Why dont they crash test these cars?
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Why dont they crash test these cars?
Why dont they crash test S classes or cl's or big cars like that. How bout the clk its medium size. does anyone know. If anyone has pics of the new or old clk in crash tets or testing please share ot give the link. I would be appreciative.
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Ahhh! Now if insurance companies or the government was wanting to crash test the S and CL.... our insurance premiums would be much higher.
Not cost effective to spend $500,000 destroying 5 , S500's. Say that 5 times.
Nick--
As for Mercedes itself they crash the hell out of their own cars.
Dan if you happen to read this....I received a call from a Nice English woman from Bently today asking if I wanted to view the new "whatever" they are coming out with. Let me know if you receive a call.
Not cost effective to spend $500,000 destroying 5 , S500's. Say that 5 times.
Nick--
As for Mercedes itself they crash the hell out of their own cars.
Dan if you happen to read this....I received a call from a Nice English woman from Bently today asking if I wanted to view the new "whatever" they are coming out with. Let me know if you receive a call.
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Originally posted by Nick
Dan if you happen to read this....I received a call from a Nice English woman from Bently today asking if I wanted to view the new "whatever" they are coming out with. Let me know if you receive a call.
Dan if you happen to read this....I received a call from a Nice English woman from Bently today asking if I wanted to view the new "whatever" they are coming out with. Let me know if you receive a call.
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Dan,
If you recived an information packet about the Bently Continental they should soon follow up with a call to find out if you would like to view/drive the thing. She even offerd me a tour of their factory if I were to be in London for business or travel.
Nick--
If you recived an information packet about the Bently Continental they should soon follow up with a call to find out if you would like to view/drive the thing. She even offerd me a tour of their factory if I were to be in London for business or travel.
Nick--
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I definitely want an S500 with an orange exterior and a green interior. :p
Anyone else find it funny that there's nicer wheels on the wrecking machine than there are on the S500 itself?
Anyone else find it funny that there's nicer wheels on the wrecking machine than there are on the S500 itself?
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Originally posted by gbahri
thanks for the pics. Looks like it took a beating though?
thanks for the pics. Looks like it took a beating though?
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Just FYI, although i am surprised no one has mentioned this yet but no car and i mean NO car is sold in the US without meeting crash regulations of the Feds.
How do they do this? By crashing the cars... :p
How do they do this? By crashing the cars... :p
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Here's a link to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
http://www.hwysafety.org/vehicle_rat...html/00033.htm
The above link is for the 2001-03 C Class. There is another link for the E Class 2000-02 models.
http://www.hwysafety.org/vehicle_rat...html/00033.htm
The above link is for the 2001-03 C Class. There is another link for the E Class 2000-02 models.
