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Old 02-27-2012 | 03:32 PM
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New to us...CLK55 AMG!!!

Hi All,
We just bought this over the weekend. 03 w/53K miles. We hope to get many years of satisfaction from it. Don't know what all to look for yet but it is going in for a full inspection this week. So far we are absolutely in love with this thing and man what a freeway rocket she is.

Old 02-27-2012 | 04:04 PM
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congrats....

so it's a "we" thing huh?

that sux......but you'll still enjoy it.....


hope it'll still be "we" when it comes to maintence, washing, detailing, insuring etc.....

ride long!
Old 02-27-2012 | 05:18 PM
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OMG I am so in love with the looks of these cars... and I'm still waiting for mine to arrive

Good luck with this beauty! I know you will love it forever!!
Old 02-27-2012 | 07:16 PM
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Old 02-27-2012 | 10:02 PM
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Old 02-28-2012 | 09:34 AM
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Congrats! Would that happen to be the one that was for sale pp in Long Beach?
Old 02-28-2012 | 10:36 AM
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Congrats! Would that happen to be the one that was for sale pp in Long Beach?
Thank You!! No, this one went on to a dealer lot in Orange late Fri night and we bought it Sat morning.
Old 02-28-2012 | 10:48 AM
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Congrats on the ride
Old 02-28-2012 | 01:10 PM
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Congrats on the car. Once you go AMG, there is no going back.
Old 02-28-2012 | 01:29 PM
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Congrats! Shes a beauty!
Old 02-28-2012 | 05:01 PM
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Old 02-28-2012 | 07:10 PM
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Nice, how much did you pick it up for?
Old 03-01-2012 | 03:47 PM
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Old 03-02-2012 | 12:14 AM
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Congrats on the car. Once you go AMG, there is no going back.
Actually, that's what happened to me - even I don't own an AMG yet.

Once I go look for AMG, there is no going back.
Old 03-02-2012 | 03:18 AM
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Old 03-02-2012 | 01:00 PM
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Congrats, and welcome to the AMG family! Love those wheels.

The one big item to look for - Valeo radiator. You can search the forum and find out all about it. Other than that, our CLK has been extremely reliable.
Old 03-02-2012 | 03:06 PM
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Hi Y'all,

Thanks for the welcome. I hope to be around here quite a bit. This little hot rod is for the girlfriend, we also have a C5 Corvette. So far after a week of ownership we really like this thing. The only issue I can find is that the passenger seat heater switch is inop. Any guesses??? Thanks for the info on the radiator, I have actually been investigating this and will be inspecting ours this weekend during her mega-detail.
Old 03-02-2012 | 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Bandit 00C5
Hi Y'all,

Thanks for the welcome. I hope to be around here quite a bit. This little hot rod is for the girlfriend, we also have a C5 Corvette. So far after a week of ownership we really like this thing. The only issue I can find is that the passenger seat heater switch is inop. Any guesses??? Thanks for the info on the radiator, I have actually been investigating this and will be inspecting ours this weekend during her mega-detail.
On the heated seat switch, chances are the heating element is bad in the seat.

Unfortunately, it is integrated in the cover itself, so that will have to be replaced. It is quite expensive.
Old 03-02-2012 | 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by F14Tomcat
Congrats, and welcome to the AMG family! Love those wheels.

The one big item to look for - Valeo radiator. You can search the forum and find out all about it. Other than that, our CLK has been extremely reliable.
VF302 Stallion here
Old 03-03-2012 | 08:39 AM
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Never served, nor flew one. Just an extreme Tomcat fan! I still think they made a big mistake in retiring her so early, and a bigger mistake in not taking advantage of the upgrades that Grumman proposed for all those years with the Super Tomcat. The Tomcat finally got the engines she was designed to have from the beginning, they converted far too few to D, then they retired her.

So you're in Rhinos now?
Old 03-03-2012 | 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by F14Tomcat
Never served, nor flew one. Just an extreme Tomcat fan! I still think they made a big mistake in retiring her so early, and a bigger mistake in not taking advantage of the upgrades that Grumman proposed for all those years with the Super Tomcat. The Tomcat finally got the engines she was designed to have from the beginning, they converted far too few to D, then they retired her.

So you're in Rhinos now?
^^^ and this kids, is called threadjacking.....lol I'm just bustin your *****

Congrats on the clk man what a timeless design. This and the e39 m5 seem to look better with time.
Old 03-03-2012 | 04:07 PM
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