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2016 E350 Sport; Mom Wrecked the 2008 E350; sold the 2002 C320
If you don't mind me butting in, I'll share some of my present and past rides - this thread took me for a stroll down memory lane
Current W212:
W211
W203
2001 Nissan Maxima (20th Anniversary Edition)
BMW E32 (1 of 3 I had)
And where the need for speed affair started in my teens - the Datsun 510
I really love that W211.. I had an 09 E350 with the AMG Sport pack. It was beautiful. I had only had it for 6 months when the house burned down and collapsed in on it (while it was parked in basement level garage). It was so messed up they couldn't even determine the odometer reading regardless of what they tried.
2016 E350 Sport; Mom Wrecked the 2008 E350; sold the 2002 C320
What a bummer - sorry for your loss.
I was planning on hanging on to my W211 forever but when I got the 212 I gave it to my mother and within a week she ran it into a wall.
I got it back on the road again but I just don't see it the same. I babied the bejeezus out of that car - it's been my all-time favorite
My all time favorite was actually my W203 - a 2005 C230K. Bought it fresh off lease in 2008 w/ 25k miles and drove it till 2012 w/ 145k miles before ditching it due to a timing chain rattle. It was an awesome car, though. I miss it even now 8 years later.
2016 E350 Sport; Mom Wrecked the 2008 E350; sold the 2002 C320
The W203 (mine was 2002 C320) was a lot of fun but as I got older (and heavier) it started feeling a little cramped.
Wife drove it the last few years and at nearly 170K miles, the TLC to-do list was growing and I finally decided to let it go.
I was planning on getting a W204 for my wife to replace it but she opted for a Nissan Sentra. Can you believe it?
Then again, I didn't complain or object too hard.
The W203 (mine was 2002 C320) was a lot of fun but as I got older (and heavier) it started feeling a little cramped.
Wife drove it the last few years and at nearly 170K miles, the TLC to-do list was growing and I finally decided to let it go.
I was planning on getting a W204 for my wife to replace it but she opted for a Nissan Sentra. Can you believe it?
Then again, I didn't complain or object too hard.
Having owned 2 W204s.. I'm not sure she made the wrong choice
ND is the chassis code name for the 2016-current Miata.
ND1 - 2016-2018 model
ND2 - 2019-present model which was considered a mid-cycle refresh. It got a backup camera, telescoping steering wheel, and a reworked engine upping redline to 7500 and HP from 155 to 181
KEY, is your E550 tuned? if so, just wondering how it feels compared to the 5.2 Mustang...
No tune as it’s still under CPO for another 15 months. Probably tune it when that runs out. The Shelby doesn’t have as much grunt off the line like the 550, but after 4,000 rpm it runs like a mad dog all the way to redline(8,250). Two different cars, but very special in their own way.
Our MX-5 has been ceramic coated since the day after we brought it home new.. today, we finally got around to doing an all day prep/paint correction/ceramic coat job on the W212. At 35,000 miles today the car looks better than ever.. I am so happy with this color.
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I had an SLK350 and an SL500 2001 and 2003, now I go with 2 less wheels.I get a huge kick out of taking off my full-face Ducati helmet and people see I'm a over 60 bald guy!!
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I had an SLK350 and an SL500 2001 and 2003, now I go with 2 less wheels.I get a huge kick out of taking off my full-face Ducati helmet and people see I'm a over 60 bald guy!!
Love Ducati’s. The sound is like no other bike.
I finally sold my Suzuki DL1000 twin (V-Strom) after many trips (and cheap hotels). I’m a bit older than you and took it until I became uncomfortable at speed.
I love this thread.
The 2011 C300, hell no. The most uncomfortable car I've owned. Couldn't stand it after 6 months and got rid of it.
The 2014 C350 - this one was highly optioned and the M276 is a sweet engine.. I liked this one, for a while. Still didn't keep it very long.
The 2011 C300 was purchased off lease at 10,000 miles and replaced a 2005 C230 with 146,000 miles. The 2005 was far superior to the 2011 in basically every way.
The 2014 C350 was purchased off lease at 29,000 miles and replaced a 2009 E350 with 75,000 miles. The 2009 E was superior in terms of comfort and quality to the 2014.
This 2016 W212 is basically a good combination of the best parts of the past Benz cars I've owned.
Love Ducati’s. The sound is like no other bike.
I finally sold my Suzuki DL1000 twin (V-Strom) after many trips (and cheap hotels). I’m a bit older than you and took it until I became uncomfortable at speed.
I love this thread.
Yes, nothing sounds like a Ducati, people always ask me "how do you know when to look up at a bike?" I tell them I can hear a Ducati from a long way off! I actually rode it to a clients in Hoffman Estates once two years ago, to old for that stuff, had to walk around awhile before I went in! Long ride home, I did stop a couple of times but riding a pocket rocket 350 miles is better left to young guys.Now I just ride it around town and to the parks, especially after a long workday. I had lots of bikes in my teens and twenties, then three children put me out of the game for 25 years, now that I've paid for three undergraduate degrees and three masters, I'm "flying for myself" again! I may try a cruiser next, but will find it hard to give up that Ducati Desmondo sound!
‘89 911 Carrera I should have kept in the stable. Fun car, but not very powerful. I’m tall, and the Germans know how to build cars for guys like me. One of the reasons I like Mercedes Benz so much.
I like the Miata a lot and have friends with S2000’s. I cannot fit my legs into the S2000, but no trouble in the Miata. Right now I’m playing with the GT350 at the track. It’s more brute HP over a momentum car, but so much fun. Last of the big HP naturally aspirated manual cars made. They are disappearing fast.
526 Horsepower.
Yes my wife loves Mustangs, I like Shelby's, we would have one if they made an automatic! {yes I know, sacrilege} .
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My husband recently hurt his knee and that sparked a debate about the future of the MX-5 in our garage, and ultimately we came to the decision to say farewell to the Mazda
But when deciding what to replace it with, we couldn’t agree. He still wanted a sports car. I advocated for a small SUV.
We “compromised”
It’s a 2015 CPO with 39k miles. Porsche gives 2 years, unlimited miles of coverage starting at purchase date (if, like ours, the factory warranty is already expired).
This one had an original MSRP of $61,500 and our E350 original MSRP was $65,100. It is interesting to compare the two.. so different, yet both so very good.
Some day we hope to have another MX-5, but as a 3rd car and not a 2nd.
My husband recently hurt his knee and that sparked a debate about the future of the MX-5 in our garage, and ultimately we came to the decision to say farewell to the Mazda
But when deciding what to replace it with, we couldn’t agree. He still wanted a sports car. I advocated for a small SUV.
We “compromised”
It’s a 2015 CPO with 39k miles. Porsche gives 2 years, unlimited miles of coverage starting at purchase date (if, like ours, the factory warranty is already expired).
This one had an original MSRP of $61,500 and our E350 original MSRP was $65,100. It is interesting to compare the two.. so different, yet both so very good.
Some day we hope to have another MX-5, but as a 3rd car and not a 2nd.
That is an awesome ride, my buddies wife has one and she loves it, you seem to be very good at finding rare colors! My friends is blue with tan interior, Congratulations! She got hers at the same time we bought a RX350 to get my father in law around as he could not get in or out of our Benz cars. The Macan is head and shoulders above the Lexus.
That is an awesome ride, my buddies wife has one and she loves it, you seem to be very good at finding rare colors! My friends is blue with tan interior, Congratulations! She got hers at the same time we bought a RX350 to get my father in law around as he could not get in or out of our Benz cars. The Macan is head and shoulders above the Lexus.
Yes! Dolomite Brown was my backup color when I was shopping for the E-class, but I ended up finding the perfect one in my favorite color. So I was happy that the Macan is a brown - a gorgeous chocolate color they call Mahogany.
Interesting you mention Lexus. When we bought the MX-5 new in 2018 we traded in our 2015 Lexus ES350. It was a great car, but what a snooze. I mean it was the most boring car I've ever experienced, and the worst infotainment interface you could imagine. What it did have was awesome buttery semi-aniline leather and a Mark Levinson system that is still the high mark in car audio for us. My husband is a big fan of Lexus still (I am not) and he at first advocated for an RC350 F-sport. When I pushed for an SUV, he said (jokingly) the only one he'd consider was a Macan. So that's been the running joke in the family lately, that we "compromised" by buying a Porsche. It was literally the cheapest vehicle at the Porsche dealership, but people are reacting to it in terms of attention much more annoyingly than they did the E-class. And don't get me started on those who say "Porsche" as one syllable.
The cooled seats in the Macan are so much better than the cooled seats in the E. And the twin turbo 3.0L has no lag and feels like a V8, sounds fantastic as well. It seems to defy physics in terms of how it accelerates, stops, and handles.
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