buy an AMG and not really know it?
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buy an AMG and not really know it?
i was talking w/ my boss about a friend of his... (a developer, bookoo bucks) who just bought a mercedes...
"tom bought a new mercedes so his wife could take their kids around... has three letters on the back... AM? something?"
i say, "AMG?"
"yeah! that's it."
"that's the tuned mercedes."
"well, rick told him that that is a hot-rod version."
"you could say that."
"but tom doesn't know anything about it. we were reading about it in a magazine and it goes from0-60 in like 5 seconds..." note that jim doesn't know much about cars either; he is also a mercedes owner.
"but how did he buy it? did he just call them and say give me a car?"
"i don't know. but here's another funny part. we go over to his house and the car's parked outside. rick said you should park it in the garage. tom's reply is that the car got some berries on it and he doesn't want to get the garage dirty... until he takes it to a carwash that weekend..." so he has an amg (not sure which model but i suspect an e55), costing $70k+, and he doesn't want to get his garage dirty. and instead of taking it to a hand wash place, he's going to a local carwash...
um, i told jim that i would be happy to trade cars w/ tom's...
"tom bought a new mercedes so his wife could take their kids around... has three letters on the back... AM? something?"
i say, "AMG?"
"yeah! that's it."
"that's the tuned mercedes."
"well, rick told him that that is a hot-rod version."
"you could say that."
"but tom doesn't know anything about it. we were reading about it in a magazine and it goes from0-60 in like 5 seconds..." note that jim doesn't know much about cars either; he is also a mercedes owner.
"but how did he buy it? did he just call them and say give me a car?"
"i don't know. but here's another funny part. we go over to his house and the car's parked outside. rick said you should park it in the garage. tom's reply is that the car got some berries on it and he doesn't want to get the garage dirty... until he takes it to a carwash that weekend..." so he has an amg (not sure which model but i suspect an e55), costing $70k+, and he doesn't want to get his garage dirty. and instead of taking it to a hand wash place, he's going to a local carwash...
um, i told jim that i would be happy to trade cars w/ tom's...
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That's funny! I know people like that too! They buy the car because it costs more than the other ones, but they have no idea why. They just know that it cost more! A friend of mine at work that drives a Jag X type (the small engine one...2.5?) wanted to know how much my car cost, so I told him it was 29K (a lie of course). I have since found out that he has bragged to other people about his car being better than mine because it cost more. Now the Jag may be better than the MB (not in my opinion), but certainly not because of the price tag.
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This confuses me, Scott. If you've decided to share the price of the car (the true decision for me, not the amount) then why would you underprice it by $11-12K?
You know where most people are going when they ask you the price... they want to compare theirs with yours.
You know where most people are going when they ask you the price... they want to compare theirs with yours.
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I don't know about Scott, but I've done that sort of thing before.
I was sort of embarrassed about how much money my Porsche cost. Several times people would ask and I'd underspeak the price. Or they would say "how much does this thing cost, $50K?" (with wide eyes) - "yeah, something like that".
Some people think you're stupid for paying so much for a car
Although that doesn't sound like what happened to Scott.
I was sort of embarrassed about how much money my Porsche cost. Several times people would ask and I'd underspeak the price. Or they would say "how much does this thing cost, $50K?" (with wide eyes) - "yeah, something like that".
Some people think you're stupid for paying so much for a car
Although that doesn't sound like what happened to Scott.
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Originally posted by MB-BOB
This confuses me, Scott. If you've decided to share the price of the car (the true decision for me, not the amount) then why would you underprice it by $11-12K?
You know where most people are going when they ask you the price... they want to compare theirs with yours.
This confuses me, Scott. If you've decided to share the price of the car (the true decision for me, not the amount) then why would you underprice it by $11-12K?
You know where most people are going when they ask you the price... they want to compare theirs with yours.
Like jswedberg said, I normally try to down-play the car a bit, although my C class is no Porsche.
It would have been funny if I had a C32 and said the same thing!
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... the car was better than mine because he paid more ...
It would have been funny if I had a C32 and said the same thing
Just tell another friend (in your friend's earshot) about his English Ford SomethingOrOther four-banger - oh, yeah, X something ...
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Originally posted by revstriker
Like jswedberg said, I normally try to down-play the car a bit, although my C class is no Porsche.
Like jswedberg said, I normally try to down-play the car a bit, although my C class is no Porsche.
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At work, when I first got my C240, I would downplay it, saying "it's the small M-B", etc. Now I'm used to it and I don't care what they think. If someone asks, I just say I have a Mercedes. Of course, most people think it's $50K or more, so what? A lot of their wives drive $40K SUV's and think nothing of it. It's that Mercedes aura! :p
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Originally posted by jswedberg
I bet most "normal" people have no clue what an "AMG" is. Of course, many people think all Mercedes are $100K cars, so I guess it all balances out!
I bet most "normal" people have no clue what an "AMG" is. Of course, many people think all Mercedes are $100K cars, so I guess it all balances out!
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glorified by the magazine picking the m3(e36) as the best handling car above 40k. oh well.
so...a 28k fully loaded leather camry solara is so much better than a 25k c230k coupe right??
Originally posted by BlackC230Coupe
...them again when they see an M3 somehow they think its the best thing in the world.
...them again when they see an M3 somehow they think its the best thing in the world.
so...a 28k fully loaded leather camry solara is so much better than a 25k c230k coupe right??
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Originally posted by BlackC230Coupe
It is really someting how most of people in the world dont have any idea what AMG is or how good it is. But them again when they see an M3 somehow they think its the best thing in the world.
It is really someting how most of people in the world dont have any idea what AMG is or how good it is. But them again when they see an M3 somehow they think its the best thing in the world.
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Originally posted by steve s
so...a 28k fully loaded leather camry solara is so much better than a 25k c230k coupe right??
so...a 28k fully loaded leather camry solara is so much better than a 25k c230k coupe right??
Mercedes C230k 6-spd vs. Toyota Solara SE v6 5-spd
1) Engine specs: C230k = 192hp/200tq, Solara = 200hp/214tq
2) Curb weight: C230k = 3305lb, Solara = 3075lb
3) Gas mileage: C230k = 19/29, Solara = 20/27
4) Insurance: C230k = $$$, Solara = definitely cheaper
Tack on a factory-warranted supercharger for $2k more, the Solara would blow the doors off a C230k. So for $28k, I could have a fully loaded 250hp Solara vs a $25k, 192hp C230k. Which would I buy? Anyway, just want to keep everyone's minds open
(PS - a stock Solara SE v6 w/ leather, etc can be had for about $26k)
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Wow, not a hint of sarcasm there. Would you care to explain why a C230k is a much better buy? Let's do a quick comparison:
Mercedes C230k 6-spd vs. Toyota Solara SE v6 5-spd
1) Engine specs: C230k = 192hp/200tq, Solara = 200hp/214tq
2) Curb weight: C230k = 3305lb, Solara = 3075lb
3) Gas mileage: C230k = 19/29, Solara = 20/27
4) Insurance: C230k = $$$, Solara = definitely cheaper
Tack on a factory-warranted supercharger for $2k more, the Solara would blow the doors off a C230k. So for $28k, I could have a fully loaded 250hp Solara vs a $25k, 192hp C230k. Which would I buy? Anyway, just want to keep everyone's minds open
(PS - a stock Solara SE v6 w/ leather, etc can be had for about $26k)
Wow, not a hint of sarcasm there. Would you care to explain why a C230k is a much better buy? Let's do a quick comparison:
Mercedes C230k 6-spd vs. Toyota Solara SE v6 5-spd
1) Engine specs: C230k = 192hp/200tq, Solara = 200hp/214tq
2) Curb weight: C230k = 3305lb, Solara = 3075lb
3) Gas mileage: C230k = 19/29, Solara = 20/27
4) Insurance: C230k = $$$, Solara = definitely cheaper
Tack on a factory-warranted supercharger for $2k more, the Solara would blow the doors off a C230k. So for $28k, I could have a fully loaded 250hp Solara vs a $25k, 192hp C230k. Which would I buy? Anyway, just want to keep everyone's minds open
(PS - a stock Solara SE v6 w/ leather, etc can be had for about $26k)
I wouldn't but the Solara because it is FWD. If I were going to get FWD, it would be a much, much cheaper car.
