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Old Jan 4, 2003 | 09:02 PM
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Question W208-CLK430/55 or E46-M3

Which one is a better. Before getting my CLK430, I had an order for a E46-M3 SMG for the same price. I canceled it because I had to wait another 3 months to get it. Should I have waited.

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Old Jan 4, 2003 | 09:07 PM
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I would take the E46 M3 SMG out of those 3 cars.

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Old Jan 4, 2003 | 09:25 PM
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I would take the E46 M3 SMG out of those 3 cars.

So why did you pay $49,000 for your CLK-320, instead of getting the E46-M3 for the same price?
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Old Jan 4, 2003 | 10:03 PM
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I would take the E46 M3 SMG out of those 3 cars.

So why did you pay $49,000 for your CLK-320, instead of getting the E46-M3 for the same price?
I couldn't when I bought my car, the E46 M3 wasn't out yet, and the markup is 1k, so cheapest for an M3 would be 60k.

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Old Jan 5, 2003 | 08:31 PM
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You mean the markup was 10K, right?
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Old Jan 5, 2003 | 08:35 PM
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gotta have the 55... its amg.. in a class of its own
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Old Jan 6, 2003 | 01:26 AM
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I would take M3 over 55 and 430.
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Old Jan 6, 2003 | 01:57 AM
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i dont know about where you live, but in LA i see about 12 M3's a day, but maybe 1 CLK 55 a month so I would definetly get CLK 55. you live in florida so its probably the same where you live.
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Old Jan 6, 2003 | 02:37 AM
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i dont know about where you live, but in LA i see about 12 M3's a day, but maybe 1 CLK 55 a month so I would definetly get CLK 55. you live in florida so its probably the same where you live.
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Old Jan 6, 2003 | 02:48 AM
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Originally posted by theine
You mean the markup was 10K, right?
Yeah 10k, sorry, it was a typo.

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Old Jan 6, 2003 | 06:58 AM
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which you buuy depends on what you want..

if you want to go fast buy 55 if you want to go really quick and dont care about unreliability buy the m3.. if you want to chill and look good buy a 430 and spend the money you save on 19" and big stereo....
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Old Jan 6, 2003 | 07:31 AM
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if you want to chill and look good buy a 430 and spend the money you save on 19" and big stereo....

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Old Jan 9, 2003 | 09:37 PM
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M 3 are everywhere in Vancouver. so I dont like that

But I gotta say it has the horsepower and pretty aggressive look kits on it as standard

And the price is around a 430

So whichever is more important. the HP or the luxury i guess
MB is chick magnet tho or so my friends say anyway :p
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Old Jan 10, 2003 | 01:51 AM
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m3 is a dope car but too riced out.. as in too many chinese ppl have it... its over populated so its now even a show just with the go
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i would only get the CLK430/55
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