my car look certain way for personal preference, not for what others think.
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Speaking of some serious posing...around a year ago, I saw on the highway close to Chicago a black W220 S-class with AMG badge and quad exhausts. But something just didn't look right. When I got next to the rear quarter of that S-class, I saw the quad exhausts were merely ornaments attached to the lower bumper--meaning there was nothing attached to the front side of the quad exhaust tips, only empty space.
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This might explain it, but no reference to an AMG badge
Mark
This might explain it, but no reference to an AMG badge
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How so? No badge cause I like the clean look better. I removed the badges on all my previous cars, yes even on the C63 that I owned which I sold to a member on here!!! nowhere in my car does it say AMG except for the wheels. I don't have AMG exhaust tips neither. I'm no poser that is trying to make their car look a certain way to fool others!!! If I really wanted a C63 I would've kept it! I make my car look certain way for personal preference, not for what others think.
Why didn't you keep it, big step down to a 300...
Anyways I am done, just thought it was funny that quad tips was bashing badge changers.
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adding quad tips to a C250-C350 imo is not a poser. AMG does not have exclusivity to quad tip exhaust systems. However, quad tips with amg body kits and amg on the tips itself and all the amg badging.... that is a different story.
for me, a poser is trying to disguise his/her car to be something better than it really is.
for me, a poser is trying to disguise his/her car to be something better than it really is.
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IMO yes, you are trying to make it look like an AMG, you went far enough to put a 4 tip exhaust, no one can read if it says AMG on the tips or not, they see 4 tips on a mercedes and assume AMG. If I pulled up behind you I would think AMG, until I saw your side.
Why didn't you keep it, big step down to a 300...
Anyways I am done, just thought it was funny that quad tips was bashing badge changers.
Why didn't you keep it, big step down to a 300...
Anyways I am done, just thought it was funny that quad tips was bashing badge changers.
I feel like there is a fine line of where it becomes "poser" vs. just appreciating a different look than the stock car.
In this case, I feel like if he were to add "AMG", "C63" or "6.3" to the car, it would most defintely be a poser move. Otherwise, I think he just appreciates the look of different "OEM" parts on his car.
VW guys do it all the time, using Audi/Porsche/Lambo wheels. It's the idea of sticking with OEM parts to make it different, but making improvements over stock.
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See this kind of crap all the time in the Mustang world. Really kinda stoopid if you ask me. You buy a car, you should be proud of what you bought - keep the badging as the factory made it.
I put a number of Cobra parts on my Mustang (interior, wheels, brakes) but I still proudly display the stock V6 badges on the car as that's what it is (OK so it has a built 400rwhp V6, but still...)
Since we've had the C63 my wife now seems to notice AMG badges a lot more, and I kept explaining to her that AMG cars have only 2 digits in their designation for the most part OK, (so the SLS is different) The other day we say an E500 (iirc) with the AMG badges and she blurts out "hey, that guys full of shiite, right!!??)
Anyways - putting the 6.3 badges on a C300 is just full on, total BS, douchebag poseur imho.
I put a number of Cobra parts on my Mustang (interior, wheels, brakes) but I still proudly display the stock V6 badges on the car as that's what it is (OK so it has a built 400rwhp V6, but still...)
Since we've had the C63 my wife now seems to notice AMG badges a lot more, and I kept explaining to her that AMG cars have only 2 digits in their designation for the most part OK, (so the SLS is different) The other day we say an E500 (iirc) with the AMG badges and she blurts out "hey, that guys full of shiite, right!!??)
Anyways - putting the 6.3 badges on a C300 is just full on, total BS, douchebag poseur imho.
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IMO yes, you are trying to make it look like an AMG, you went far enough to put a 4 tip exhaust, no one can read if it says AMG on the tips or not, they see 4 tips on a mercedes and assume AMG. If I pulled up behind you I would think AMG, until I saw your side.
Why didn't you keep it, big step down to a 300...
Anyways I am done, just thought it was funny that quad tips was bashing badge changers.
Why didn't you keep it, big step down to a 300...
Anyways I am done, just thought it was funny that quad tips was bashing badge changers.
And I got rid of it cause my daily commute changed from 5k miles a year to 25-30k that would be just dumping money down the drain if I were to put that kind of milage on a C63.
I feel like there is a fine line of where it becomes "poser" vs. just appreciating a different look than the stock car.
In this case, I feel like if he were to add "AMG", "C63" or "6.3" to the car, it would most defintely be a poser move. Otherwise, I think he just appreciates the look of different "OEM" parts on his car.
VW guys do it all the time, using Audi/Porsche/Lambo wheels. It's the idea of sticking with OEM parts to make it different, but making improvements over stock.
In this case, I feel like if he were to add "AMG", "C63" or "6.3" to the car, it would most defintely be a poser move. Otherwise, I think he just appreciates the look of different "OEM" parts on his car.
VW guys do it all the time, using Audi/Porsche/Lambo wheels. It's the idea of sticking with OEM parts to make it different, but making improvements over stock.
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w204 sedan section has someone looking to replace the c300 sport hood with an AMG hood....
Also, don't some foreign countries badge AMG if you get tires or certain trims?
Not sure if it's the dealer or MB of that country though.
Also, don't some foreign countries badge AMG if you get tires or certain trims?
Not sure if it's the dealer or MB of that country though.
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I put 6500 miles on my C63 in the first 3 months. Should I sell it and buy a c300 and make it look like a C63? The car is meant to be driven. In my opinion if you don't drive it you're throwing money down the drain!
