Is your CLS your Daily Driver?
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Is your CLS your Daily Driver?
I'm just curious as if you all daily drive your CLS? More specific do you drive your CLS to work? Why do you or don't you?
Occupation: Manager/Finance: Manufacturing
I don't drive my CLS, I drive a 2003 Toyota Tacoma (Pickup) to work daily.
No one at work knows I have the car. To me it would give my employees too many reasons to say "look at this guy, our business must be doing well, I need a raise" In reality I paid less for my used CLS than some of them did for their NEW Honda's & Suburbans.
Whats your story?
Don
Occupation: Manager/Finance: Manufacturing
I don't drive my CLS, I drive a 2003 Toyota Tacoma (Pickup) to work daily.
No one at work knows I have the car. To me it would give my employees too many reasons to say "look at this guy, our business must be doing well, I need a raise" In reality I paid less for my used CLS than some of them did for their NEW Honda's & Suburbans.
Whats your story?
Don
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I mean its not an extreme sports car that can only be driven in certain conditions(ferrai, lambo, etc). It was meant to be a daily driver. And I LOVE driving it. But I actually had the same reservations as you did..didn't renew my personalized license plates(With my last name on them) for similar reasons(too much unwanted attention) and have been thinking about getting tints for that same reason. I will not stop driving it tho .
And yeah, some people think you are "wiping azz with cash" rich when they see it. Which is understandable. But if they only knew how little I payed for it(i got a superrr great deal..a steal) which was a LOT less than they paid for their brand new vehicles..they would be shocked .
And yeah, some people think you are "wiping azz with cash" rich when they see it. Which is understandable. But if they only knew how little I payed for it(i got a superrr great deal..a steal) which was a LOT less than they paid for their brand new vehicles..they would be shocked .
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My wife, an insurance agent, drove a 10 yr. old Jag XJ6 and took some abuse from customers when their insurance rates went up.
She now drives an 8 yr. old Audi TT and she still gets abused. People in my small town
think the Audi is a Porsche
She wouldn't even consider using my CLS.
She now drives an 8 yr. old Audi TT and she still gets abused. People in my small town
think the Audi is a Porsche
She wouldn't even consider using my CLS.
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2007 Mercedes Benz CLS 550
I live near DC and we are hammered with salt on the roads so, I am detailing it and hand washing in the garage daily. My wife drives it daily and loves it, I drive it when we go out as a family.
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2012 CLS-550 / 2015 GLA-250
Drive it every day. I'm a CFP, many clients have commented on the car and have been complementary. My clients are also financially successful, so they expect that I have a nice car also.
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I'm just curious as if you all daily drive your CLS? More specific do you drive your CLS to work? Why do you or don't you?
Occupation: Manager/Finance: Manufacturing
I don't drive my CLS, I drive a 2003 Toyota Tacoma (Pickup) to work daily.
No one at work knows I have the car. To me it would give my employees too many reasons to say "look at this guy, our business must be doing well, I need a raise" In reality I paid less for my used CLS than some of them did for their NEW Honda's & Suburbans.
Whats your story?
Don
Occupation: Manager/Finance: Manufacturing
I don't drive my CLS, I drive a 2003 Toyota Tacoma (Pickup) to work daily.
No one at work knows I have the car. To me it would give my employees too many reasons to say "look at this guy, our business must be doing well, I need a raise" In reality I paid less for my used CLS than some of them did for their NEW Honda's & Suburbans.
Whats your story?
Don
But the way i see it im on the way to become a AMG Killer............just waitin on the Kompressor.........
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I drive mine as a daily although I have other cars...met a guy today and he emailed later sying "that car is 'gangsta'"...He was in an Escalade so whatever...I do get a LOT of comments on it being over the top cool...I will say it's unusual to see one generally...I got this CLS to replace my great 2000 740i Sport, same kind of feedback...They don't understnd that I can find and justify a used car that cost less than their Camry...people can be idiots...
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2007 CLS550 (White w/black interior);2008 smart CABRIO
smart is my daily driver; CLS for Road trips
I'm just curious as if you all daily drive your CLS? More specific do you drive your CLS to work? Why do you or don't you?
Occupation: Manager/Finance: Manufacturing
I don't drive my CLS, I drive a 2003 Toyota Tacoma (Pickup) to work daily.
No one at work knows I have the car. To me it would give my employees too many reasons to say "look at this guy, our business must be doing well, I need a raise" In reality I paid less for my used CLS than some of them did for their NEW Honda's & Suburbans.
Whats your story?
Don
Occupation: Manager/Finance: Manufacturing
I don't drive my CLS, I drive a 2003 Toyota Tacoma (Pickup) to work daily.
No one at work knows I have the car. To me it would give my employees too many reasons to say "look at this guy, our business must be doing well, I need a raise" In reality I paid less for my used CLS than some of them did for their NEW Honda's & Suburbans.
Whats your story?
Don
I don't drive my 2007 CLS on a daily basis. I have a 2008 smart forTwo Cabriolet that I use for most daily, local driving. The CLS is used for all "road trips"- Giff Albright, State College, PA
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Daily Driver for the last 2 years, so of course it gets driven to work too. I get compliments on it at gas stations quite often just because it looks completely different than most other cars on the road and it's a dime a dozen S Class or E Class.
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2006 CLS 55, 2005 Infiniti QX56, 1994 Softail Springer
Drive mine every day. Get lots of compliments which gets a little embarrassing. The down side is worrying about who might park next to or in front of me. People are inconsiderate around here and don't think twice about dinging doors or tapping bumpers. I figure, I'll only live once so I might as well enjoy it while it lasts...
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w205 C63s, w212 E63,w219CLS500-SOLD! w211 E63, 2006 E60 M5 (KABOOM!)
Daily driver for me. I went from a fully-loaded ($50K) lifted truck to my CLS and wouldn't think twice about doing it again.
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2006 CLS 55, 2005 Infiniti QX56, 1994 Softail Springer
There are some people that would find issue with what I drive. I make sure to avoid them seeing me. Even to where I wait until the valet brings their car up before giving my ticket. No matter one's occupation, in today's financial climate, most would believe it is not great to flaunt a "nice car." Meanwhile, my friends and my wife love that I finally got around to getting rid of my '97 Infiniti.
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CLS63, GLK350
I can't drive mine everyday because of the summer tires and I live in the midwest. Mine is debadged on the rear with only the 6.3 AMG badges on the front fenders so it has a lower profile and does not draw as much attention until I it the gas and dust everyone
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i would to drive it everyday but the weather condition are not the best (always dark, wet and gloomy) so i take it out on nice occassions and when the weathers nice. sadly you buy it to use everyday but its something to take care of.
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Cls63 AMG
I 2nd that. Just got my 07 CLS63 AMG and can't even put into words how much I love the beast. However, it's just too scary to imagine that I am driving my cls out in the terrible traffic on a stressful Mon morning. So I still drive my Smart Forfour to work.
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2007 Mercedes Benz CLS 550
Inf4life, totally agree, we are enlisted and everyone thinks we are loaded...naw just rollin in style!!