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Wife's Car Broke down - She has my CLK55

Old Apr 1, 2009 | 04:17 AM
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CLS 55 AMG - one of the last off the AMG line
Wife's Car Broke down - She has my CLK55

Pray for me, and more importantly - pray for the car !

First comment " The lights are still on when I lock the car, I cant switch them off"

Next comment "its too low - when I accelerate over bumps like the range rover it goes crunch"

Last comment " Racing moms from the school at the lights is fun, how do I switch it to manual? !

I hope the RR gets fixed today. My nerves cant take much more
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Old Apr 1, 2009 | 09:38 AM
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Old Apr 1, 2009 | 10:30 AM
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Old Apr 1, 2009 | 04:02 PM
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both my cars are low and tuned. my wife is pretty good about taking it easy.
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Old Apr 1, 2009 | 04:12 PM
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You've got to get her used to driving the RR's wrench's rental/loaner. There's no following her for the drop off/pickup, and she can drive it like a. . . . ah . . . . . rental.
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Old Apr 1, 2009 | 05:31 PM
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if its that bad, rent a car LOL. I would!
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Old Apr 1, 2009 | 09:40 PM
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party foul on the "crunch" the fact that she asked about manual mode is pretty stinkin cool
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Old Apr 2, 2009 | 04:58 PM
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every time my wife takes my car out she f' up the wheels.....
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